DUST Search - Different Name for 'Dusters'

Himiko Kuronaga wrote:

Aeon Amadi wrote:

Never liked calling them 'Dusters' as it is a reference to an otherwise **** game title. Be like calling Capsuleers 'EVErs'. Kinda kills my immersion a bit.

Let's theorycraft a new name for them. Here's my suggestions:

Apostate - (noun)
1.a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.

Nephilim -
The Nephilim were half-angel, half-human 'Giants' who's rhetoric stems from a number of sources. None more prominent than the Hebrew word for 'fall', thusly meaning 'to cause to fall'. The Nephilim were, according to mythology, giants among men who were outcasted from heaven due to being the offspring of the 'rebel angels' and mankind. Symmachus even goes so far as to describe them as 'The Violent Ones', which is equally fitting as we are -literally- design for nothing more than destruction and that is the basis of the entire game.

If one of these catches on, it'd be fantastic. Of course, I'm not opposed to other suggestions. Just something to call them apart from 'Dusters' or 'Mercenaries' since Dusters derives from the game's title and breaks immersion and Mercenaries is a career choice, not a state of being. Nothing infuriates me more than everyone being called 'Mercenaries' because of the basis of high-sec matches being random NPC corps. Which, Eve devs had already confirmed that high sec missions in Eve were non-canon anyway so why should we assume Dust is any different?

The term capsuleer is, as far as im aware, an original term. Perhaps a hybrid of pioneer and capsule, one who pioneers through the universe in a capsule, or some other suggestive meaning. But the word, at least, is original. What you suggested is not only not original, but fairly over used in the gaming industry in the last five years. Kinda cliche, even, and it instantly recalls memories of Diablo 3's hilariously bad storyline as well as the DMC reboot, and the dragon age series with its fall from grace. I would think we should avoid that, and instead look toward the creation of a new word entirely.


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Mobius Wyvern Fatal Absolution Bleeding Sun Conglomerate 7	Posted - 2016.01.04 12:46:00 - [1] - Quote Himiko Kuronaga wrote: Aeon Amadi wrote: Never liked calling them 'Dusters' as it is a reference to an otherwise **** game title. Be like calling Capsuleers 'EVErs'. Kinda kills my immersion a bit. Let's theorycraft a new name for them. Here's my suggestions: Apostate - (noun) 1.a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle. Nephilim - The Nephilim were half-angel, half-human 'Giants' who's rhetoric stems from a number of sources. None more prominent than the Hebrew word for 'fall', thusly meaning 'to cause to fall'. The Nephilim were, according to mythology, giants among men who were outcasted from heaven due to being the offspring of the 'rebel angels' and mankind. Symmachus even goes so far as to describe them as 'The Violent Ones', which is equally fitting as we are -literally- design for nothing more than destruction and that is the basis of the entire game. If one of these catches on, it'd be fantastic. Of course, I'm not opposed to other suggestions. Just something to call them apart from 'Dusters' or 'Mercenaries' since Dusters derives from the game's title and breaks immersion and Mercenaries is a career choice, not a state of being. Nothing infuriates me more than everyone being called 'Mercenaries' because of the basis of high-sec matches being random NPC corps. Which, Eve devs had already confirmed that high sec missions in Eve were non-canon anyway so why should we assume Dust is any different? The term capsuleer is, as far as im aware, an original term. Perhaps a hybrid of pioneer and capsule, one who pioneers through the universe in a capsule, or some other suggestive meaning. But the word, at least, is original. What you suggested is not only not original, but fairly over used in the gaming industry in the last five years. Kinda cliche, even, and it instantly recalls memories of Diablo 3's hilariously bad storyline as well as the DMC reboot, and the dragon age series with its fall from grace. I would think we should avoid that, and instead look toward the creation of a new word entirely. How about Sleepless? The implants we use come from what we call "The Sleepers" and as far as the lore has laid out, the implants we use handle memory archival while awake, and the self repair capabilities of nanite based bodies mean we don't need to sleep to regenerate tissue either. Amidst the blue skies A link from past to future The sheltering wings of the protector