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PotC Looks Awesome except for the Maelstrom

By Phaet

6 years ago



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#1 6 years ago

I hope they come up with a better looking maelstrom before launch. I think everything else on the machine looks stellar, but the maelstrom sticks out like a sore thumb. I'd either ditch the kitchen-plastic-funnel material for something nicely painted/decorated or do something interesting with the lights to make it seem like an animated whirlpool.

If it does ship the way it is, then I'd be interested in seeing some mods to replace that piece.

#2 6 years ago
Quoted from Phaet:

I hope they come up with a better looking maelstrom before launch. I think everything else on the machine looks stellar, but the maelstrom sticks out like a sore thumb. I'd either ditch the kitchen-plastic-funnel material for something nicely painted/decorated or do something interesting with the lights to make it seem like an animated whirlpool.
If it does ship the way it is, then I'd be interested in seeing some mods to replace that piece.

It probably won't make a huge difference but the production POTC's should have much better ramps. Like clear ramps and not foggy ones like the prototype versions have.

1 week later
#3 6 years ago

At TPF I asked Butch Peel of JJP if the maelstrom ramp was going to have that frosted look in production games. He chuckled and said no, that it was involuntarily frosted.

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