Man, I really love this ship, but wish the roll issue could be fixed.=/

This screams "Heighliner." And I agree for the firepower:

"Yes."

Ah I see, yeah that is one of the more obscure mechanics in Empyrion.

Figured out the issue, It has to do with the way the game sees the guns (left to right) and the 21 manual fire gun limit.

Arrows were all facing forward. It's a strange glitch.

Only thing I can imagine would be that those that aren't working are facing in the wrong direction, i.e. are backwards.

Problem with the CV recognizing MX-4 Rapid torpedo launchers. It will only recognize them on one side of the ship, If you place 6 on one "wing" and 6 on the other only 6 will show on the toolbar. but if you place them all (12) on the left side they will all (12) on the toolbar.. Strange I've had several players look at the issue but we cant figure it out. Tried in creative and still have the same issue.

Depends on the thruster position of the main backwards thrusters. Would have to move those further up or down. Makes no sense, but probably won't be fixed either.

Has anyone figured out the roll problem yet?

Yep, I believe it was you that JRandall calls "the author who rarely sleeps" in his "A Look at the Workshop" youtube videos and it's certainly a fitting moniker. I can't imagine how long it takes to get some of this shaping down, not to mention making them actually perform.

Thanks Ynnel! :)

love how utilitarian the Intel ships (more realistic and militaristic) are compared to the Tech ships (more sleek and sci-fi, also the color white). Your builds have a sort of look to them that I really like to see in this game.

If only I had this level of skill, but alas, I kinda suck at voxel based building games despite enjoying them immensely.

Well I bit the bullet and tried seems on the roof center line mounted might work with the roof landing pads raised 1 block and the 2 long antenna's on the front removed. It will dock with the nightfall and not collide. I will share the BP once I make it look like it was intended for others to enjoy.

Good to know before I start trying..

Nah it won't fit. Atleast not without some rather extensive changes.

Ente do you have any idea if the CV rail gun will fit in the monolith?

Thanks again! Love the ship BTW!

If it is running stock RE, yes.

Thanks Ente! I don't own the server our game is running on. Does the admin just need to install the new version of RE 1.9?

See the RE change notes. Has been fixed already.

Is anyone having block issues after the 1.9.3 hotfix on the Monolith? I spawned this ship in on 1.9.2 and could access the area in and around the Advanced Constructor w/ ease. Also from the bridge, I cannot go out the exits on either side because I can't seem to get past the armor closet. I can remove the armor closet and go out. Same for the Adv. Const, removing some other blocks lets me skirt by. This wasn't the case at all with 1.9.2. Any thoughts? It's like the items are taking up extra block space.

Thanks! Have to try that.

@ente Move more thrusters up and down on the rear, you get can get that fast roll. Weight and thrust in the wings seems to be detrimental to rolling,

@xxjcrxx V: Thx!
@Heffaklumpen: Be sure to use this blueprint, not the linked upgrade showcase. Other than that use the Prefabinfo command to see which blocks are forbidden.

Im trying to spawn this one in on a RE server but i get contains forbidden blocks?

NICE

Thanks! Eve wise the Triglavian World Ark and the Gallente Hecate were inspirations to this one. The Raven is also a very interesting ship, I have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with its design.

Raven is, imo, one of the best hulls in Eve and that looks like Raven on steroids. If i'd still play Empyrion - i'd definitely try to build something like that. Very nice job!

@AresOfThrace: Yes! Those and a couple Eve ships have been a huge inspiration.

Another beautiful design! Inspired by the Juggernaut-Ship from Stellaris by any chance?

My perfect weapon set for it: all of them)

@Sage Operion: r/FoundTheAmerican :D

@l_o_g_o_s: Yes the fusion generator is a must if you want to fully upgrade the ship. It is roughly equivalent to 4 advanced gens, there probably is not enough space in the ship to compensate that without one.

@Ente I'm starting to upgrade but there seems to be a problem. 2 Advanced Gens aren't enough. I try to find space for more but I don't see any... there is some space for lesser Generators.. Mainly in the Fusion Room. It seems that having this Fusion Reactor/Generator is a must. Or is it? :-)

you : so how much fire power u need?.

me : i want freedom.

you : and how much is that again?.

me: yes

If armoring is what you want to do, then more power to you! ;)
All I am saying is that I don't think it will work very well with this particular ship. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try it if you want to. Go ahead, prove me wrong. :)

@Ente Ok.. I mean... You build this ship. If it's not designed to tank damage then ok. I don't know if that is Your thing but a video on the Tube on how to face enemy in Your ship would be nice.

