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Posted - 2012.03.19 10:35:00 -
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Hi everyone,
For the next iteration of the naming revamp, we're taking a look at the much-maligned laser turret scheme and aiming to make across-the-board improvements that will increase the scheme's usability and intuitiveness. This is the first proposed step in that direction. It's in an essentially prototypical stage right now, so by all means rip this to shreds if need be. Nice comments and suggestions most welcome as well, in case you're feeling cuddly. Also, please note that as the meta level 1-4 scheme is currently undergoing revision and redesign, the examples below do not take meta changes into account and therefore are not final. They are only intended to serve as examples of the changes within the laser turret scheme itself. Without further ado:
SMALL BEAM LASERS:
Split into two subcategories:
Dual Light guns and Medium guns
Proposed Changes:
Dual Light becomes Dual Gatling
Medium becomes Light
Examples:
Dual Modulated Light Energy Beam I becomes Dual Gatling Modulated Energy Beam I
Medium Modulated Energy Beam I becomes Light Modulated Energy Beam I
Comments: One of the main goals with the new scheme is to bring every module name into line with the actual size class of the module in question. For this reason, Medium needed to get the axe here. In order for that to happen and still make sense, we needed a new name for the Dual Lights (since Dual Lights would obviously be a more powerful gun than a simple Light gun). Gatlings are known to laser users as the smallest (read: lowest damage/highest RoF) guns in a given subclass, so it made sense to rename the Dual Light to a Dual Gatling so it would sit naturally in the hierarchy. As with everything else here, if this is founded on some fallacy we're not aware of, by all means let us know. (And yes, the Dual Gatling is a more powerful gun than the regular pulse Gatling, so the two still have proper cross-category context.)
SMALL PULSE LASERS:
Split into three subcategories:
Gatling guns, Dual guns and Medium guns
Proposed Changes:
Medium becomes Light
Example:
Medium Modal Pulse Laser I becomes Light Modal Pulse Laser I
Comments: Fairly straightforward here, as far as we can tell. We thought about changing "Dual" to "Dual Light" here in order to make the Gatling-to-Light hierarchy more defined across the Small size class, but given the responses to past iterations of this project we're more inclined to err on the side of making as few changes as possible, to minimize player confusion in adapting to the new scheme. If you have compelling reasons why changing Dual to Dual Light would give benefits that would outweigh the player confusion caused by having the name hop the category from Beam to Pulse, please do sound off.
MEDIUM BEAM LASERS:
Split into three subcategories:
Quad Light guns, Focused Medium guns and Heavy guns
Proposed Changes:
Quad Light becomes Quad Gatling
Heavy becomes Solid-State Medium
Examples:
Quad Anode Light Particle Stream I becomes Quad Anode Gatling Particle Stream I
Heavy Modulated Energy Beam I becomes Solid-State Modulated Energy Beam
Comments: Gatling, once again, was pulled in here to serve as the lowest rung within a given size and class. Solid-State is one of the better suggestions we've been able to come up with to denote a high-damage laser while remaining lateral to the size issue, but the name is by no means final. If you have better suggestions that you wish us to consider, feel free to throw them into the thread. We can't guarantee anything, but we'll give everything its fair shake.
MEDIUM PULSE LASERS:
Split into two subcategories:
Focused guns and Heavy guns
Proposed Changes:
Heavy becomes Medium
Example:
Heavy Afocal Pulse Maser I becomes Medium Afocal Pulse Maser I
Comments: Again, fairly straightforward here, but if you see anything we've overlooked, you know what to do.
LARGE BEAM LASERS:
Split into three subcategories:
Dual Heavy guns, Mega guns and Tachyon guns
Proposed Changes:
Dual Heavy becomes Heavy
Example:
Dual Heavy Beam Laser II becomes Heavy Beam Laser II
Comments: Minimal, but we hope it nudges things into place while not attempting to fix anything that isn't broken.
LARGE PULSE LASERS:
Split into two subcategories:
Dual Heavy guns and Mega guns
Proposed Changes:
Dual Heavy becomes Heavy
Example:
Dual Heavy Afocal Pulse Maser I becomes Heavy Afocal Pulse Maser I
That's the long and the short of it for now. It's entirely possible that we've committed some conceptual errors that need ironing out. Please tell us what you think works, what you think doesn't, and what needs to be taken out back of the shed and shot in the head. This early stage is your greatest chance to affect the way this will shake out in the long run, so please be frank and unsparing with your feedback.
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