Lion, I see your point, and of course you are right. But your Qirex is not just purple.You recognize it is the old 2097 pattern because of the black shadows on it. Supposing the original Pulse purple Qirex, your2097 and a simple flat design purple one are side by side in game. The flat one won’t look much different from the original because the color is almost the same. But the 2097 most certainly will draw the attention ( a thing that can be used even as a tactical advantage as the concentration of the other pilot will focus for a sec on the ship instead on the track.)
Also you said that you added the lines and the AG logo just so it wouldn’t be plain simple. AG logo is not so personal. Let us take Zargz Green Machine for example. It was simple, Green, with no logo of the Assegai team. But the grayish shadows on the edges, the rough look, and mostly the eliminations counter on the side of it sure gave it a …soul, a personality, it made it unique, aggressive.
The look of the craft has to appeal both to the pilot as to its rivals. In game I don’t see the blood stains on the nose of my glider, but knowing is there makes me feel like… …. ….”We are Triakis!”. The neon glowing “Triakis” on the side of the ship, the ‘wipeoutzonezone’ logo or the shark on the other side is recognizable enough and also it adds to the ship personality.
I haven’t went yet online but from the ad-hoc races it seems I recive “verry nice apelatives” after I lay some mines in the nose of the other craft so …I suppose it is not just “a blue ship” :))
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Zargz, really man the green one looks much more personal, no offence