Venator - To be or not to be ?! (*in)

[Nevets]

So it now looks like LEC kept back the venator for awhile for a late "surprise"

 

But Delphi let it slip early, bad delphi bad

[Foshjedi2004]

Gen.Vader its a Victory SD. And In thinkt that either 2 power cells or 2 Turbolaser Clusters have been blown away

[lordstorm88]

lol gen.vader thats what I said in the other thread with this picture.

[Foshjedi2004]

Now I wonder what Delphi will say...

[ralphman]

i don´t understand why one of the venators is travelling in the opposite direction!

it also looks like that it´s firing againts the tartan cruisers and the sd is firing on it!

ps...... may is an old screen when the venator was still in

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

no its not it came from a magazine junker just bought so theres no questioning its authentic but we (Fosh and ME) think that it means you can capture damaged vessels.

[Zer_Teron]

Cool!

[Garbageben]

Hey guys I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, but just some observations here.

Monthly magazines are not randomly thrown together every week. This month's magazine could have been with information gotten a month ago.

With this in mind:

A month ago was before the new SW: EaW official site. When the site was made it had the Venator in. However the Venator disappered 3 weeks ago, or after the magazine article might have been finished.

 

It is possible that that screenshot is a month old, in which case it is possible that the Venator still not is in the game. To be honest I'm pulling for it as much as the rest of you, but I'm just trying to give a bit of caution too. I really hope I am wrong. Here's to hoping the Venator is in the game.

[Junker]

So it is. I can't confirm anything. I can only post this screen which is now in a magazine.

This magazine have only the known screens and got never exclusive screens.

But for this preview they got a visit from Activision and they was able to play the first missions and tutorials. Maybe this is a screen of a mission, maybe this is an old screen which Activision gave the magazine together with some others and this was a mistake.

I will ask Activision Germany what the history of this screen is.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

ok thanks Junker but you confirm its the LAtest Magazine?

[Xanatos_pff]

Yes, the picture is from the new german PC Games.

In this website you can buy the article online (pdf), and you can also see that the issue was release december the 28th.

 

Xanatos

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

fair nuff Xanatos i would take a look but i don't read german and i cant be asked to put it through a translator lol.

[Xanatos_pff]

Lol, sorry but I can't help you, I have not read the article and I'm absolutely not going to buy it online ^^.

Junker might give us more details, but I'm convinced that the pic is from this issue .

 

Xanatos

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

Junker has said its from this issue over on the Previews and screenshots section.

[Junker]

What details do you want? In the whole preview there is no word about the venator.

But what I think (with a good look on the original picture in the magazine): The imperial ships are not fireing on the second venator. You see the clouds in front of the venator? This venator is not hurt or burning. In this clouds there are some small rebell ships like Corellian Gunships.

Maybe the second venator was used to scout, met the rebel fleet and changed his direction back to his own fleet.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

ah ok didnt look that closely Junker but then you have the original foto so u can see it more clearly lol looking at it again it looks as if in the thick black cloud there is small craft.

[VaderisGreater]

the venorator is for both sides. i heard that somewhere although i can't find where i read that. but i think they were very specific in saying that you can't capture ships.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

i thought that everyone was doughting that the Venator is even in the game.

[Matthujun]

venator for both sides? Thats kinda stupid, i mean why can't they just add another ship for the rebels? the deisgn of the Venator doesn't really fit the rebel's style after all.

[plokoon9619]

Venator looks like its big as a ISD! Great now its gonna make the ISD look like crap.

[Hadoken13]

ok first no the venator is NOT gonna b 4 both sides...duh

and second plokloon are you blind? (or visually impared in some other manner) the isd is clearly larger than any other ship in that screen

[Matthujun]

no.. if the venator (at least in this screeny) isn't on both sides, it doesn't explain why teh imperials would be firing on it. look closley at the laser shots fired. Definitely one of the Venator is not an imperial

[Infinite_Xero]

Puzzling, the two venators are facing each other, and it looks like the patrol craft are firing on the one to the right. but it might be firing on the patrol craft

either way its confusing...

 

since PG are clearly keeping secrets, maybe the rebels can comandeer ships?

 

or maybe the right hand Venator is just retreating back to the safety of that formation from a fight its group lost?

and the laser bolts are just look like they are going to (or from) the venator because of the camera angle

 

No matter what, if that is an up to date version of EAW they had, then the Venator would appear to be in. (hopefully it's been redesigned as a fleet carrier and not just another warship)

[Nevets]

the venorator is for both sides. i heard that somewhere although i can't find where i read that. but i think they were very specific in saying that you can't capture ships.

 

They said in an interview "It wasn't in right now", but they didn't say it was not going to be in game. I think that was in a Q&A back in may.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

yeah but we have had Delphi Confirm it is in the game.