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Build names in the mortem

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thelaptop:

--- Quote from: Nameless on February 21, 2011, 22:14 ---If the player doesn't have a master trait, probably the most accurate next step would be to name their build after the first advanced trait they picked. Dualgunner -> assume a pistol build. Berserker -> assume a melee build. Whizkid -> call them a Field Technician. And so on, leaving Grunt as a catchall if nothing else matched or they were still low level.

It could be a fun system, especially if you hid a few easter egg names for exact build orders.

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And then that "Alucard" build would make no sense any more.  =P

I was thinking, let's make this a community thing.  Produce a list of possible builds, and then we scour the published mortems to source for some of the names that people have called their builds, and assign them as specially named builds.

As for the rest, we can do something like a spider chart of the bonuses, pick the top two biggest bonuses and assign a systematic name accordingly.  That should cover the generic build name stuff.  Heck, we can even make it a binomial name, with a "common name" (as provided in community) associated with it.

This obviously needs more refinement.  =P

Oh, notice I said bonuses as opposed to Traits, since I believe that a build is more than merely traits (it can also include equipment as well).  =)

Kashi:

--- Quote from: thelaptop on February 21, 2011, 22:23 ---And then that "Alucard" build would make no sense any more.  =P

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You ass xD

At least it's not like my other pistol build I don't use that often, the "Deadman Special" (totally NOT based on Gungrave, hehehe...)

Leaving that aside, this is a nice idea to implement, but it requires lots of work and also must be considered the fact that not everybody has a name for their custom builds (It happens quite often), so it's more like "what would you name that build?" instead of just searching something that could or could not exist at all.

MaiZure:
I like Nameless's approach from a few posts above. So here what I plan:

I'll create a new thread with the Master Trait classes at the top, then below I'll have Advanced trait class combos and I'll edit the post as people add ideas. For example Bad+TH = Duke Nukem! Ideally, I'd like to represent the combos in a two-axis lookup chart but I don't think that will work on the forum.

Below that we can have specific builds (Alucard?).

Keep an eye out for the new thread

Ander Hammer:
Why would a MGK marine be a commando?

I'm thinking something more along the lines of 'bullet ninja'. Or 'gun fu master', but 'bullet ninja' sounds better.

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