It’s not that ugly.

I just threw a link to this in the "Wave 8" thread.

It looks like a small ship to me, perfect after the large ship wave we just got.

Where did this come from? Is it a Rebels design?

31 minutes ago, Imperial Advisor Arem Heshvaun said:

It’s not that ugly.

Im afraid it is.

Just now, GrandAdmiralCrunch said:

Where did this come from? Is it a Rebels design?

Solo movie

2 minutes ago, Ophion said:

Im afraid it is.

It might not be THE ugliest ship I’ve ever seen, but it certainly ranks up there. Maybe it looks better in movie?

The satellite dish things or whatever they are kind of make it look like a weird suction cup dart, but other than that I quite like it. The shape messes with my Imperial paint scheme a little bit though... But still, I think it's pretty cool.

2 minutes ago, Villakarvarousku said:

The satellite dish things or whatever they are kind of make it look like a weird suction cup dart, but other than that I quite like it. The shape messes with my Imperial paint scheme a little bit though... But still, I think it's pretty cool.

I stand by my comments here::

Arrestor? So what is it gonna do against a ship? Go full oblivion style and yell "STOP, you violated the law!"

Totally thought they were suction cups at first.

I'm all for more Armada ships....but not this one lol.

14 minutes ago, Sybreed said:

Arrestor? So what is it gonna do against a ship? Go full oblivion style and yell "STOP, you violated the law!"

Maybe the dishes are very potent tractor beams, which basically stop the ship as if arresting it

Might be interesting to have a light cruiser class ship focused on tractor beams. Assume that's what the dishes are. Might give the Interdictor a little friend.

I´m writing an executive order to outlaw this ugly abortion of a ship.

It's hideous, but it probably won't look quite as bad in a fleet, with the bigger ships giving it it's proper sense of scale, as in a vacuum.

Plus, it might bring Interdictor buffs to Armada.

That is truly awful.

I don’t know who should suffer more. The person who designed it or the person who approved it.

I sentence them to watch episode 1 back to back for 24hours straight.

1 minute ago, ISD Avenger said:

That is truly awful.

I don’t know who should suffer more. The person who designed it or the person who approved it.

I sentence them to watch episode 1 back to back for 24hours straight.

I’m not sure what my least favorite Star Wars ship was before... but I know what it is now.

2 hours ago, Imperial Advisor Arem Heshvaun said:

It’s not that ugly.

no, it isnt.

Its worse ?

If this joins the game then maybe people will stop complaining about the looks of the beautiful fat assault frigates.

Yes it looks ugly but we havent seen it in action yet, that could change perspectives. Plus if it brings cool mechanics to Armada I care less about the looks (AFM2 anyone?).

This could bring some cool anti squad mechanics to the game as well as Interdictor Buffs. Plus it looks like it would work well in a wave with the Braha'tok-class gunship. While I would prefer a Rebel Medium based ship it does have the making for a small ship wave.

Edit after second look:

This may not be a small ship looking at it again. It looks like fighter bays next to the rear dishes and that bridge in the back looks too big for a small ship.

3 hours ago, Imperial Advisor Arem Heshvaun said:

It’s not that ugly.

If it were a dog I'd have it walk backwards,

I gotta say, I'm genuinely surprised that people hate the look of this thing so much and would love to hear why. Is it just the suction cups? Because that I can understand, but the general shape of it I find pretty attractive. And even with the dishes it's really just the front one that kind of bothers me.

Then again I also really like the Assault Frigate, so maybe it's me.

Also, I'm imagining this to be about the size of an Arquitens, but if it's much bigger than that I suddenly don't like it nearly as much.

Yeah I think lose the dishes and it would be ok. Guess it show how little details can make or break a design.

Although the tower at the back looks a bit goofy.

From the Reddit thread:

The design is based on Colin Cantwell's concept art for a Star Destroyer.

The large dishes seem odd when thinking about Imperial design, but there is precedent for their inclusion.

The Citadel Tower from Rogue One blends Imperial angles and edges with the large circular dish located at the top of the structure.

And, the Imperial Listener Ship, which again blends hard angles and edges with softer round shapes.

I think we're looking at something here around the size of a Gladiator SD, maybe slightly longer, specifically designed to capture small freighters and fighters at a longer range than what typical tractor beams allow. I can see it being used that way if the ship was brought into Armada; it would be a unique addition specifically suited for anti-squadron combat.

38 minutes ago, Villakarvarousku said:

I gotta say, I'm genuinely surprised that people hate the look of this thing so much and would love to hear why. Is it just the suction cups? Because that I can understand, but the general shape of it I find pretty attractive. And even with the dishes it's really just the front one that kind of bothers me.

Then again I also really like the Assault Frigate, so maybe it's me.

Also, I'm imagining this to be about the size of an Arquitens, but if it's much bigger than that I suddenly don't like it nearly as much.

Looks like it is probably about twice the size of an Arquitens. Probably would be just a bit longer than a GSD, but the Imps already have a glut of medium ships. While it is ugly, I think it is still "Star Wars ugly". As long as the dishes actually serve a purpose, I won't even mind them all that much. If they just there for unexplained design reasons. It is stupid.

There are plenty of absolutely ridiculous looking things that serve a purpose in a military. "Looking cool" is less important than completing the mission it was designed for. Although being stupid looking, if mission capable, hurts its chances of receiving the funding needed to bring it into widespread use.