I dont care as long as you dont name every module in the game limited experimental protocrap I'm happy.


edit: definetely keep tachyon.

/votes CCP FoxFour for Empress of Amarr

Laser names have been wonky for AGES

"Small" armor repairer, "Small" Nosferatu, "Medium" lasers ???

THANK YOU!

CCP FoxFour

1. Maybe, set meta-level as number directly in name (as it was with mining upgrade)

Not sure what you mean by this. The mining laser upgrades currently look as so:
Mining Laser Upgrade I
Erin Mining Laser Upgrade (meta 1)
Elara Mining Laser Upgrade (meta 2)
Carpo Mining Laser Upgrade (meta 3)
Aoede Mining Laser Upgrade (meta 4)
Mining Laser Upgrade II

Wasn't there already a thread on renaming lasers???

Modal used in different places to mean different things ('Scout' worked in a similar way between railguns and atrillery) is something I'd prefer to retain personally - although with the continued unification of all naming conventions everywhere the reasoning looks less and less sound.


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Barging in a bit late into the discussion; while I'd like for module names to "make sense" I wouldn't want to lose the coolness of having different names. Having every meta turret have the same base name makes things too homogeneous, too bland&boring. Lasers should have something "lasery" in their name and projectiles should have a "weaponsmithy" nomenclature. While making everything on par and viable (balance wise) makes good sense, making everything the same does not. Same goes for the names.

Ytterblum could probably tell you all about laser types (even though he spelled it wrong :P) but have a look here for some inspiration.

p.s. I'm no fan of adding meta into the name itself, the names would get too long (or you'd have to leave out the fun part of the name and just make it boring) and it would feel too spreadsheet-like. Being able to sort the variations, market etc on meta lvl would suffice.

If you want to make meta levels clear, just add them to the name as a version number, excluding T2 and faction. So, Heavy Modulated Pulse Energy Beam I.4; Experimental 1MN Afterburner I.3

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EDIT: !!! - right, that AB is the old Cold Gas AB. Back when it was named Cold-Gas Arcjet Thrusters, I used to always know that what I wanted if I wanted a small AB was the cold-gas one. Now that it's has this 'helpful' name, I don't regard it as having a name at all, and just go straight to the meta level.

While we're on the subject of weapon naming, how about removing the word "Artillery" from some of the Autocannon names?

That suggestion is perfect IMHO for Meta resolution.

So, using various suggestions I've seen so far, alternate schemes :

Light Pulse Laser I
Anode Light Pulse Laser I.1
Modal Light Pulse Laser I.2
Afocal Light Pulse Laser I.3
Modulated Light Pulse Laser I.4
Light Pulse Laser II


Clean, simple, module name is placed at end, so you can search "Light Pulse Laser" and get all meta types, if you want all T1s you can just do 'Light Pulse Laser I.', if you want T2, you just put 'II' at the end.

I think changing the anode, modal, etc is fine as long as you replace them with something better, more consistent or cooler.

If you insist on using the new conventions, then you can still wrap it in (I left flavor designators in this case)

Light Pulse Laser I
Upgraded Anode Light Pulse Laser I.1
Limited Modal Light Pulse Laser I.2
Experimental Afocal Light Pulse Laser I.3
Prototype Modulated Light Pulse Laser I.4
Light Pulse Laser II

I find that a bit of an eyeful to really enjoy. But, I think it's pretty sexy still.

There may be a better way than just I.1, but it's a step in the right direction.


And, I agree. When you start using the "Upgraded" designators alone, it basically doesn't have a name anymore.

If we, and I stress the if as this is just rambling, what about I think I prefer:
I.I
I.II
I.III
I.IV

Just keeping with how we tend to do things.

Decimal Roman numerals? I now think I've seen it all.

Versus the previous recommendation of roman numerals mixed with numbers? i kinda figured that made more sense? I will admit I don't know the roman numeral system that well so if there is a better way to do that let me know.

Since meta level is available as a separate column I don't think we need to clutter the item name with it. Meta levels 1 to 3 are usually trash anyway and not a big concern. I'd like to see the "I" tech level indicator go away as well.

Maybe: [meta name] '[decorative name]' [size] [item type]

So we get: Upgraded 'Anode' Light Pulse Laser

The meta name provides an indication of the level of the item, we keep some storyline 'color' in the name and the final part is together to allow for searching. By using a common meta indicator with a name unique to a line of equipment you keep the best of both worlds without it becoming too long.

Light Pulse Laser I
Upgraded 'Anode' Light Pulse Laser
Limited 'Modal' Light Pulse Laser
Experimental 'Afocal' Light Pulse Laser
Prototype 'Modulated' Light Pulse Laser
Light Pulse Laser II

You could add in a manufacturer name in the Tech II model to add more color. The Tech I indicator could be dropped entirely as well.

Hmmmm thank you for that. I see where you are coming from and agree on several points. I should hopefully have an updated idea in the next couple of days.

Its tough to be as simple as possible, while being informative and also not making everything generic and bland. Good luck.