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Shadowswipe wrote:

Joseph Ridgeson wrote:

Shadowswipe wrote:

Suits.

It is classy and will never go out of style. It is what we use on the battlefield. We are professional killers. We dress to impress at all times. We wear the Suit.

(Amarr suits even have coattails)

"Today, 1 million Suits stormed the battlefield on both sides."

You can wear a dropsuit without being one of 'us' though.

That being true-ish, Capsuleers are categorized by what they live in. We live in our suits.

Maybe go the route of what form we take, like Bio or Biomasses. We are more organic than in-organic, unlike the capsuleers, they are minor biomass in compared with the ships they use.

"1500 Biomasses assaulted the production facility today."
"1500 Bio Units assaulted the production facility today."

Maybe an acronym is warranted. BUs or BMUs. As the without them, they sorta fail the roll off the tongue test above.

Still think Suits is the best so far.

"We just have to hold out until the Suits show up."
"Drop the Suits before we burn in orbit!"

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Celus Ivara DUST University Ivy League 186	Posted - 2014.05.11 18:43:00 - [61] - Quote As Jadek and Topher have implied, this discussion has been had before: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=138736 Not to be a jerk though, it is a discussion we need to have, just saying if anyone is super hardcore about it, there's 15 pages of solid discussion right there. :) Having read through most of that myself, most of my favorites are ones that have already been mentioned here: Effigy Nephilim Einherjar And as far as I'm concerned, I will always consider "Bunny" an affectionate term for us. Even if some EVE players have used it as a derogative, I've far more often heard it in affectionate or neutral-casual uses. Plus it's cute. <3 One thing I'd like to place a negative vote on is "Legionaries", "Legionary", or any of variants. Not specific to the game/universe/narrative enough, and in my own, dumb opinion it just doesn't sound cool enough. Supporting Kevall Longstride, CEO of DUST University, for CPM1
843 Epidemic BurgezzE.T.F General Tso's Alliance 1154	Posted - 2014.05.11 19:09:00 - [62] - Quote Auxiliaries? Condottiere? I think Condottiere goes well. A leader or member of a group of mercenaries. Brb, sister needs the TV
Blooticus DUST University Ivy League 40	Posted - 2014.05.11 19:29:00 - [63] - Quote Brain fart: Golems (from dust), DirtClones, Clonedirties, Fodder or like Poddlings , Foddlings, Clowntroopers, SuperClones, Clautomatons, some cool acronym for isk sinks, Cloneboyz, or Clonegrlz, Pawns, Cannedclone, Droppers, Cloopers (clone troopers), ok i give up someone else come up with something better.
Joseph Ridgeson WarRavens Final Resolution. 1812	Posted - 2014.05.13 16:30:00 - [64] - Quote achoo Sorry, had to sneeze there. Anyone else have any ideas? "This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
Donwalis Carbon 7 Iron Oxide. 44	Posted - 2014.05.13 16:53:00 - [65] - Quote I think each faction should have there own make like minatar should be the rustoleum
ShalaShasta 666 Onuoto Uakan Huogaatsu Lokun Listamenn 31	Posted - 2014.05.13 16:58:00 - [66] - Quote Immortals OUKH Join Today Lokun Listamenn Got Alt?
Joseph Ridgeson WarRavens Final Resolution. 1812	Posted - 2014.05.13 17:06:00 - [67] - Quote ShalaShasta 666 wrote: Immortals Problem with Immortals, despite my high opinion of it, is that Capsuleers and Valkyrie are also the same kind of immortal. Hell, anyone in New Eden wealthy enough to afford clone technology is effectively immortal save for Stage 3 Derj's Disease. It is just a different kind of immortal. "This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
Cyrus Grevare WarRavens Final Resolution. 201	Posted - 2014.05.13 17:25:00 - [68] - Quote For the sake of spewing names :p Warsworn, could be a corp name maybe ^^ Proteans, sounds nice. Synonyms: adaptable, all-around, versatile, universal. Die, come back as a heavy or scout (also, who doen't like to run proto ) Harbingers, yeah, we bring it. ok, back to being sad about Dust www.protofits.com - a Dust 514 fitting tool
zzZaXxx The Phoenix Federation 413	Posted - 2014.05.13 22:42:00 - [69] - Quote A capsuleer is the pilot of a starship. We're just clone soldiers. If it's factional warfare we're soldiers. If it's other PVP we're pirates, mercenaries, etc. Ground troops don't get special names. There's nothing special about the nature of what we're doing in general. You want a name for what you do? Specialize into piracy and then your a pirate, etc.
Joseph Ridgeson WarRavens Final Resolution. 1817	Posted - 2014.05.13 23:05:00 - [70] - Quote zzZaXxx wrote: A capsuleer is the pilot of a starship. We're just clone soldiers. If it's factional warfare we're soldiers. If it's other PVP we're pirates, mercenaries, etc. Ground troops don't get special names. There's nothing special about the nature of what we're doing in general. You want a name for what you do? Specialize into piracy and then your a pirate, etc. A Capsuleer who works for the Federation as a soldier is still a Capsuleer though, same if they are a pirate. Most soldiers, boots on the ground guys, are not 'us.' Just like most pirates, soldiers, miners in EVE are not Capsuleers. Regardless of what "that guy's" profession is, he still needs a name as we can't just call him "that guy." At the moment, we are just "that guy." "This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"

