https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/890061966/space-wars-interstellar-empires Why doing kickstarter? It is partly to help promote the game, but also to help boost a few features that I want to have in the game on the January launch. Visit, help out, but more importantly, be selfish, and get yourself a unique skin or ship
Are the corvette and frigate kickstarter skins different under the hood? ie. do they have different loadouts?
Yes, actually the kickstarter ships have their own unique stats and lore. They are special type IV ships.
The latest Straight from Development post is now available. This is a great way to learn more about the game you are backing with this Kickstarter.
If I donate for the Sol kickstarter ship, does it unlock for play right away or do I have to gain enough in game xp to get the Halifax frigate?
Yes, you'd have to acquire the experience through combat to get from Corvette -> Frigate. That way you aren't paying to have early head start over everyone else (pay for power).
Using the rulesets for Class III and IV ship and the templates for those ships, none of these variants are statistically more or less powerful, just different in style and loadout.
Those genari skins look amazing. I love the arachnid and eye designs. Will future ship skins have the same general theme?
There's actually a lot of different skin types that just haven't been posted on the forum, though on http://forums.spacewars.com/threads/vehicle-skins.12/#post-284 you can see some of the skins there. I didn't want them to get too outlandish or circus-like, so they are 'realistic' looking and not over the top.
I keep on rolling; it would be a disappointment nonetheless. One thing is for sure, kickstarter isn't the way it used to be, I think too many people were jaded by the fact that games would be on there, get funded, but never get off the ground. The golden days were back in 2011-2012. The site is much more successful for tangible products over virtual ones.
I'm completely understand, recently I've seen projects get cancelled so the creators can recreate them at a later time when they have some more substantial goals worked out. I'm involved in a couple of kickstarters that are delayed coming out with their full product.
I joined here because of the Kickstarter. I really hope it will get the funding, but am glad to see that the game will carry on without it. Will there be a way to just pre-order here? Possibly with the unique skins or ships?