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While I agree the Catalyzed was the MWD variant...

I am very much against the over simplification of eve; without the "fluff", it really is just a spreadsheet with pretty lighting and random number generators. The atmosphere generated by the names, background stories and such like are what makes the gameworld interesting.

However, lets just get it straight that these devs are the same ones who ignored the unpopular missile name changes and refused to listen to any other opinions then, basically acknowledging this in this latest blog, so the chances of anything we say here making a real difference are next to nothing...
*Deep breath* However, if they are going through with it, I second the suggestions along these lines:

Meta Level 1: Upgraded
Meta Level 2: Improved
Meta Level 3: Enhanced
Meta Level 4: Advanced

It has an alphabetical order to it (backwards, but just sounds "right" in this order) and at least makes each step sound like a more logical improvement, then take the advice of adding in the original "fluff" name in there somewhere and it doesn't get TOO bad... Makes more sense to both those who are learning and those who know the old names. For example:

1MN Afterburner I
Upgraded 1MN 'Monopropellant' Afterburner
Improved 1MN 'Arcjet' Afterburner
1MN Afterburner II


The changes to the implants are a decent example of Doing It Right. You have a better idea of what it does, and part of that actually still sounds sci-fi-esque -That's how it should be!

So...

Meta Level 1: Upgraded

Meta Level 2: Limited

Meta Level 3: Experimental

Meta Level 4: Prototype

I don't see how upgraded implies that it is lesser than limited. I also don't see any sort of clue upon first glance as to whether experimental or prototype would be better. Maybe:

Meta Level 1: Limited

Meta Level 2: Upgraded

Meta Level 3: Enhanced

Meta Level 4: Prototype

Or leave it alone. All i'm really saying is i don't see how upgraded indicates that it should be worse than limit.

Minor improvement, but considering I want them to not touch that stuff at all, still no go for me :P

For 9 years we've had these module names now. Suddenly the names are inadequate? Seriously?

Are you going to rename fof missiles yet? I mean, I enjoy searching through the results of a f.o.f. market search looking for the kinetic ones with the grey warhead and all...


I like the idea of renaming Assault Missile Launchers, there's always been some confusion between those and HAM launchers with new players. What I _would not do under any circumstances_ is swap names among existing modules, that's just begging for loads of confusion. There are still guides out online from 5 or 6 years ago, renaming HAM launchers to "assault launcher" just creates confusion for new players who read old guides. If you have to rename HAM launchers call them something like Heavy Rocket Launcher instead but _don't_ re-use the name from a different class of weapon.

Light Missile Launcher - great
Light Missile Array - eh, whatever, it's consistent with the ammo type
Assault Launcher - bad idea, you're re-using an existing name - call it Heavy Rocket Launcher, or leave it as Heavy Assault Launcher
Torpedo Launcher - great

Start coding and stop trying to come up with easy solutions like "lets rename database here and there" to avoid implementing actual features and deny word "neocom" in content of needs updating - move on people - nothing to see here!. Total awesomeness protected by CCP in action.

Thanks for confirming that this thing will be force fed no matter how much resistance there is.

Send my best to Hilmar. Tell him to get ready for awesome stuff.

+1 ... This is rediculous.

CCP: How many man hours were wasted by the programmers on this renaming idea... introducing the idea, having meetings, etc? What's next?

Ballistic Control System I -> Missile Damage Increaser
Ballistic Control System II -> Better Missile Damage Increaser

CCP in action - CCP doing stuff
CCP inaction - CCP not doing stuff.

Herp de derp!

Just to clarify, how exactly are you changing the names? For example, how will "Large 'Solace' Remote Bulwark Reconstruction" be named? Will it now be "Large Prototype Remote Armor Repair System," or will it be "Large Prototype 'Solace' Remote Bulwark Reconstruction"?

The first preserves nothing of the flavor, and reduces all the modules in the game to little more than "Magic Sword +1/2/3/4." I sincerely hope you (the developers) are not quite that lazy, and have more regard for this game's flavor and lore. It also would make it much more difficult to search for specific items. If I want to find that meta-4 repper, right now I can search for "Solace" and find only meta-4 reppers in a few seconds. But if all meta-4 items are now simply designated as "Prototype," suddenly I have a screen filled with random junk. And that will happen for any other search aside from "Prototype Remote Armor." I suppose I should remind you that the game's market search function is so primitive that entering the name of a module out of sequence (for example, "Large Remote") will not return useful results.

The second option makes more sense. But from what I've seen with the propulsion mods, I don't think this is the route you're planning on.

A much better solution would be to modify item icons to show meta level. That would preserve flavor, and would let people tell at a glance what the meta level of the item is. But maybe there are other considerations preventing the introduction of new icons. It took months to revert back to old weapon icons. It took literally years to get different icons for microwarp drives and afterburners, and to have BPC icons that were slightly different from BPO icons.

Or you could just sort items on market by meta level instead of by name. That wouldn't put any load on the art department, and should require minimal coding.

In general, how many folk have seriously complained about module names being confusing? Or is this one of those things some nameless suit in marketing cooked up? Because it takes all of five seconds to click "show info" on a module to figure out its meta level, and after the first few times anyone capable of turning on a computer will know what the meta-4 named item is. I know that the current trend is dumb down everything in a game until an illiterate idiot can play it, but for ****'s sake does CCP really have to jump on that bandwagon as well?