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Yulai Convention allows shooting the red cross all day and its only 114 years old unlike the Geneva which by now should be about 45,000 years old now?

Most of these are mere fantasies with no relation to reality.

Life/favor/roleplay reduced due to standardized missile names? Because EVE's unique flavor comes from having many arbitrarily named items yea?
Confusion? How can standardized missile names be confusing? What we have now is confusing and not user friendly.
Amarr Frigate 1, 2 and 3? A mere strawman idea put forth by the conservatives who are against this idea.
Dumbing down EVE? Because EVE is about remembering market items yea?

It will necessitate updating data bases and kill board software most likely yes, and it might take a few days for everyone to get accustomed to the new system. But that's not a good enough reason to avoid doing this.

1) Nobody said EVE's unique flavour comes from different named items. But the diversity supports it.
2) Having the same name for different stuff will lead to confusion. Especially in communication with others, like already pointed out by some examples in this thread. But I agree the system we have now also isn't perfect. This is why some people propose the compromise mentioned below and modified in different ways across this thread.
3) This has nothing to do with being conservative. Quite the contrary, I support a change but not in the way it is planned.
4) Nope EVE is not about remembering market items, but you have to know your tools and the one's of your opponent. Or won't you say it's good to know what say an Interceptor is used for and capable of? This knowledge is part of the experience, both in terms of gaming experience and experience/skill a player gets by playing EVE.


I really don't get it, what the problem should be by adding a damage designator to the already existing names?
New players can see at one glance the damage type, while life/favor/rp lovers can keep their names.
Looks like a fair compromise for me...

(If you're worried names getting too long then use just E, T, K, and E (or X) or EM, TH, KI, EX. Names will get longer by whooping 2/3 characters (including the space))


EVE is not just number crunching and perfecting efficiency, at least not for everybody.
Gameplay is very(!) important but not everything. Otherwise we can stick to Tetris&Co.
The same applies for userfriendlyness. The famous "I-Win-Button" would be perfectly user friendly, but is it really desirable?

For me believability and a rich and diverse environment are an important part for a good gaming experience. For EVE this is the stuff that breathes "life" into our beloved Excel-in-Space. And it seems there are others that share that point of view, while surely not everybody ^^

Dev time on this:

update invTypes set typeName='Trauma rocket' where typeid=114

Repeat.

I liked the named stuff. It made me feel like I was buying some crazy cook's thing.

Ill thow this into the pool.

Meaningless Depth.

Colorblindness is a *****, especially when it is situational. I can sometimes tell the difference, and sometimes can't. I've pretty much memorized what the different missile types, ammo types, and jammer types are by name at this point. Keep colors for those who can use them, but I support the name change because it makes it easier on us who can't depend on the colors.

Your first point could have been effective if the change was to put "Thermic Heavy Assault", "EM Heavy Missile" and so on, but it's not. It's using a codename to define a common characteristic. Just like the "Blood Raider" is a codename to define a specific set of attributes (energy vampire, em-the dealing NPCs).

As for the second point, let me put that straight: "I'm able to tell the difference, and I know some people just can't because they can't see the colors like I do, so I think it should stay as it is right now".
Am I doing this right?

So much whine.

No, you don't.
pls read my post, understand it, and then come back with a real response.

Fly safe until then!