Re: System Colonization .... Can we PLEASE name the system and stations?

[Knuttin Atoll]

They didn’t in Elite until the cosmetics arrived, and I really didn’t like the disco battles that I witnessed

I still vividly remember the time I watched an 8v8 battle between Potter's gang and Spear above the Guardian site during the Bridge the Gap Interstellar Initiative, safely parked about 10km away in my SRV. It for sure was colourful, but I enjoyed the laser show all the same. Good times.

I saw them on the livestream - I’m not tempted to see them in the wild

I've seen one of them so far in the wild, and they look as ridiculous and out of place as you'd expect. Looking at the Arx store, I feel strangely out of touch these days - but all that garish stuff seems to sell.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Those who backed high enough to be part of the DDF (Design Decision Forum) were promised "God-like powers" although it must be said, not as part of a pledge tier. Then the DDF was stopped. It is now called the Design Discussion Archive and is viewable by those who pledged high enough during the kickstarter.

Some fun topics on there. Lots of hopes and dreams.

The godlike powers thing though was pure idiocy. Its one kickstarter idea i'm glad FD dropped.

 

[Arioch]

If anyone is interested about the “god-like powers” here is how FDev described them:

“The people on the DDF together with people from Frontier will have near god-like powers post-release. They will have access to live stats for the galaxy on rates of piracy, locations for player death, trade activity and so-on. They will decide how the galaxy will evolve. They will decide when famine (or plague) might arrive in a particular system. If, for example piracy is unusually high for a sustained period in a particular system how should the galaxy respond? Should an adjacent system send warships? Should it decay into anarchy and any government collapse? When we create a new ship type or variant How should we introduce it? How do we close down a particular game exploit - or do we? As you can see, the decisions will not stop at release.”

I imagine it would have been something like the DDF: Frontier put forward the idea, the players discuss the idea, Frontier implement want the want.

 

[Hellstar]

Pso2 has a system of player titles where one can combine any number of fixed words which they earn through achievements. Sure you can have your title be "Rear Inspector" or worse, but when we have people who go "muh immersion" because I can choose to make my lasers red, or green, or w/e, we can't cater to them, if we did we would have NO nice things.

 

[Arioch]

…but when we have people who go "muh immersion" because I can choose to make my lasers red, or green, or w/e, we can't cater to them, if we did we would have NO nice things.

The game does cater to me - I never see them in Solo

Unfortunately the same cannot be said for FCs; today I saw one that included a word that will not pass the forum filter (a lady of universal, negotiable affection). Agony Aunt mentioned marinas earlier on, and while I’ve seen plenty of civilian pleasure craft, most of them had eye-rolling pun names with a few genuinely funny ones - but nothing like what I’ve seen in Elite.

The planet “Stapled Peacock Flesh” may be bizarre (commemorating a vasectomy or something?) but that person contributed at least £750 to the Kickstarter and FDev thought it was fine - opening the floodgates to the entire player base is not something I’d look forward to.

 

[Hellstar]

Could just use a limited system. Not being able to name it at all is out of the question.
With the huge grind its looking to be, we need to make the system actually ours or no go.

The same thing that allows you to make something just as you want to perfection will always allow some idiot to make some abomination. this will always be true.
Some freedom is always better than none regardless.

I mean seriously dude, being upset that I can choose to make my lasers a different color? Why? What madness?

 

[Arioch]

Could just use a limited system. Not being able to name it at all is out of the question.
With the huge grind its looking to be, we need to make the system actually ours or no go.

The same thing that allows you to make something just as you want to perfection will always allow some idiot to make some abomination. this will always be true.
Some freedom is always better than none regardless.

I mean seriously dude, being upset that I can choose to make my lasers a different color? Why? What madness?

I’m not upset - I just said I don’t like how it looks and so now I play in Solo so I don’t have to see them. I’m not asking them to be removed from the game or anything

If you want to play in a game with things named like “Dixon’s Cider” (a FC seen this afternoon) then that’s fine. I can switch them off in the nav panel and only see them in the HUD if I happen to look at them. Planets and systems will not be so easy to avoid.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

I’m not upset - I just said I don’t like how it looks and so now I play in Solo so I don’t have to see them. I’m not asking them to be removed from the game or anything

If you want to play in a game with things named like “Dixon’s Cider” (a FC seen this afternoon) then that’s fine. I can switch them of in the nav panel and only see them in the HUD if I happen to look at them. Planets and systems will not be so easy to avoid.

Fairly easy to avoid i suspect.

The numbers have been crunched, and most will be on the outskits of the bubble, where I presume you rarely venture.

But this would be an argument in allowing people to put stations further out, as it would mean less chance of randomly seeing one.

Also, i know, people being people, many will put silly names, but its not a given. Many will simply name after their favourite sci-fi shows or whatever, and if that's a problem for you, consider all the NPC names and their ships. Its not like you can avoid those, and if those break your immersion, that has to be ruinous to your enjoyment of the game.

Our faction is based on the KLF, so i'd like to keep that theme with any system we colonized, same as with my ship names.

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Would it really hurt your enjoyment seeing stations/planets named like those? I guess so...

 

[Arioch]

Fairly easy to avoid i suspect.

