Naming Your Ships

I did a quick search and it didn’t turn this up, so here goes

 

It’d be nice to name your ships, people name boats and some airlines name their aircraft, why can’t merc’s name their warbirds too?

 

I’m thinking that it’d come up in this way:

 

Playername:PlayerCorp

Shipname

Shipmodel

Tier

 

so it basically integrates with the current system of seeing the tier of players, the ship they’re flying etc.

 

It would of course cost to name a ship, I was thinkning of using the current hanger travel costs per tier, so a r15 would cost 850,000 to name, meaning you’d have to choose your name carefully, whereas newbie pilots who can’t decide don’t incur too great a cost.

the shipnames are about to remain in matter of comparison and common understanding.

 

If you want to change e.g. the HUD the new name would be way to long and not handy

the shipnames are about to remain in matter of comparison and common understanding.

 

If you want to change e.g. the HUD the new name would be way to long and not handy

i’m not suggesting removing ship names, i agree that they’re useful for comparison and also when about to PK and not wanting to be outmatched, i’m suggesting something along the lines of Garm - “Galbatorix” which could be turned on and off in the HUD options like the other parts

I don’t see a problem with this. Just put an 18-character limit on names and be done. Players will be able to toggle whether or not they wish to see other pilots’ ship names through HUD settings.

I don’t see a problem with this. Just put an 18-character limit on names and be done. Players will be able to toggle whether or not they wish to see other pilots’ ship names through HUD settings.

I think it’ll be nice to have this on corp sorties, one big lead ship with a really cool name. For example, going on a sortie with my corp with my Minotaur “Furia” in the lead.

I would name my Paralax to “Lion Mk.II” just to see people freak out :smiley:

I would name my Paralax to “Lion Mk.II” just to see people freak out :smiley:

nah, name your archdragon “Harpy”, then people will be wondering how you dealt them 6.5K dps

I would go a little further. Make a surface for the name on every ship. With limited length of course. It could be like any aerography but editable.   

Currently, in batle, ship name gives allot of tactical information on what to expect, especially if you already familiar with enemy’s name, replacing it with custom is to take this away to the point of simply turning it off from HUD for being useless info and never coming back to it.

Alternatively you could give a nickname to the ship, that is optional to display (doubt any competitive pilot will ever use it)

Currently, in batle, ship name gives allot of tactical information on what to expect, especially if you already familiar with enemy’s name, replacing it with custom is to take this away to the point of simply turning it off from HUD for being useless info and never coming back to it.

Alternatively you could give a nickname to the ship, that is optional to display (doubt any competitive pilot will ever use it)

i wasn’t talking bout replacing the actual ship name, just an option in the HUD to display a pilot’s own name for their ship

Currently, in batle, ship name gives allot of tactical information on what to expect,

I played against a WPK guy who was beat the crap out of my team in Fed Guard and a pug Fed engineer. After the match I gave him my guess about his build and was 3/4s right. I was a little surprised he used volume+resist instead of just pure resist. His reasoning was this, “Resist don’t mean $h!t if you don’t have a fat @$$.”

… His reasoning was this, “Resist don’t mean $h!t if you don’t have a fat @$$. until there is a Scatter gun”

Fixed it for you

The same suggestion is already known, but not planned. Perhaps it will be rethought in the future.

Fixed it for you

Armor points tanking don’t mean $h*t unless there’s a scatter gun

The same suggestion is already known, but not planned. Perhaps it will be rethought in the future.

it wouldn’t be too hard to implement, it’d also be nice for the people who do want to re-name their ships to add a more personalised touch.

well I wouldn’t mind naming my inquisitor “WIDE-LOAD”

I did’t read the rest of the thread : …

well I wouldn’t mind naming my inquisitor “WIDE-LOAD”

Face it, the inquisitor is literally just a space dorito. R2LT5_1.png rsz_1rsz_124sugar1-superjumbo-v3.jpg

Face it, the inquisitor is literally just a space dorito. R2LT5_1.png rsz_1rsz_124sugar1-superjumbo-v3.jpg

lol good one man, you just gave me the idea of painting it yellow

lol good one man, you just gave me the idea of painting it yellow

the link’s expired now, fml