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APP Set Name Consolidation (Not a pressing suggestion)

AzureSkyCiel

By AzureSkyCiel,
Posted on: 2011-01-15 23:52 in Suggestions and Ideas

 

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This isn't exactly a major suggestion, or even one that I mind whether it comes to fruition or not...
But perhaps the ancillary power pools can get consolidated names across the archetype based on element like the Patrons Pools?
I suppose this would make them a bit more generic, but this is also considering the future of APP elements/themes (like electrical mastery APPs going to Scrappers, brutes, stalkers, tankers, and controllers...) that are already getting their vague synonyms stretched to the limit, and in some cases, resulting in kind of... weak sounding epic pools. (Chill Mastery, folks... Chill mastery)

Or better yet, is there a reason why the APP sets all have different names across ATs, even when in some cases (such as the scrapper and tank body and power mastery) they're the exact same set?

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Chill Mastery, folks... Chill mastery
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The different names across the APPs certainly makes it easier to report bugs with the powers.

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My guess is that they actually have different entries in the database, for different values on the powers, so they need different names or the game would be confused. But that's just a guess. Could also be just to make things a bit more unique, for flavour.
Each powerset and each power has an internal system name that the system calls it by and an external public name that we see and can call it by.

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The different names across the APPs certainly makes it easier to report bugs with the powers.
Their being Masteries makes them distinct from every powerset in the game, and it's as simple as citing which AT that particular mastery you're reporting is for. It's no different than trying to report a power from Energy Blast and having to specify if you mean Blasters, Defenders or Corruptors.

Personally, I'd rather see their names unified, since I can never remember which synonym corresponds to which AT. I keep saying Fire/Fire/Pyre Blaster, for instance, when it turns out the Blaster version is Flame Mastery. It's just random.

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