Thanks for all of Your replies and I hope I didn't annoy You too much :-)

Thanks for your kind words! :)

I don't think xenofication will help much here. The whole layout of the ship doesn't really lend itself well to armor tanking. That is pretty much the reason why there weren't many "flying wing" designs in the past, the shape is really bad if you want to tank on armor. The Tovera looks somewhat similar, but it is an opv and works within a different ruleset.
If you xenofy the front you will sit too close to the incoming missile explosions and die anyways. Also there are only 1-2 row of blocks before something important dies, and that won't last long, even with xeno.

If you want to have armor, better take a ship that is built with that in mind.
You can always come back to this ship once you have a couple aux cores.

@Ente I mentioned the drones because the aux cores are the natural progression in this scenario.
Yes.. I know about drones on HPlanets but it is so boring and time consuming. I would rather not do that :-)

"Drones are one of the factions where armor, at least initially, has a couple advantages" That's why I wrote to You. I don't want to have this Masterpiece destroyed :-)))

I was thinking about the "xenofication" of the front part and I will try this. What You think? :-) It is Your creation :-)

This ship looks like the Tovera and getting it to be the best will be the main goal.
Anyway.. thanks for that.. You are I think the first creator who made Tovera-like ship and I intend to use see its full potential.

Spanj was right... You are a Great Builder, Sir!

Drones are indeed a bit tricky with shields. What you can do - and what the base weapon layout is somewhat targeted at - is exploit the lower weapon range of the drones EMP Turrets. They have a Range of 875m VS. the 925m that e.g. the Advanced Laser Cannons have. Thats why this ship comes with 8 of those. Attacking from the front can help with targeting, as the drones will fly into your laser projectiles.
The first fights against drones are difficult in a shield based ship, but possible. Drones are one of the factions where armor, at least initially, has a couple advantages. My Eclipse for example has some Armor and decoys at the front to ease that phase of the game. Some people also get their first Aux core from the drone POIs on Hell Planets for that reason.

At some point with enough upgrades people just steamroll drones even in shield based ships.

So no, you are definately not a bad player if you struggle against drones with your shields. :)

@Ente: In order to get aux cores You have to beat those shield destroying ships (drones). When You start atacking one,,, the drones will tear Your shields in a few seconds. If You use evasive tactics to maintain shields... You will have to beat more than one Nulifier with even more drones. What then? Don't tell me that it is even possible to fight 2 or more of them and maintain Your shields. If that is the case then it is clear that I don't know how to play this game. It is possible. I'm just saying about my experience. I tried to fight "Drone Faction" with a ship with good shields and ended up by having no ship left.. Sadly. Maybe I am just a bad player, however I watched a few Youtubers... One lost almost half of his (XENO) ship with his shields gone is seconds and the other needed help from other factions...

Thanks guys!
@l_o_g_o_s: Especially in reforged, no, armor isn't better. There are only legacy and some of the drones that are bad against armor. Everything else will do good or even very good damage against armor, but comparatively low damage against shields. The really strong side of shields is that you can recharge them just by going out of weapon range for a while.
Right now, with the upgrades, shields are a lot better for tanking, especially on ships that are fast enough to redraw from a fight once their shields go low (that hints at your lesson learned: The lesson here is to back off and recharge if shields go low).

@Starkadh ✪✪✪: thanks and you're welcome :)

Hey, i just noticed that you're the autor of this jewel, i don't have reforged eden but from the pics i can say it's been an hard time putting this beauty togheter GG 🦄🦄🦄 and i eanted to thank you for the tips on mine btw 😉

I thing... This Ship is Awesome.. however.. as I noticed... especially in Reforged... The Armor is better than shields. The moment a good enemy ship lowers Your shields... You are doomed. This is my experience at least. I learned this lesson during my last R.E. play. Did You have different experience, Sir? Am I wrrong? If so... by all means.. tell me.

lol nice, :How much fire Power do you want? Me: Nice!:D

Maybe one of your best -maybe the best work- you ever created. I saw it when Spanj made a presentation on youtube. Thanks a lot for providing the CV.

straight up dune vibe here

Really great build. Thanks.

Thanks guys! Glad you like it! :)

aahh look ad this Beast looks amazing
you never cease to amaze me with your builds

WTF, how is this done already?! Work of Art man