Himiko Kuronaga Fatal Absolution General Tso's Alliance 4056	Posted - 2014.05.14 05:51:00 - [71] - Quote I just call them pansies.
Alpha 443-6732 0uter.Heaven Academy 491	Posted - 2014.05.14 09:02:00 - [72] - Quote why not legionnaires
Shadowswipe Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 251	Posted - 2014.05.14 15:17:00 - [73] - Quote Suits. It is classy and will never go out of style. It is what we use on the battlefield. We are professional killers. We dress to impress at all times. We wear the Suit. (Amarr suits even have coattails)
Surt gods end Demon Ronin 1694	Posted - 2014.05.14 15:58:00 - [74] - Quote Every time I think of the name legion, I think of the "french foreign legion" And it comes off just as intimidating as that name. lol
Joseph Ridgeson WarRavens Final Resolution. 1832	Posted - 2014.05.14 16:06:00 - [75] - Quote Alpha 443-6732 wrote: why not legionnaires Doesn't explain what we are that well. Anyone in a Legion, such as the Amarrian Legion, could be considered a Legionnaire. It also is not super iconic and doesn't stand out. "In DUST 514 you play as a Legionnaire" doesn't pop out as "there is clearly something different." "In EVE you play as a Capsuleer" immediately makes it clear that there is something different. That's just my opinion is all. Shadowswipe wrote: Suits. It is classy and will never go out of style. It is what we use on the battlefield. We are professional killers. We dress to impress at all times. We wear the Suit. (Amarr suits even have coattails) "Today, 1 million Suits stormed the battlefield on both sides." You can wear a dropsuit without being one of 'us' though. Surt gods end wrote: Every time I think of the name legion, I think of the "french foreign legion" And it comes off just as intimidating as that name. lol Which is why I think Legionnaire is not a great term. It doesn't set itself outside the realms of our reality very well. "This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
Shadowswipe Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance 251	Posted - 2014.05.14 20:04:00 - [76] - Quote Joseph Ridgeson wrote: Shadowswipe wrote: Suits. It is classy and will never go out of style. It is what we use on the battlefield. We are professional killers. We dress to impress at all times. We wear the Suit. (Amarr suits even have coattails) "Today, 1 million Suits stormed the battlefield on both sides." You can wear a dropsuit without being one of 'us' though. That being true-ish, Capsuleers are categorized by what they live in. We live in our suits. Maybe go the route of what form we take, like Bio or Biomasses. We are more organic than in-organic, unlike the capsuleers, they are minor biomass in compared with the ships they use. "1500 Biomasses assaulted the production facility today." "1500 Bio Units assaulted the production facility today." Maybe an acronym is warranted. BUs or BMUs. As the without them, they sorta fail the roll off the tongue test above. Still think Suits is the best so far. "We just have to hold out until the Suits show up." "Drop the Suits before we burn in orbit!"
Ender Storm Goonfeet Special Planetary Emergency Response Group 131	Posted - 2014.05.14 20:52:00 - [77] - Quote Arent we, simply... Mercenaries?
Buster Friently Rosen Association 2366	Posted - 2014.05.14 20:57:00 - [78] - Quote 137H4RGIC wrote: The Dust Bunnies thing was given to us as a derogatory name by EVE Capsuleers as slang. Dust Bunnies referring to the bundles of dust you find on your ceiling fan or places of that nature. It's simple. We just find a derogatory name for them.... What do we know about capsuleers? 1) They are stuck in a sterile field because of fear for contamination, ergo they are stuck in their ship or in their Captains Quarters. 2) They travel in little eggs that fit inside larger ships. 3) They show no signs of physical expertise or prowess. 4) We don't even know if they know how to shoot a gun, or which end shoots the gun... But they do know how to operate turrets. I wanna call'em Eggheads. Or Eggs. What's a word for someone who is frail and cannot connect with the outside world for fear of germs from a skid on a knee? Eggers is the word that you are looking for, and it's commonly used in Eve already.
Joseph Ridgeson WarRavens Final Resolution. 1844	Posted - 2014.05.14 22:59:00 - [79] - Quote Ender Storm wrote: Arent we, simply... Mercenaries? That is a job, not what we are. For example, a Capsuleer is a Capsuleer regardless if they are a miner, a pirate, or a soldier in the Federation. What ever we are, simply calling us Mercenaries doesn't work as groups like Mordu's Legion are by a large normal humans despite being mercenaries themselves. "This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
Spademan The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 1683	Posted - 2014.05.14 23:38:00 - [80] - Quote Eve pilots are called Capsuleers because they utilise a capsule to transfer bodies, right? (Apologies if I'm wrong) What do we use (Neural implants?), can we make a name out of it? I am part shovel, part man, full scout, and a little bit special. Official Time Lord of the Scout Community

