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+1 this give us 8 names please.

+1 for including the damage type in the name
-5 for removing the uniqueness of the names altogether

Ideally, they would all follow something along the lines of the existing patterns, like Kerc suggested. Personally, I prefer straight damage type names with the flavor name in quotes after it.

(damage type name) (nickname) (category)

Thermal 'Foxfire' Unguided Rocket
EM 'Gremlin' Unguided Rocket
Explosive 'Phalanx' Unguided Rocket
Kinetic 'Thorn' Unguided Rocket

Thermal 'Flameburst' Light Missile
EM 'Sabretooth' Light Missile
Explosive 'Piranha' Light Missile
Kinetic 'Bloodclaw' Light Missile

Thermal 'Hellfire' Heavy Assault Unguided Missile
EM 'Torrent' Heavy Assault Unguided Missile
Explosive 'Fulmination' Heavy Assault Unguided Missile
Kinetic 'Terror' Heavy Assault Unguided Missile
- These get a bit unwieldly, especially once you toss the racial name on the front.

Thermal 'Widowmaker' Heavy Missile
EM 'Thunderbolt' Heavy Missile
Explosive 'Havoc' Heavy Missile
Kinetic 'Scourge' Heavy Missile

Thermal 'Inferno' Unguided Torpedo
EM 'Mjolnir' Unguided Torpedo
Explosive 'Bane' Unguided Torpedo
Kinetic 'Juggernaut' Unguided Torpedo

Thermal 'Cataclysm' Cruise Missile
EM 'Paradise' Cruise Missile
Explosive 'Devastator' Cruise Missile
Kinetic 'Wrath' Cruise Missile

Thermal 'Purgatory' Citadel Unguided Torpedo
EM 'Thor' Citadel Unguided Torpedo
Explosive 'Doom' Citadel Unguided Torpedo
Kinetic 'Rift' Citadel Unguided Torpedo

Thermal 'Sol' Citadel Cruise Missile
EM 'Thunar' Citadel Cruise Missile
Explosive 'Catastrophe' Citadel Cruise Missile
Kinetic 'Rajas' Citadel Cruise Missile

It's boring to say "hey, pick me up some Explosive Light Missiles", it's much nicer to say "pick me up some Piranhas". For those in the know, it's a nice short-hand for saying that if you want 'Doom's that you're looking for capital sized explosive torpedo ammo. Yes, the damage type needs to be in the new names, but no you should not be doing away with the old unique names.

Making all the names the same would be like changing all the capital ship types to: Amarr Dreadnaught, Amarr Carrier, Amarr Super Carrier, Amarr Titan - which is rather bland and boring.

Plus, for the old bittervets who have stuck around, we know the old unique names. It's how we tend to search for things on the market. So those names need to stay as part of the new names.

TIL anyone who plays anything but Eve is not "people", and Eve would be much more better without them.

Thank you.

this is fine for noobs, however what would actually address the issue is to be able to sort for meta level in your hangar. Adding little color coded symbols would be another option (like tech 2 and faction) to make them quickly distinguishable without changing the names at all.

This and...



Boooring. And not very creative. After all New Eden is mostly run by Mega Corporations which want to sell their 'products'. And such anonymous and shared names descriptions definitely won't help in this attempt.
Or why did you call your product 'EVE Online' instead of 'Massive-Multiplayer-Space-Simulator' or 'Ultima Online in Space'? Exactly, you want to have a striking name everyone can remember & associate with your product and on the other hand you have to separate from your competitors. Why should this be different in New Eden??

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the fact to determine the effectiveness of these modules just by name. But please add some flavour to it. Best way would probably be to use Kerc Kasha's and Scrapyard Bob's suggestion to combine new and old names, like:

Instead of:
"Y-T8 Overcharged Hydrocarbon Microwarpdrive" -> "Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I"
more like this:
"Y-T8 Overcharged Hydrocarbon Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive"

This way we can keep the uniqueness as well as the Information where to place the module in the meta level hierarchy (as all categories(1mn-100mn) will follow the keyword hierarchy "limited << upgraded << experimental")

Where names get too long, perhaps take parts out of it or replace it. But the result should also be unique.




This. With two exceptions:

1) I would prefer to reorder the naming scheme like this:

(damage type name) (nickname) (category)
e.g. 'Foxfire' Thermal Rocket

2) Use this opportunity and get rid of all the references to guided/unguided as in EVE all missiles are guided. Otherwise they would just go in a straight path.
(Includes renaming of rockets and the changing the name & description of the skill Guided Missile Precision. Perhaps to Long Range Missile Precision or something similar, to show only the long range variants of each missile-pair is affected)


To come to the inevitable RL-reference:
No one calls one of the most famous A2A-Missile Air-Intercept-Missile-9-with-explosive/kinetic-warhead. It's name is 'Sidewinder'. Period. And it's larger "cousins" only share the technical part of it's name and have their own nicknames, eg. AIM-7 'Sparrow'.

Simplifying EVE for noobs it's a priority for CCP now? And how about lags, space ships, another important things? And this

IMHO, this is no time to decorate the house when it's falling apart. It can be said too loudly, but I think you understand what I mean. I wish you didn't forget about that time - "our subscribers have gone down from their peak this summer. We attribute this to our own mistakes and poor communications with our players."© CCP manifest

Shame on them

You can already sort by meta level.

1) Switch your hangar (or container or cargo bay) to "List" view
2) Right-click on the column headers in the list view
3) Turn on/off various extra columns like "Category", "Meta Level" and "Tech Level".

Adding colors for meta items on basic T1 modules would be a bit of an eyesore.

Uh, right click on one of the headings in your hanger. add the meta level column. sort by that column?

Ah - I wasn't aware there were skills that affected one type and not the other - I stand corrected . And yes, assault missiles could do with a name change. This would clear up any confusion over Assault Missile Launchers too.

This CCP Lemur. I like him.