[suggestion[ ship name registry

[yodajedifishmaster]

[suggestion] ship name registry

if we wish to name our ships, i would have thought the pilots federation would also run a name registry, independent of the powers. all the powers ships names would be registered with it too, capital ships at least. naming your ship would have a one time fee, and get your ship name painted on in a particular place on each side of the ship in small letters. you could also toggle when repairing paint whether or not to have any prefix -for instance, i have federation rank so im technically in the federal naval auxiliary reserve. so technically if i name my ship it could have FNAS in front, should i wish to declare my allegiance to them or pledge.

other suggested prefixes might be based on particular organisations eg PFS (pilot federation ship) or EC for Explorer Corps, SCS (Sirius Corporation Ship) etc etc.

even a stickied forum thread for ship name registry might be good but it would avoid arguments over duplicate names and allow the ship names to be in game on the ships if it was a name registry, say based on LAVE or the starting system.

 

[Tryst]

Adding the ship name to the already long list of information on the left panel when you target another ship would only serve to confuse things. Better to keep naming as a private thing so you can tell at a glance what ship is where when you see it listed in a system.

Also, if it's private, it doesn't matter if you use a completely inappropriate name, only you can see it so FD won't be deluged with complaints from other players pointing it out. If it's allowed to be public, I can just imagine some of the ship names you'll see and the ensuing complaints FD will get about them.

 

[yodajedifishmaster]

oh i dont mean in the panel. besides which, how could you tell it was a genuine name? pirate npcs would erase the name off their ship and spoof a fake name for the panel so it would be pointless having names of ships in the panel except perhaps for capital ships. i just meant for cosmetic purposes on the ships hull, plus a registry would hopefully avoid conflicts on forum when two or more players name their ship the same name. the ship name couild also then appear in galnet news but i would not recommend it in the left panel.

also i think we would all prefer ship type only to appear there - the names are irrelevant if you are being attacked, you just need to know the type(s) so you can work out whether to fight or flee.

innappropriate names could be fairly easily filtered. and player complaints on the few that got through would wind up with them removed quickly enough i would think.