The numbers have been crunched, and most will be on the outskits of the bubble, where I presume you rarely venture.

But this would be an argument in allowing people to put stations further out, as it would mean less chance of randomly seeing one.

Also, i know, people being people, many will put silly names, but its not a given. Many will simply name after their favourite sci-fi shows or whatever, and if that's a problem for you, consider all the NPC names and their ships. Its not like you can avoid those, and if those break your immersion, that has to be ruinous to your enjoyment of the game.

Our faction is based on the KLF, so i'd like to keep that theme with any system we colonized, same as with my ship names.

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Would it really hurt your enjoyment seeing stations/planets named like those? I guess so...

I go out into the black on occasion, I don’t know why you’d think I’d be confined to the bubble - though I don’t go near the Galactic core any more as the Borg-cube stars are a bit off putting.

I don’t mind seeing ship names like yours - mine tend towards Iain M. Banks though I’ve got a nice big, green Thunderbird 2 in a hangar somewhere - though of course I’d never see them in Solo. But you’re right, I wouldn’t enjoy seeing systems or planets named after 20th Century bands or other media references.

However, if someone can give me the story behind La Soeur Du Dan Ham, I might change my mind

 

[Agony_Aunt]

I go out into the black on occasion, I don’t know why you’d think I’d be confined to the bubble - though I don’t go near the Galactic core any more as the Borg-cube stars are a bit off putting.

I don't think that. Chances of coming across a silly named system out there would be pretty remote though.

 

[Hellstar]

I’m not upset - I just said I don’t like how it looks and so now I play in Solo so I don’t have to see them. I’m not asking them to be removed from the game or anything

If you want to play in a game with things named like “Dixon’s Cider” (a FC seen this afternoon) then that’s fine. I can switch them off in the nav panel and only see them in the HUD if I happen to look at them. Planets and systems will not be so easy to avoid.

Dixons Cider sounds like a good brand where can I get this cider

 

[Markov Chaney]

Our faction is based on the KLF, so i'd like to keep that theme with any system we colonized, same as with my ship names.

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Would it really hurt your enjoyment seeing stations/planets named like those? I guess so...

Love it, and I see you're bang up to date with Come Down Dawn and such. But I can't help noticing you've left out a whole album from 1987 and a similarly named single from 1997 ... now why would that be? ;-)

(Side note, my ships, and I presume Fnord's ships, are named after what really quite a lot of the KLF is named after...!)

Aftermath Dislocation Principle would be an awesome ship name.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

Love it, and I see you're bang up to date with Come Down Dawn and such. But I can't help noticing you've left out a whole album from 1987 and a similarly named single from 1997 ... now why would that be? ;-)

(Side note, my ships, and I presume Fnord's ships, are named after what really quite a lot of the KLF is named after...!)

Aftermath Dislocation Principle would be an awesome ship name.

LOL, yeah, that album name would immediately hit the censor. Took some ship names from the tunes on it though.

Actually running a bit short on names with all the ships. Still a few left though, and can always branch into the Illuminatus triloigy for more as it was the inspiration for the KLF.

The Golden Apple, Leviathan, The Eye in the Pyramid and even phrases like Fnord!, A is not A,Whistile while you're p.... erm, no, not that one.

 

[Kamiyoda]

Depends. Are they Aisling fleet pics or Torval?

Thargoid

 

[Jumpin' Jack Flash]

Hi

It's going to be a bit hard to tell people "My system is Col 987 Sector XY-Z A12-3".

We need to be able to name the system and stations.

I generally agree, as there should be a reference to the Cmdr who creates the Colony, much in the same way as it's possible to tag a newly discovered system with your commanders name.
Therein lies the problem as other posters pointed out, what type of name is going to be suitable within the game which other players might see.
I must admit, some of the names of commanders I come across that have tagged a system sometimes make me wonder how they arrived at that particular name, but the name I presume was ok'd by Frontiers filter system so ...same goes for some Carrier names I suppose.

I think personally (and agreeing in part) it should be only the created stations that would be named, and not the system.. the names should include some reference to the Commander, but how that could be implemented whereby the name fits in with the game to keep some sort of 'standard', and not a name that is going to ultimately ridicule the whole concept of a naming system, I have no idea at the moment. ....In any event whether this is all possible is ultimately down to the Frontier Devs.

Jack

 

[SteveWW57]

If duplicates were not allowed, would Kumo get annoyed about not being able to have "Pirate Bay"?

 

[aRJay]

If duplicates were not allowed, would Kumo get annoyed about not being able to have "Pirate Bay"?

No they don’t seem to be that interested in leaves.

 

[mtfatboy3006]

and you can always report ... and Frontier will change it

Oh, man. You already had me laughing with "have faith in the community," but this put me on the floor.

 

[OutofSpace]

Solution for both sides of the fence.

Game option: "Display player named objects (Yes/No)"

No: Colonized systems have their default names. Built stations get a default name like SO5-3TY (like what is generated for our FCs).
Yes: Station McStationface

Everyone can be happy.

I like this, especially the option to turn player named off.
At first i thought categorically NO! but someone mentioned a pay to name which may be a good cash injection.

Otherwise.....

 

[Alien]

Oh, man. You already had me laughing with "have faith in the community," but this put me on the floor.