Ease of name change and ranks, BAF

[bluntpencil2001]

Looks messy and unnecessary. Players should just remember their ranks et cetera. Encourages them to get to know each others' characters.

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[AdamantineFist]

BAF|Some.Guy~|||[] sounds good by me.

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[Dieter Schprokets]

Looks messy and unnecessary. Players should just remember their ranks et cetera. Encourages them to get to know each others' characters.

Only poor feedback so far, m8, so i'm leaning to implement

But not for Privateers, anyway, since you have the -P anyway.

For Privateers, people have to remember that you are an Admiral (Honourary) and the others have equivalent Lieutenant Commander rank

That suit you Blunt?

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[Virus]

BAF|Some.Guy~|||[] sounds good by me.

Why not BAF|||[]Some.Guy?

In any case... Character limit IS 23 characters per name. And using these kinds of ranks sound nifty, but they are not pretty to look at. I'd much rather see BAF|Some.Guy. Really only works if your tag is in brackets or ranks looking nice like Ace.Outcast.Dude, or Col.Rheinland.Man.

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[Dieter Schprokets]

Why not BAF|||[]Some.Guy?

In any case... Character limit IS 23 characters per name. And using these kinds of ranks sound nifty, but they are not pretty to look at. I'd much rather see BAF|Some.Guy. Really only works if your tag is in brackets or ranks looking nice like Ace.Outcast.Dude, or Col.Rheinland.Man.

Hmm

Continue with feedback.

Athenian, stop lurking, m8. What do you think?

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[Dieter Schprokets]

My Fleet Admiral would be

BAF|Percy.Nelles~|||[]

But here is a trouble one:

BAF|Aubrey.Mainwaring~|||

I count over 23 characters, and Aubrey will likely be promoted sooner or later, then he's really messed.

Other long names:

Charles Wellington

George Harrington

Basil Liddel-Hart

George Mountbatten

This is a big killer, gents.

Thanks for pointing it out Virus

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[Dieter Schprokets]

Argh:

3.7 Using long character names (25+ symbols) is not allowed. Sanction: character deletion with no refund.

This kills this idea, i think.

Good idea, but we can't implement it.


Unless Aubrey became A.Mainwaring, etc, but i don't want to do that.

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[Blodo]

I dislike the notion of rank symbols in names. It's going to look like a mass of symbols from an uberpwnzr clan, and generally new people will have no idea what it means anyways. Not only will they be baffled by the seemingly random usage of symbols, it also clutters up the name and doesn't help when you don't like inviting by IDs either.

If ranks in names are really necessary, make them abbreviations and not symbols.

[chovynz]

How about for long names you could have
BAF|A.Mainwaring~|||

And for Admirals you could have [*] - [***] respectively

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Seek fun and you shall find it. Seek stuff to Q_Q about and you'll find that, too. I choose to have fun.

[Grin]

Oh dear, I am causing trouble again! :$

To be honest, I like the idea of having rank in the names. Several times I have been involved in large tangled battles where it has been unclear what the chain of command is.

So, there are two problems:

1) People with long names. Well, this is a problem that will go away, once a system is implemented, new recruits will be aware of the restriction to name length. Those of us who need to change now are few.

2) Clarity. Long strings of chars can look messy and confusing. There is a really simple solution to making the ranks obvious and short :- numbers. We have 8 ranks, so what I would suggest would be:

A leading char, say '~' and then a single number to indicate rank.

Keep the number 0 for when the Queen, or a vessel containing her representative, or Ambassador etc. is in the field.

Then

BAF|Percy.Nelles~1 Fleet Admiral
BAF|Person.Name~2 Admiral
BAF|Person.Name~3 Commodore
BAF|Person.Name~4 Captain
~5 Commander
~6 Lt.Commander
~7 Lieutenant
~8 Ensign

Thus, when in space, you will be subordinate to those people with the lower number - easy!
The privateers could also be marked the same way to show who is in charge.

Capital ships could also use the same system

~1 Flagship Battleship
~2 Destroyer
etc.

This is somewhat similar to the 'type' system actually used by the Royal Navy

(Sorry if I got the rank orders wrong, but you get the idea)

Hope this helps, chaps. I am not worried by having to shorten my name for the cause!

Aubrey

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