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so i played my first game as the loyalists and the first thing i noticed was the size of the titan. i thought it would be much bigger.
you?
Seems about right to me, roughly three to four times the length of the Kol which is what I pictured when I saw the pre-alpha shot. Makes it between 5 and 6 kilometres in length by my estimate assuming my theory that the Kol is about 1.5 to 2km long.
IMO titans seem about the right size. The one I thought would be different is the corvette class. I thought it was supposed to be smaller than a frigate, but standing next to a cobalt, it is hardly smaller. I was thinking half the size of other frigates, not 97% the size. Lol. All well, such a small gripe for such an amazing game.
Yarlen, I have to agree, the Loyalist Titan does seem a bit odd shaped. the length of the ship should be a bit longer to give it a better look. I felt it looked Fat and chubby. not what I was expecting from the videos and screen shots seen earlier. I was playing with some friends last night and we all came to the same conclusion. the Rebel Titan did look right. I personally think you guys should consider lengthening the ship a bit to give its appearance a boost.
Honestly the Corvette looked only a bit smaller than an LRF, and they're big enough to notice when they go through a ship. I think it might be worthwhile to shrink them a bit.
Corvettes also fly funny, making sharp odd turns.
Didn't notice they had the fly through everything s/c issue.
Why would I build these? Bad enough most frigates are fodder.
Titans need to be put further down in the tech tree...like most mods requiring eight military labs for the uber ships.
hmm guess i was wrong then. I expected massive ships that would out-size an starbase. maybe i should have another look
It is funny to spam a lot of these corvettes. By the way they fly over an enemy ship and drop missiles from their rear turrets afterwards, that's why they move in that particular way. I found them to be good at distracting other fleets by the way.
The Rebel Titan looks larger than a starbase. The loyalist one is a lot more compact but it seems at least as big.
hmmm yeah the rebel titan has a good size, but i think the loyalist is still a little bit to small. it should be really bulky. It has the right shape for a defender only not the right size. atleast in my taste
Yarlen, can we get some background lore on the sizes of the ships, that's awesome that Kol is between 1.5-2km long.
I don't think they have an exact scale in mind. 
Yeah the moons should be bigger as well, the asteroids look bigger.
I do agree, at first I expected the titans to be bigger, comparing to how large the manufacturing facility is. However, I can see if it got any bigger it might have mobility problems.
Maybe ship sizes in general have been scaled down so that the wells appear bigger? Just a guess...
I've also noticed (as others have) that you can't seem to zoom to the ships as before... is this just an effect that the ships themselves are smaller and not a zoom issue?
I agree, it should be further down the tech tree, maybe 6 or 7.
Yeah that was just an estimated figure I like to work with. Makes the Capitals super imposing while ships in the Cruiser line large enough as well.
I'm sure Ironclad have an internal scale they use for modelling, but whether it translates to lore I'm not sure.
Also I like the Ankylon, its contrast to the Ragnarov in its shape aptly represents the differences in the factions stratagem. Also, it is definitely big enough, damn thing puts entire fleets in shadow!
lore-schmore. when the mesh files are in txt format, the ships are 1 meter per unit. Not sure if the dimensions are part of the manual, but would be cool. Would also be cool if crew were a part of gameplay (we've got all the crew figures in a spreadsheet hoping for game use, but it went to our lore.).
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That's about 4.5km wide and long, but 600m or so high -Arilou Mothership
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About 5.2km wide, 1.2km high, and 19km long -Executor Super Star Destroyer
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Beta Kol -about 450m wide, 300m high, and 1.5km long
Have ships, planets, structures been rescaled?
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