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Agreed, Limited doesn't seem to fit at all in there.

Meta 1 : Standard
Meta 2 : Experimental
Meta 3 : Upgraded
Meta 4 : Advanced

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=62254 ill leave this here since it take to long to boil the entire argument down.

I would like to add that if you do go the meta theming arrage them a bit.

1 Enchanced - means you made some tweaks to get better performance
2 Upgraded - The fact you had to go out and replace parts to get better performance.
3 Prototype - Is basically the mass production variant before release.
4 Experimental - Not ready for the world or the world isnt ready for it.

This however... doesnt make in alphabetical order (oh noes)

So altenratively this is a generic list of useable words in alpha order

0 [_] Blank Space to force sort it to have it at the start of the list
Advanced
Augmented
Boosted <- Meta 1 Nomation
Civillian <- Meta 0 Nomation
Converted <- Meta 1 Nomination, Sounds like no major engineering was required to improve performance
Developed <- Meta 2 Nomination
Enchanced <- Meta 2 Nomination, Sounds like some thought went into increasing performance
Engineered <- Meta 3 Nomination, Sounds like alot of money and thought went into increasing performance
Enriched
Evolved
Expanded
Experimental <- Meta 3 Monimation, Once against sounds like money and time went into it.
Innovated <- Meta 3/4 Nomation, Sounds like major investements where made to make these
Improved
Refined
Perfected <- Meta 4 Nomation, Seriously only the obessed with would try to name something this confident it is so.
Progressive
Prototype <- Meta 4 Nomation, well it sounds cool but i have to agree dont use this if you use experimental.
Modified
Superior
Upgraded
Ultimatium
Then you interject flavor names in partial or whole.

[Meta Name][Flavor/Faction Name][Module Name][Tech Mark]

Perfected Carbine 150mm Artillery Cannon I
Caldari Navy Torpedo Launcher I
Enginnered Scout's 425mm Railgun I

Then go around and smash alot of the longer multiple flavor names into smaller ones to keep the names small.

Also go back and redo the afterburners/mwd if you go with the above plan

Innovated Arc-Jet 100MN Afterburner I

This I strongly belive is the best of all worlds.

Also change the light missile array into something different, it still needs the launcher name in it but the light missile must be included.

The Rapid Light Missile launcher idea was good but has no indication it goes on larger ships.

Light Missile Battery Launcher however does.

Completely opposed to everything except the hardwiring changes.


I'm sorry, shouldn't things like these be changed when they are deemed too confusing by the players. The simplification of names just takes variety away from the game.

Side note, I'll never understand how people get paid for work like this, and then come up with work that looks like they spent 2 minutes on it. I mean almost everyone here has pointed out experimental = prototype... how does the person getting paid to come up with these names not realize this.

and yet everyone who is playing the game somehow coped, I don't see the point, I like obscurity and things not always making sense, i like finding weirdly named stuff and the community that has grown up around cataloguing said weird stuff...seems like there is other stuff that needs fixing before this, which doesn't actually need fixing

Don't get me wrong i think renaming needs to be done on some modules, but for the most part they already make sense in a lot of areas.

Everyone knows n-type is meta 4 for armor modules.

scouts are meta 4 for projectiles
'arbelasts' meta 4 missiles
proto type for rails. etc.

But dont dumb it down too much we still need complexity.

Also CCP let me levey the charge that I think we got entirely ignored last time with absolutely no feedback.

These are literally backwards.

Your first design you make is:
Prototype (Level 1) where you were just trying to get the darn thing working.
Your second design is "Experimental" (Level 2) where you improved things, but still problems popped up.
Your third design will be "Limited" (level 3) as in a limited run where you find the last hidden flaws.
And your general run would be "Upgraded" from that limited design (Level 4) is when you have it running smooth and optimized.

Personally, the quality of the "Civilian" modules would match my mental mind of a "Prototype" and I wouldn't want to put Prototype crap on my ship. Prototype should be called "Standard" or "Basic" and not imply that it could fail at any moment like a prototype. Prototypes are Alpha versions of software and Experimental are Beta versions of software. I'm also hesitant to put anything on my ship labeled "Experimental" as that does not instill confidence in the quality of the module either.

These describe modules that won't simply fail randomly and convey an order that flows. Also, the modules alphabetize in Meta order:
Meta Level 1: Basic
Meta Level 2: Improved
Meta Level 3: Special
Meta Level 4: Ultimate

god bless Gnauton ! <3

it's the best blog i saw since a while

i less reason to reprocess all your stuff on, the hangar to avoid headache ^^
(can another dev offer us multiple items instant sell order now please xD ?)

i'm a bit confused about "experimental" and "prototype" however. for me "experimental" is the best, while "prototype" would be meta 0 or meta -1 :P
and for missile i like the "ligh missile" thing, but "array" don't seems clear for me, would prefer it to stay "assault"

+1

Changing the names won't accomplish anything except breaking every single killboard and 3rd party app for a week and confusing everyone including the noobs. Just like the last time.

The names are fine the way they are, better even than having all standardized names. What's truly needed is better methods to easily see meta level directly.

I am liking some of what I am hearing, but I vote you keep the names of resistance equipment as magnetic, reactive, etc. it's not that hard to remember (reflective, that stops explosives right :P), since theres only four of them, but it brings flavor.