Yolo Mc Swaggin Zumari Force Projection Caldari State 9	Posted - 2014.05.14 23:48:00 - [81] - Quote We are shady missionaries... To find swag, one first must find themselves...
Hawk-eye Occultus ARKOMBlNE 199	Posted - 2014.05.14 23:53:00 - [82] - Quote Shadowswipe wrote: Joseph Ridgeson wrote: Shadowswipe wrote: Suits. It is classy and will never go out of style. It is what we use on the battlefield. We are professional killers. We dress to impress at all times. We wear the Suit. (Amarr suits even have coattails) "Today, 1 million Suits stormed the battlefield on both sides." You can wear a dropsuit without being one of 'us' though. That being true-ish, Capsuleers are categorized by what they live in. We live in our suits. Maybe go the route of what form we take, like Bio or Biomasses. We are more organic than in-organic, unlike the capsuleers, they are minor biomass in compared with the ships they use. "1500 Biomasses assaulted the production facility today." "1500 Bio Units assaulted the production facility today." Maybe an acronym is warranted. BUs or BMUs. As the without them, they sorta fail the roll off the tongue test above. Still think Suits is the best so far. "We just have to hold out until the Suits show up." "Drop the Suits before we burn in orbit!" Being called a "biomass" or "bio unit" makes me think of ourselves as these hideous, grotesque blobs of flesh. Like this. Shofixti beats an Ur-Quan Dreadnought and a Kor-Ah Marauder.
Mr m4gic XSKvLLX 58	Posted - 2014.05.15 00:06:00 - [83] - Quote just Call it EVE and make it 1 game, whats the point in having it all broken up, ok so its a good idea to have the abilitys to go on and off world, fly as a Valkyrie in and around massive space battles, then purge the land and seas in epic planetary battles but surely all this will still be as awesome in 1 game. and much more preferable. you could pull up in you destroyer then, go exploring on the planet in your dropship, or just jump from place to place battling people in factional wars, it would be up to you and would be seriously awesome. Have you seen my baseball??
low genius The Sound Of Freedom 1904	Posted - 2014.05.15 00:48:00 - [84] - Quote they'll call you 'suckers'. eatsbabies cienfuegos steward of the renegade alliance.
emm kay Binary Mercs Canis Eliminatus Operatives 86	Posted - 2014.05.15 01:44:00 - [85] - Quote True Adamance wrote: I want to be like Lego You can build a creation up.... Dust 514 Kick it down..... Project Legion Build it into anything..... Project Legion Playerbase Leave it all over the floor.... Dust 514 Playerbase But if you step on us.....it hurts like **** they're never gonna pick it up! (/0.0)/ they're all gonna let us down! \(0.0\) they'll run around and desert you! \|(0.0)\| -- You called, sir?
Spademan The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 1690	Posted - 2014.05.15 23:16:00 - [86] - Quote emm kay wrote: True Adamance wrote: I want to be like Lego You can build a creation up.... Dust 514 Kick it down..... Project Legion Build it into anything..... Project Legion Playerbase Leave it all over the floor.... Dust 514 Playerbase But if you step on us.....it hurts like ** they're never gonna pick it up! (/0.0)/ they're all gonna let us down! \(0.0\) they'll run around and desert you! \|(0.0)\| They'll just make us cry. They're all saying goodbye. They're telling lies, and hurting you. I am part shovel, part man, full scout, and a little bit special. Official Time Lord of the Scout Community**
agent caron DUST University Ivy League 24	Posted - 2014.05.16 04:00:00 - [87] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: We are Legion for we are many. This has a nice ring to it. To add on to this we could be the countless, because in a Legion when one falls another allways takes his place. My recruiter link
Scrote Schroder The Southern Legion Final Resolution. 112	Posted - 2014.05.16 05:08:00 - [88] - Quote We went through the same naming debacle 15 months back when we created our Corp. It was so hard to find something that was in between too cheesy and too try-hard. Legionnaire is the most logical term and I think that will stick as a reference to a player of EVE: Legion. It kind of makes me think of Captain Planet's 'Planeteers' which is lame. I suppose Capsuleer and Legionnaire are on the same level, and have a nice ring together don't they? I find I refer to my Dust players as Troops, and my EVE players as Pilots to be honest. And then there is Private Shaleen in his entirely separate category :), the man is a beast. CEO The Southern Legion www.tsole.co \| [email protected]
Baltazar Pontain Phantom Universe Task Force Die Fremdenlegion 132	Posted - 2014.05.16 17:42:00 - [89] - Quote Legionnaires... Or like the disease "legionella" LOL Just kidding


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