Thorian Crystal
Amarr War Industries
Empire Industry
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Posted - 2012.04.01 12:32:00 -
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It is good to have names that have a meaning. In addition to that you can have some flavor terms on special items, but I would still like to see what the item is from it's name. Terms should also be consistent.
- I don't think Gatling should be used to tell the weapon is weak, because Gatling means only that it is gatling.
Then I am not so sure does the item name have to have every detail about the item. Sure, if you have always certain categories, then you need different names, too. For example:
Small Pulse Laser (this is a basic small pulse laser)
Medium Pulse Laser (basic medium one)
Alien Small Pulse Laser (this is also a small pulse laser, but has alien tech in it)
Improved Alien Small Pulse Laser (improved alien laser... You can see terms creeping to the name)
-> Maybe use a short name and a long name where the long name is a technical name with all the categories in it. Then the short name should be something shorter, eg. Improved Alien SPL. People should be able to browse by short or long names.
Basic SPL I
Basic SPL II
Basic SBL I
Improved SBL I
Alien SBL III (<- well, that III already tells, it might contain alien tech. On the other hand just putting I II... doesn't tell much as such, maybe drop tech level from the name and use "alien" or so. Otherwise it will become SBL III which is dull, though compact)
Then if I see the word "dual" as a new player, it feels like it should be better. I have to read spec to know that there are different kinds of weapon properties: Rate of fire, optimal distance, and so on. But dual tells me only that it is dual. Instead of "dual" you should say in the name what you really mean: Is it a sniper laser or close range or what.
Basic Assault SPL
Basic Sniper SPL
Basic Sniper SPL III
Basic SPL III (basic all purpose SPL that has alien tech)
And the Meta vs Tech level business is quite confusing for a new player: Sure tech II is better than I, and III is really shiny, but how does Meta and Tech -levels relate to each other? If "Basic SPL" is meta 1, then is "Improved SPL" meta 3 and so? Does meta counting start from 1 again in tech II?
Improved Sniper SPL II (meta 2 because improved?)
Dragon Sniper SPL II (how to add other sub levels for speciality weapons? Player sees that this isn't basic nor anything usual. The word Dragon doesn't tell much, but you have also things like "Navy-issue"... If there will be more of these special brands, how do I know which is better as a new player? I need to get experience and check specs and google and so on again?)
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