Shields name

[RCIX]

A lot of people seem to confuse shields with forcefields, and given that they only serve to reduce hitchance, i nominate that they be renamed to Electronic Countermeasures. This would reduce confusion and make a little more sense, as ECM is one of those things that reduces hitchance.

[x4000]

It still seems to be a minority of players who are confused, and in looking at the interface (where there is a big shields stat), it should be easy to pick up the difference for even without ever coming to the forums or anything. Generally speaking, I try to avoid renaming stuff as that tends to lead to worse confusion.

[RCIX]

It still seems to be a minority of players who are confused, and in looking at the interface (where there is a big shields stat), it should be easy to pick up the difference for even without ever coming to the forums or anything. Generally speaking, I try to avoid renaming stuff as that tends to lead to worse confusion.

How does renaming Shields to ECM make confusion worse? Why just last night i saw like 4 or 5 instances of people mistaking shields for forcefields (or at least confusing the names).

[x4000]

Because changing the names of stuff confuses existing players.  There has to be a certain amount of momentum towards not renaming stuff constantly.  There are exceptions, but they are the exceptions and not the rule. At any rate, this isn't something I am interested in changing at the moment.

[RCIX]

Ok, yeah i can buy that. If it ever does need a renaming though, ECM seems a good candidate!

[x4000]

Indeed!