So, I finally gave in and bought the tier 5 TOS ship. I really wanted a Constitution, or at least something that wasn't as fugly as the other TOS ships (except the Daedalus and Pioneer, they're ok), but the Ranger was the only thing available.
However, I'm just not enjoying the LOOK of the ship. I've been agonizing, and I think the problem is that secondary hull, it's just too far forward. Consider the following:
All I did here was move the secondary hull a little further back. I think it makes the ship look MUCH more balanced and elegant (and it frees the designers to put the sensor dome on the bottom of the saucer, as well as move the ventral phasers there, too).
What do you think?
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Personally I am not so sure myself. I personally like the "forward" option. As to bringing it back, it could work, or maybe not. Its hard to tell from one angle.
As many of us know, a ship can look good from one angle, turn it around, ugghhh
... and again, with your changes:
Ok, it's the same picture, but you get my point, yes?
As to the difference moving the secondary hull back would make from the rear angle presented above, I think it would look more like this:
but I agree, the difference as to the rear view* is negligable.
Potato, potahto
*edited for clarity
Less a fan of the gemini
No improvement, IMHO. Now it looks like the saucer is leaning on nothing, and about to break off. Cryptic got it right.
My only change for the Ranger would be to make it torpedo pod (if that is what it is, of course) a bit higher, because it, to me, seems like if they fire it, it would clip the top of the bridge. o.o
not bad at all, personally prefer the sto one tho.
Im only talkin a hair or two, not a full drop with a "neck" like the connie. for ex in the OPs pic Id say 20-30 pixels(kinda guessing blindly based on the size of the image)
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Slight off topic here, but how many of you liked the Pioneer. I thought it was a cute little ship and was saddened I didn't get to pilot her for longer, same with the Miranda class tbh. You race through the levels so fast you never really get to use the starter ships for more than half an hour! For me personally there was that massive XP bonus for AoY launch, so I sped through to level 16 or something before the end of the third or fourth mission in the TOS tutorial arc.
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Yesh, me liked the Ranger. It had asorta "anime trek" feel to it.
Personally, I rather enjoy the way the Ranger looks as-is. It has a very distinctive profile, and part of that is due to where the secondary hull is placed, too.
Just give it some time to grow on you. Appreciate it for what it is.
I still do get where you're coming from, but it is the way it is for, like, very specific technical reasons, too.