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 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.

I do like changes that make searching for things more logical. Also if the name of said item feels right.

I really don't want to change the topic too much, but I was wondering about the meta levels. Currently the three most used are level 1,4 and 5. Level 1 for dirt cheap option, level 4 for best fitting and level 5 for the best bang so to speak. Level 2 and 3 are, well pointless. Where role do they really have in this game? Granted there is rare cases where a person will opt for a meta 2 or 3, but it seems to only be for a scram, disruptor or web.

Devs trying to fix something that really doesn't need fixing.

The existing naming conventions have been in place for the last 9 years, and for the last 9 years those names have been fine. The last set of changes were bad enough (one of the great things about EVE was some of the 'quirky' naming systems - e.g. Cold-Gas Arcjets, which you are have started systematically destroying).

These new meta names ccp has taken to using are absolutely awful. Does it make sense at all that a prototype or experimental item would actually be better than something that is upgraded. It makes no sense at all. How about instead they use a naming convention already in place that makes some sense. The naming system from learning implants.

Limited
Beta
Basic
Standard
Improved
Advanced
Elite

Obviously here you have more names than are needed for the meta levels, so throw out the ones that seem the most redundant.

I know 3 things:

Having a "limited" meta item being better than a "upgraded" meta items is super confusing and doesn't make sense for me and any other person I've talked with...
It should be T1 -> limited -> upgraded -> experimental -> prototype (Advanced???) -> T2

Be careful not having too long names (The implants could easily lose the "inherent" part...)

Make sure most modules get to keep their unique nick names!!
Removing nicknames for generic meta description names often makes it incredible hard to make fast search for unique items... Each category of items should have a unique nickname attached to them that doesn't mix up with too many other categories.

for missile launchers the malkuth, limos, xx-xxxx and arbalest are awesome and I would hate to see those going away.
"Arbalest" would result in about 7 results only instead of a word like "prototype" and name wouldn't be half the length of what implants have...

With blasters I think it is fair to have names changed to indicate their weapon size (light/small, medium and heavy)
Keeping the different tier names to electron, ion and neutron is a definite must!
As the blasters have the unique tier names and no current nick names they can do without...
Having a "light prototype neutron blaster I", "medium limited electron blaster I" makes good sense :-)

With pulse lasers you could easily revamp the names as most people find them super confusing:
light / medium / heavy + limited / upgraded / experimental / prototype + unique name + pulse laser I
unique names could easy be: scattered / focused or strike / impact (rather than afocal)

If I was handling all this I would take it 1 group at a time doing both short range and long range at once...
I think for most weapon types you should have space to have unique names within only 1 category to avoid confusion:

missiles : malkuth, limos, xx-xxxx, arbalest
Pulse : find new name like suggested or call them a unique size measured in MW
Beams : find new name like suggested or call them a unique size measured in MW
blasters : electron/ion/neutron should be good enough as a unique
Railguns : unique size should be good enough as a unique
(however I would consider renaming to avoid conflict between 125mm and 150mm)
Autocannons : unique size should be good enough as a unique
Artillery : unique size should be good enough as a unique

The easiest type of Turrets to understand are Projectile Turrets. You've got very familiar names on them, like Auto-Cannons and Artillery. No-one is going to get confused about which is the long range and short range category.

Not only that, but you have them split into millimetres which is the standard for modern guns today. A 1400mm Artillery cannon is bigger than a 1200mm. No confusion there.

Laz0rs... laz0rs are a mess. There is no logic it seems. As a Projectile user, I get scared and confused whenever I look them over in the market. There definitely needs to be a "pattern" to naming them. Terms like "Medium" and "Heavy" don't actually mean Medium and Large turrets.

The suggestion of naming them after Watts is a great one because that would work like millimetres for Projectile turrets.

Repeating artillery

I know 3 things:

Having a "limited" meta item being better than a "upgraded" meta items is super confusing and doesn't make sense for me and any other person I've talked with...
It should be T1 -> limited -> upgraded -> experimental -> prototype (Advanced???) -> T2

Luckily though our kind writing department came up with a solution to this nonsense for all equipment. A standerdized meta level descriptor. A quick reminder of how that looks:
Upgraded (meta level 1)
Limited (meta level 2)
Experimental (meta level 3)
Prototype (meta level 4)

So starting with pulse lasers, what could a revamped laser section look like? Before I show this I want to reiterate something I said at the beginning and just now: This is just a design right now, this is what it could look like. Could look like. OK, so on with pretty pictures.

Random other notes:
* Faction/Storyline/Officer mods do not include the I on the end. Keep it like this? Or include it? I am leaning towards keeping it as is.

* Galting is renamed to Spiral in this case, this is not a sure thing. Lots of people wanted it changed last time this was talked about.

TCattle are domestic animals raised for home use or for profit, whether it be for their meat or dairy products.

Granted, the above name does not tell you that it's a frigate-sized, meta 2 microwarp drive, but that small detail could so elegantly have been solved by changing the name to something like "1MN Catalyzed Cold-Gas Arcjet Microwarp Drive" (or if you prefer something shorter, "1MN Cold-Gas Arcjet Microwarp Drive" or even "1MN Arcjet Microwarp Drive").

While I totally agree that calling a frigate-class laser "Medium" is confusing (and needs to be changed)

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