Stoff Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I would assumen they wanted to make them similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Raynor Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 They do not look that close, just vaguely similar overall shapes. Piecemaker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoff Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 They do look similar, they do. I would assume that if the general public thinks this, then it is that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Wilco Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Crap...just got it...had flash backs to my B-1 bomber days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gornakosh Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 hmmm really playing with the idea of buying one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Raynor Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 DO IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord-Nikon Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Also that photo doesn't show it but it also has variable wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gornakosh Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 i probably will. when i get home for work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholasyt Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Watch the event stream from citizen con... For some reason the picture on the site is the least flattering... There are some similarities to the Connie in overall shape but the up-close and side profiles definitely are worlds apart!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholasyt Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Watch the event stream from citizen con... For some reason the picture on the site is the least flattering... There are some similarities to the Connie in overall shape but the up-close and side profiles definitely are worlds apart!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Hm, gotta watch the stream, but what I saw from the Retaliator until now does not knock my socks off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Maynard Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 It appears that one ship shows the dorsal (top) side, and the other the ventral (bottom) side, but I cannot tell which is which. This is purely my best guess, but I believe that the foreground image is the ventral side, I say this because of the air intakes which are normally mounted underneath, and the large tailfins, which (if the background one were the bottom side) would scrape on the ground unless it had really long legs. Also, there appears to be a cockpit about 1/6th of the way along on the background, when there are turrets visible on the foreground one. I could be wrong though, please don't anyone hesitate to point out any flaws with my very brief, first glance analysis Airwolfe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonax Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Watched the live show, the retaliator looks great! But hope that more details is coming soon, and theres a new package called advanced hunter. Should i change arbitor package to that? i got a retaliator and the arbitor package, sorry for off topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gornakosh Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Hmm another question: I got the Freelancer package, if i buy a retaliator now, do i need to purchase a luxuary hangar in addition to park the ship somewhere? The size should be too big for the business hangar as it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberianK Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Starting hangar size both in the hangar module now and for PU starting hangar later will never be too small to fit your largest pledge ship. So larger starting hangar comes for free with larger ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gornakosh Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Starting hangar size both in the hangar module now and for PU starting hangar later will never be too small to fit your largest pledge ship. So larger starting hangar comes for free with larger ship. Even if the new hangar ain't mentioned with the pledge? Good to know, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstar Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Looks like a "modernized"/upgraded constellation to me.Gladiator and Raliator looks like a "tier 2" of ship like hornet and connie imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorias Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 The Retaliator is definatly a ship for Combat Ops. Planned attacks on distant locations.It is definatly not a ship for explorers. I would like to see a new ship specifically for Explorers. so far all we have is the Freelancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoff Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 The Retaliator is definatly a ship for Combat Ops. Planned attacks on distant locations.It is definatly not a ship for explorers. I would like to see a new ship specifically for Explorers. so far all we have is the Freelancer.Not sure why just the freelancer. 300 series, Connie, Cutlass blablabla? Connie is not meant for dogfighting combat etc, its probably more "Scary"than it actually can hurt dogfighters but since its got nice thrusters, the accel should be good enough to get away from some. Slow cannons and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Magnat Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Hahahaaa... NEW Retaliator on duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naros Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 We need more bombers, you can never have enought heavy firepower, never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feron Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 (First post for me, so hi! Just getting back into town a few days ago) I'm torn about this ship, I wish there were more details. Granted, I tried to watch the livestream last night and that of course was a mistake, plan on watching the full segment today at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gornakosh Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I'm quite anxious to see how hard 12 rocket hardpoints and 5 turrets hit someone in the face. But i guess it's gonna be quite a lumbering thing comparted to the constellation. While the constellation has 8 TR3 maneuvering trusters, the retaliator only has 8 TR2's. The main Thrusters may even be weaker with 5 TR5's compared to 4 TR6's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Raynor Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I'm quite anxious to see how hard 12 rocket hardpoints and 5 turrets hit someone in the face. But i guess it's gonna be quite a lumbering thing comparted to the constellation. While the constellation has 8 TR3 maneuvering trusters, the retaliator only has 8 TR2's. The main Thrusters may even be weaker with 5 TR5's compared to 4 TR6's. Take all of the Retaliator's previous stats with a huge grain of salt... the thrusters and engines have a 99.9% chance of being changed since they do not match what is on the ship itself. Same for the dimensions, using the docking port for scale we can see it is considerably longer than the constellation, despite the stats not indicating such. Brother Maynard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gornakosh Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Good point there though, deimo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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