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Ackuula
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Posted - 2008.06.22 16:10:00 -
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I'd like to see call signs in Fleet.
Instead of the usual batch of unpronouncable names, why do people always assum RPG names mean they need to be 6-9 sylabols long, or the ever popular standard N00bname31256.
Make it simple and sweet something we can either set on our character, or have each slot in the fleet be nameable like the leaders are.
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Marcus Gideon
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Posted - 2008.06.22 17:50:00 -
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Holy crap... this exact same thing was already suggested a few days ago. And no one else cared.
Being enlisted Army, I know that call signs and codenames are used in higher echelons. One battalion calling another over the radio, will use the call signs for the unit and particular individual they want to speak with. "Sierra Two Alpha" and "Sierra Three November" are two different people sitting in the same room.
But a group of soldiers clearing a house will yell "Hey Jones, check that door" before they try and resort to spiffy "Goose" or "Maverick" names. If they do use something like that, its a nickname for a particular person, not a command directed naming convention.
What I'm trying to say is, assigning names shouldn't be handed down from CCP. If anything, it should be passed around by the Alliance leadership. Then you can practice using the same names time and again. Otherwise, you struggle to decypher the naming convention in midcombat, and it loses the effectiveness.
"Gotta tell Bob... where's Bob on the list... now what's Bob's codename... oh, nevermind... Bob's dead anyways"
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Marcus Gideon
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Posted - 2008.06.22 18:14:00 -
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And now I see...
YOU were the one who posted this same crap the other day.
If your thread gets lost, just bump it with another post. Don't make a whole new thread with the exact same information...
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Ackuula
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Posted - 2008.06.23 17:21:00 -
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Would have loved to, but like so many thing around here, they don't work right.
Try to search for it, it doesn't find it. Try to search for it, by my own name, it only shows things I posted from 2 years ago. Try to scroll throught the pages, no good, it's probably burried 30,011 "How to fix the nano problem" posts.
Army well that explains a disdain for call signs. They come up with more asinine names than your typical 14 year old gamer. Names are easy enough once you know people, and nicknames do come quick for anyone with an Alphabet name, but it's not much of a use if you are trying to get things organized in FW.
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Ackuula
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Posted - 2008.06.23 17:28:00 -
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oh yeah almost forgot.
Blow me grunt.
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Ashan Sul
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Posted - 2008.06.23 17:29:00 -
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i've got a much simpler and better ( by my own opinion at least ) idea. Allow a toggle on the fleet panel that allows you to see ship names instead of char names. Then everyone renames their ships as it is fitting of the situation. Opinions?
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Akina Nidaras
De' Liberatos
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Posted - 2008.06.23 17:35:00 -
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 Originally by: Ackuula
Instead of the usual batch of unpronouncable names, why do people always assum RPG names mean they need to be 6-9 sylabols long
Because normal names are boring. Who wants to fly around as "Joe Smith"?
Now, my name for instance. You don't need to call out my full name in combat. Akina - three alternating syllables, very easy to say.
But people with lame24namez878 really should stop using those kind of names. Or other silly names like MrBlowCrapUp. But this is less to do with callsigns and more to do with stupid people congregating ;)
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2008.06.23 18:25:00 -
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Most every EVE name is a callsign already, how about proper names for the masses instead to go along with said callsign?
Check and support my link below.
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Zirconium Blade
Ass Pounding Space Monkeys
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Posted - 2008.06.23 18:41:00 -
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Edited by: Zirconium Blade on 23/06/2008 18:42:31
Originally by: Ackuula
oh yeah almost forgot.
Blow me grunt.
Yup, thats pretty much what CCP and 90% of the playerbase will tell you about this idea.
Also I wanted to point out that:
A) Bookmark your thread if you want to keep track of it
and
B) Marcus found it so it couldn't have been that difficult.
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Marcus Gideon
Excessive Force
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Posted - 2008.06.23 21:06:00 -
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Originally by: Ackuula
oh yeah almost forgot.
Blow me grunt.
Note to self... dust Ackuula next available opportunity...
Originally by: Zirconium Blade
B) Marcus found it so it couldn't have been that difficult.
Further note... harass Zir as well. 
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Salpad
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Posted - 2008.06.24 15:27:00 -
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Originally by: Ashan Sul
i've got a much simpler and better ( by my own opinion at least ) idea. Allow a toggle on the fleet panel that allows you to see ship names instead of char names. Then everyone renames their ships as it is fitting of the situation. Opinions?
Wouldn't purpose-named ships be a problem in PVP? As in giving the opposition information that you'd rather they didn't have?
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