Should the Skipper remain unchanged?

[AVeryNiceSpacePenguin]

 

 

Ah, the Skipper! What a nice looking engine...

 

But does it need an overhaul? or should we leave it alone?

that is up to you to decide.

I vow to have it be unchanged, and that other parts should base their design on this, but that is my opinion. Do you have any thoughts?

[Superfluous J]

I don't think any asset in the game, from the Skipper to to Kraken on Bop, should be sacrosanct.

I also think it would benefit from at least receiving alternate setups.

Edited January 13, 2019 by 5thHorseman

[Frozen_Heart]

If the entire game was still in the Nova style parts then it would be fine. As it's clear KSP is not going for that aesthetic anymore i'd rather it got an overhaul.

[Starman4308]

Death to all tankbutts. In seriousness, like a lot of early engine models, they're harder than they should be to cluster thanks to the upper section of the model, which represents 0% engine and 100% the bottom of the tank above.

[RealKerbal3x]

Despite it being a pretty good model, I reckon it should get a revamp just to ensure it fits in with all of the parts that have already been overhauled.

[klgraham1013]

12 minutes ago, Starman4308 said:

Death to all tankbutts.

Quoted for accuracy.

[Poodmund]

4 hours ago, Frozen_Heart said:

If the entire game was still in the Nova style parts then it would be fine. As it's clear KSP is not going for that aesthetic anymore i'd rather it got an overhaul.

Just to be clear, the Skipper was made by ClairaLyrae who was brought on to the SQUAD team who originally made KSPX mod and then migrated the majority of the mod parts into the base game:

 

[Fraston]

The skipper fits in fine to me. The mainsail, on the other hand, is on my list of “Must Revamp, Squad!”

[Snark]

I think it needs an overhaul. It's not a bad model-- one of my favorite ones from among the pre-overhaul era. However,

On 1/13/2019 at 3:37 AM, Frozen_Heart said:

If the entire game was still in the Nova style parts then it would be fine. As it's clear KSP is not going for that aesthetic anymore i'd rather it got an overhaul.

^ very much this. I really like the direction they've been going lately, and hope and expect that they'll continue the trend as the art pass continues.

My personal priority list of what I'd like to see them overhaul next:

1. Mainsail
2. Swivel & Reliant (please do these together or not at all, otherwise my OCD will implode)
3. Skipper
4. Anything else, don't care as much at this point

[The Aziz]

It does not need much of an overhaul, I mean the bell is decent, the rest of the equipment is present as well. The only thing it needs is detail. Some more stuff going around it, maybe few variants (the top is the worst looking part of the whole model), better textures and I would call it done. Same goes for mentioned swivel and reliant, these two seem to be in the same bag.

Mainsail, on the other hand, is as bad as poodle was until very recently. Rushed work, to the point where people only could think "yea I guess it looks like an engine". So yeah.

[Frozen_Heart]

On 1/13/2019 at 3:56 PM, Poodmund said:

Just to be clear, the Skipper was made by ClairaLyrae who was brought on to the SQUAD team who originally made KSPX mod and then migrated the majority of the mod parts into the base game:

 

Her style was heavily based on Nova's, and designed to match it perfectly.

[Johnny Wishbone]

The only thing I dont like about the look of the Skipper is how the edge bleeds through a similar sized tank when you clip it up.

It has always done this and I’m kinda surprised it has never been addressed.

[steve_v]

Personally I think everything should be left alone, because this is much, much better.