New names suck ,etc

Wyvern sounds retarded...

Build an Urchin. Urchin OP.

Back to topic: Suggest better names! There is only a single requirement: No OTA ripoff.

quote: No OTA ripoff

Why the fuck not?

I understand when we got rid of the otacontent for IP reasons and because the original models are often too crude, but what the fuck is witht he names? Have they aged badly and dont sound edgy enough to the modern audience? Do they infringe on some copyright?

Do we hate OTA and want to distance ourselves as far away from it? Well too bad, you cant fool anybody. People call ZK a PA ripoff or a SupCom ripoff on the steam page all the fucking time. You dont fucking make it less resemblant of OTA by removing OTA unit names.

Do we want noobs to have easier time learning unit names by making them thematic? Good job, now i cant fucking tell by the name what unit it is. Oh, its some fucking bird? Too bad, it describes the entire factory now, i dont know which unit you are talking about. If someone thougt thematic names would help noobs he is wrong and should stop pushing his shitty ideas already.


Think thematic names help? well here is an even more logical idea! How about we make the first syllable of all units describe its role, and the second describe its factory, with special roles having random syllables! Surely this will confuse, uh, i mean, help streamline the unit naming a lot!

quote: Do we hate OTA and want to distance ourselves as far away from it?

Yes. OTA sucks.

Also Licho was a ridiculous, confusing joke name that needed beating to death with sticks.

quote: Yogzototh could you please reduce the fuck*-count by 600%?

quote: Also Licho was a ridiculous, confusing joke name that needed beating to death with sticks.

I agree. Fuck Licho.

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If any unit needs a rename it's Scrubber. OTA, dull, phonetically similar to other names, and non-thematic.

@Jellal - renaming jumpies will be hard because Firewalker is a terrible name, Sumo and Pyro are awesome but OTA names, and Placeholder is the greatest name ever. So any bulk renaming project done in the Jumpy lab will be the flamewar to end all flamewars.

I really do not understand the purpose of a torpedo launcher removal either. And speed removal bonus from recon com seems meh. To be honest commanders are rarely if ever an issue. At best they are taken out with skutles, sniped by snipers, shot to death by penetrators or bombed to hell by precision bombers, or taken out by Black dawns. They rarely if ever make cost. I do not understand the purpose of changing what isn't broken in my honest opinion. Custom commanders are part of the game. They are the 'fun' part of the game and lately it seems that the devs are wishing to nerf them into useless boring metal sinks. Please, if you are going to change commanders at least give them some more varied and interesting weapons. Take what already exists and further expand on it with chasis-only modules or something. Like recon commander can have a module that allows longer jump distance but slower jump cooldown, support commander can have a metal production module that adds x metal/sec or increased build range and build power, bombard commander having something with range boost and damage but slower weapon cooldown or decreased artillery cooldown, battle commander with weapon cooldown decrease. Furthermore, add chasis-only weapons too. Weapons unique to that chasis. For example battle commander could have a Twin Electromagnetic Grenade Launchers dgun that launches 2 projectiles that deal small area damage and paralyse damage, recon commander could have a stun dgun that deals small damage and high paraylsis damage (sort of like a damaging spy gun). Things like this would add to the tactics of the game. My thoughts on the commander changes.

Edit: Furthermore if we're just going to nerf commanders into boring metal sinks, why do we even have an XP unlock system?

Edit 2: Better idea for the recon dgun: A pene-like stun/light damage gun. Deals 20 damage and 200 stun damage every second for 4 seconds with 20 second cooldown. Closer targets take higher damage (like heat ray) scaling up to 5x damage at PB. Would make for a very interesting weapon.