Beta Ships

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I remember when I first downloaded the beta when it was originally released. The game was so different, and the capital ships felt powerful, the TEC felt human. Now not so much, is it possible to get the original TEC ships back? They felt more human, more industrial.

The original Kol Battleship and Marza Dreadnought were my favorite, and both felt powerful and had a ugly beauty about them.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
The only ship that changed is the Kol. Everything else stayed the same :P

They felt more powerful because the flagship started as a level 3, compared to level 1 now.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
No I am talking about the very first beta release. All TEC capital ships had different models with different firing arcs and the Dreadnought had considerable more forward firepower.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
thats true, I loved the original Kol model
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
here's one:
http://www.ironcladgames.com/sins/images/tec_lship3.jpg

upon further review all the ships look cooler!
http://www.ironcladgames.com/sins/race_TEC_ships.html
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
well... i for one think the ship models in the actual game release are better looking than the beta.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
Hmmm I wonder if we can get the original TEC ships out of the beta and use them to make a different race  :d 
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
here's one:http://www.ironcladgames.com/sins/images/tec_lship3.jpgupon further review all the ships look cooler!http://www.ironcladgames.com/sins/race_TEC_ships.html
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Hmmm I wonder if we can get the original TEC ships out of the beta and use them to make a different race   
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The Beta Kol should be brought back at least, it did look purdy badass :D 
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
Did you not see the beta Marza?!? That was pure epicness! I think my idea can be done, I'll give it a shot.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
That page that lists the beta ships reminds me of the Escape Velocity series...

Anyway, I prefer the new Kol, but I think the old Marza looks better. I'm kinda indifferent about the Dunov design either way though, both look ugly in my opinion, The new one looks like a block, but the old is just a block with some more block attached to it.
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
I rather like the new designs. However, they are upping the max number of capital ships to nine...
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
I rather like the new designs. However, they are upping the max number of capital ships to nine...
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Hmmm even if I added the beta ships to the TEC it still wouldn't match their art style now. They were a totally different (visually anyways) race back then
Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
I couldn't find anything over at the "Captain's" (if you know what I mean), does anyone have any of the Betas?
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top
Its good to see people excited about the original TEC Beta ships, now if Ironclad would just release them as a download that would be awesome.

Or release all the original ships from the three races as an add-on, sort of like a view into the past.

But definitively they should release the original Beta Marza and Kol, the new ones though nice are not the same.
Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top
Its good to see people excited about the original TEC Beta ships, now if Ironclad would just release them as a download that would be awesome.Or release all the original ships from the three races as an add-on, sort of like a view into the past.But definitively they should release the original Beta Marza and Kol, the new ones though nice are not the same.
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I heard DANMAN got ahold of the Beta Kol and he's gonna bring that back for a "subrace" of the TEC. IDK about how we can get ahold of the Beta Marza though...
Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top
I wish Beta 1 was back. Even though the game had much missing and was TEC vs. TEC, It had a simple elegance to it.