It's not meant to be pretty. It's meant to bomb things and come back.

That sketch looks a lot more like this.

Want to claim the Lancaster Bomber was designed by an American schoolchild?

That's the secret everyone is trying to cover up.

The butt hurt is strong in this thread.

The butt hurt is strong in this thread.

K-Wing will do that to you. Weird shape for that purpose, you know.

The k-wing is to starships as Rob Liefeld is to comic art.

Out of proportion and has far too many pouches and teeth (turrets and bombs).

That sketch looks a lot more like this.

Want to claim the Lancaster Bomber was designed by an American schoolchild?

Ah Vera! I live close to the airport she flies out of. See her all the time in the summer.

You guys are aware that the only maneuver that the K Wing can do is a 2 green straight, right? The flight stick and speed controls have been replaced with spare missiles. We wanted to be extra sure that you wouldn't run out.

but how do I K-turn ?

do I have to use the propulsion from the explosions? cause that'd be awesome

Well fun IS 3 points overcosted...

Just post this as your only comment to any situation. I'll still give you the like.

I find the Interdictor to be fantastic, but that may be only because it is from my favorite child-hood game.

Your favorite childhood game was Star Wars: Battlegrounds?

To my knowledge, this sort of ship has previously only been present in that game and in a Star Wars RPG book from year or two ago, which is where it gained the name Interdictor before this game wisely chose to call it Punisher instead. I also have a hope that choosing to call it the Punisher means the Interdictor will at some point take it's rightful place in Armada.

Yup, that's my favorite childhood game, and I don't see anything wise in changing the name from a name that makes sense to a stupid name.

See Starkiller's signature.

You guys are aware that the only maneuver that the K Wing can do is a 2 green straight, right? The flight stick and speed controls have been replaced with spare missiles. We wanted to be extra sure that you wouldn't run out.

but how do I K-turn ?

do I have to use the propulsion from the explosions? cause that'd be awesome

This won't change your forward momentum though. So first you have to fire enough ordnance forward until you start moving backwards, then you can start spinning the ship around.

Yup, that's my favorite childhood game, and I don't see anything wise in changing the name from a name that makes sense to a stupid name.

See Starkiller's signature.

I think ixidor is right as to why they changed it- Tie Interdictor + Interdictor Cruiser would be kind of silly. If nothing else, we avoid what would be an otherwise inevitable Yo, Dawg! meme.

This is proof that, for those of us who like this ship, there's a fourth grader inside of each of us...

Far better than being inside a fourth-grader.

That sketch looks a lot more like this.

Want to claim the Lancaster Bomber was designed by an American schoolchild?

how did the independent airforces work out?

You people with your high and mighty snotty attitudes about the K-Wing are getting borderline offensive.

I wouldn't let it bother you. It's the internet; there's always someone, somewhere waiting to tell you that you're having fun wrong.

Well fun IS 3 points overcosted...

Clearly I've been playing world of Tanks a bit too much...

I read that as the IS-3 is overcosted ...

Well, it's not bad.

But it's no TIE: Punishest.

You people with your high and mighty snotty attitudes about the K-Wing are getting borderline offensive.

I wouldn't let it bother you. It's the internet; there's always someone, somewhere waiting to tell you that you're having fun wrong.

True, but I get really sick of minority bashing on these forums.

I mean... If my opinion is that the KWing is ugly as sin, should I not express it just because a bunch of other people agree?

Well my opinion is your brain must be broken to think that

The K looks like she's made to get in do a job and get out

Nothing pretty except for the mess she makes

NO...but the Lancaster Bomber sure is ugly.

But it is beautiful.

Its designed to do a job and do it well and they did it beautifly

NO...but the Lancaster Bomber sure is ugly.

But it is beautiful.

Its designed to do a job and do it well and they did it beautifly

Rebel inquiry: We need something full of guns, bombs, and it has to be fast and tough.

Ugly as hell. Check.

Stupid as hell. Check.

Full of bombs. Check

Full of guns. Check

Fast and tough. Check.

If they didn't request for the K-Wing to look good or not be stupid, then Koensyer (whatever their manufacturer is) completed the objective, right?

efficiency over beauty

and the K-wing certainly fulfills that maxim in terms of ordinance per square inch

It's like I've said in other threads: I hope the K-Wing is like the A- 10 Warthog, ugly but awesome

Function over fashion

Why do people rag on the A-10? I think it looks awesome.

I don't see the resemblance. It's okay though, sometimes parents become delusional about their children's talents and compare their Halo doodles to masterful works of design like the K-Wing. In time though, those parents will just have to accept that their children just aren't as talented as the genius prodigy 4th grader that did design the beautiful K-Wing. Don't worry, maybe your son will become a CPA or something.

One on the right looks better.

It's possible to make something that looks... utilitarian for lack of a better word, but that still looks good. The Millenium Falcon is a perfect example of a ship that looks crappy, but everyone still loves it.

The K Wing is the result of an undisciplined and uncontrolled creative mind. It misses the aesthetic ideals of the other fighters and I don't mean in an in-universe kind of way, I mean from an artistic development kind of way. When something HAS to look a certain way, like the Lancaster or the A-10 mentioned above, then all is forgiven in terms of appearance. When you're dealing with a purely fictional ship, then form is much more important than function because function effectively doesn't exist. As an artistic choice, mimicking the 'form over function' appearance of certain real-world military vehicles is fine, but only if you hit the nail on the head. It's such a narrow target to hit, and if you miss it you wind up with a ship, like the K Wing, that just looks silly.

It's possible to make something that looks... utilitarian for lack of a better word, but that still looks good. The Millenium Falcon is a perfect example of a ship that looks crappy, but everyone still loves it.The K Wing is the result of an undisciplined and uncontrolled creative mind. It misses the aesthetic ideals of the other fighters and I don't mean in an in-universe kind of way, I mean from an artistic development kind of way. When something HAS to look a certain way, like the Lancaster or the A-10 mentioned above, then all is forgiven in terms of appearance. When you're dealing with a purely fictional ship, then form is much more important than function because function effectively doesn't exist. As an artistic choice, mimicking the 'form over function' appearance of certain real-world military vehicles is fine, but only if you hit the nail on the head. It's such a narrow target to hit, and if you miss it you wind up with a ship, like the K Wing, that just looks silly.

Forgot what I was gonna say, but I couldn't agree more.

Real world military function is fun too. Like needing a high altitude bomber in late WWII spawned the B-29: Tube. Wings. Bombs. Done. The K-Wing fits that same design philosophy as well, but you pretty much nailed it when you said that functionality in fiction can be a little more pretty because it is only fiction after all.