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Client-side configurable item type pseudonyms (for all who want their missiles/prop mods back)

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Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#1 - 2012-01-24 23:01:37 UTC
Hey CCP, here's an idea for a cool feature to make everyone shut up: a simple in-game tool that lets you locally (for only your own viewing pleasure) rename item types to whatever you want, with the real item type name still showing up on mouseover.

That way, people can have their "Caldari Navy Mjolnir Rocket", "Caldari Navy Thorn Rocket", "Caldari Navy Kinetic Rocket", "Faction Kinetic Rocket", "F Kin R", "Caldari Navy RF-300 Concussive Munition"or "Tiny Red-tipped Phallic Projectile".

This change, in conjunction with metadata searching (being able to search for "kinetic rocket" on the market) will make everyone* happy. Guaranteed.

*okay no, there are always whiners in Eve, but still.

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CCP Phantom
C C P
C C P Alliance
#2 - 2012-01-24 23:06:26 UTC
Moved from General Discussion.

CCP Phantom - Senior Community Developer
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#3 - 2012-01-24 23:08:46 UTC
CCP Phantom wrote:
Moved from General Discussion.

And here I thought the fact this was a humorous post, not an actual proposed idea, would be obvious. Sigh.

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Serge Bastana
GWA Corp
#4 - 2012-01-24 23:40:11 UTC
I think it's his first night, you know how it is, always wanting to impress and all that Lol

WoW holds your hand until end game, and gives you a cookie whether you win or lose. EVE not only takes your cookie, but laughs at you for bringing one in the first place...

Krystal Flores
Deliverance.
Arrival.
#5 - 2012-01-25 00:18:35 UTC
Even though it was. People were doing that to the china eve version to make it into English. Not at all easy to modify though, but is already implemented on some level.
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#6 - 2012-01-25 00:21:53 UTC
It's part of the language settings, if I were to guess. You basically define your own "language" in which some of the translations are conveniently non-standard.

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Clementina
University of Caille
#7 - 2012-01-25 00:32:12 UTC
I liked this idea because it deserves to get the time of day.
Krystal Flores
Deliverance.
Arrival.
#8 - 2012-01-25 00:34:07 UTC
So technically if you really really really wanted you could define the names if you hated the new names that much.
Just throwing that out in-case some die-hard name fan wanted to.
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#9 - 2012-01-25 00:34:54 UTC
Krystal Flores wrote:
So technically if you really really really wanted you could define the names if you hated the new names that much.
Just throwing that out in-case some die-hard name fan wanted to.

Inb4 out of game tool does this for you... while stealing your logon credentials.

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