Sith Empire Fleet Candidates

"Calagon;c-2416963" wrote:
"They never said that they wouldn't be adding more characters as pilots. I could see them adding the Imperial Agent as a character to pad out Sith Empire more, especially since Malgus and Revan have to do a fair bit of sharing at the moment. Plus it means a more profitable grind."

It's certainly possible, but with the timeframe they've given themselves I don't see it happening. We're going to have the rest of the new Sith Empire ships before we get the Fury.

"We have two more Sith ships coming. You will be able to acquire those before you can unlock Fury-class in Conquest."

This could obviously change, but if it is kept as is, then a few things could happen. Either they shift focus entirely to the Sith Empire fleet being introduced, or they continue releasing characters for the Cal Kestis Journey Guide while giving existing Sith Empire characters ships. I think the latter is more likely, since they'll want to capitalize on that game's release.

"Calagon;c-2416963" wrote:
"In the context of this game, lore is least priority for CG and for most players. Case in point, the Sith Assassin from SWTOR pilots the KOTOR-era Sith Fighter. So for all we know they could give the Phantom to Bastila, SET, or even HK. In terms of visuals and ability references, the Phantom is the best option, and the most predictable one with the addition of the Fury."

Sith Assassin piloting the Sith Fighter is actually a very good point, I'll concede that. With that in mind, it does make many more characters into potential pilots.

"Calagon;c-2416963" wrote:
"They're the same ship in function and purpose. The only difference is 2003 vs. 2011 graphics."

So the Sith Fighter was used by Revan's Empire; the Supremacy-Class Starfighter was used by Vitiate's Sith Empire hundreds of years later. They are similar, but I don't think CG is going to redo the current Sith Fighter into the Supremacy-Class. They'd make more money by having both, along with avoiding the issue (in their eyes) of people already having the Sith Fighter at 7 stars, since it's been around for so long. It's certainly possible, but I don't think it's likely to happen.

Additionally, the Sith and Sith Empire factions are short on Attackers, so the Supremacy-Class as an Attacker would help solve that problem.

"Calagon;c-2416963" wrote:
"We simply have more visual references, and in greater detail, from SWTOR than KOTOR. The introduction of Malgus and choice of the Fury interceptor suggests more SWTOR aesthetics. SET and Sith Assassin also follow the visuals of SWTOR, as opposed to their KOTOR counterparts, so unless they plan to add more KOTOR-era characters, expect the SWTOR aesthetic.

The choice of the Leviathan can definitely be credited more to its narrative significance, the fact that we actually have visual references for its abilities unlike Nihilus' Ravager, and of course because making Revan the fleet commander makes it much more inaccessible + profitable."

Making Malak the fleet commander would make it more inaccessible, but I get your meaning. Supposedly they picked Revan because of the mechanics involved with the Leviathan.

As far as expecting the SWTOR aesthetic, you are correct in that we have more visual references, and it seems like we're heading in that direction. However, the usage of the Leviathan tells me that they have not moved away completely from KOTOR era stuff, so we may still expect some things from that era.

"Calagon;c-2416963" wrote:
"A long shot like you said. Again there's the issue of references. In both KOTOR games that shuttle functioned purely as a transport."

Yea, there's no saving that one. Part of that is my hope for Bastila to have a ship. A lack of references isn't necessarily a problem for CG; we've seen plenty of instances of them filling in the gaps with certain characters, but we'll see.