Do the rare ships/vehicles/etc. that are available with CPs get switched out every now and then? I just saw a post on CPM that displays an A-24 Sleuth as an "old CP ship" and began to wonder.
Pre-Darkness the list also included the Dreadnaught Heavy Cruiser.
The S type Carrack was also pre-Darkness. I believe the I type was released as a CP ship after Darkness was then the datacard given to the Empire later on.
Early CP ships in Darkness included all three types of DP-20 gunships, Zero :P
I would also favor that idea. Besides the Namana nothing on the current CP Ships list interests me. I would be fine with annual change and look forward to seeing something new.
You do realise how much work that entails? The art team would have to make brand new models for each of the new ships, every year. Plus all the other ships they are having to do for R&D. And all the other misc stuff they have to do to help make SWC prettier. A couple of years is fine, especially once R&D comes with new ships for people to get.
I said it would be nice. Personally, I think the Art team is doing a great job especially considering that everyone is working for free. Please keep up the great work.
Myself being a fledgling computer artist, I am totally amazed at all the things our art team has done. It is equally impressive knowing that they work for nothing except the enjoyment of their audience. However, I agree with Jonas in that the less expensive ships get switched out every year while more expensive ones such as the Namana stay a while longer. To make things easier on the administration, what they could do is to implement some earlier CP ships not currently in the cycle as well as new designs. Just a suggestion on my part.
I wouldn't mind knowing a time frame for switches. I.E. if there's about to be one post like a month before the new ships come. Other then that it can be however long they'd like. I'd like R&D before new CP ships. It interests me far more. That and by not letting people know it allows people to sell ETA-2's for around a mil and YT-1760 for about 4.2 saying that they'll be gone soon. I won't pay that but for some reason there are a few people.
That and R&D would help the economy more then new CP ships.
No, hence the Rare tag. As for getting one, get a spare couple of hundred million credits + and go ask around to find someone. I think there are only a few though and their owners are unlikely to part with one.