Ship names

Slyan Istoarisa wrote:

Tre wrote:

vietcong2005 wrote:

They used to have that, but they removed the feature.

Why?!

I think they simply forgot it existed, because it was in the classic world at wars. I loved it, had a list of ship names in the fleet details, you could see other player ship names too. Sometimes these could be... not so nice. But I never actually ran into any rudely named ones that I can recall. i'd like to see it return, otherwise, take away the option to name carriers and battleships, its pointless....

Suna232 wrote:

Unit names dont show up anymore because people were giveing offensive names.

You can still give ships names (when you order one, directly; not with HC build queue or when building multiple at once) and those names will show up in the newspaper when they destroy something.

From today's paper in my current game:

1:49 pm Wyndham: The 41st Tank Destroyer Brigade (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) (GY 41) has been destroyed by the 45th Battleship Flotilla (SUMATRA) "Weno" after heavy bombardment.

funniely (if that is even a word lol) enough, if not removed, the name onlz appears, when the Unit is killed... the name will be shown in the newspaper... a bit... stupid actually... But I was wondering too... but yeah.. it is Bytro doing Bytro stuff (not offensive...)

Bring this back, would love to recreate the Bismarck in games

K.Rokossovski wrote:

You can still give ships names (when you order one, directly; not with HC build queue or when building multiple at once) and those names will show up in the newspaper when they destroy something.

From today's paper in my current game:

1:49 pm Wyndham: The 41st Tank Destroyer Brigade (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) (GY 41) has been destroyed by the 45th Battleship Flotilla (SUMATRA) "Weno" after heavy bombardment.

Actually I'm playing a full fleet round with Sumatra. Have left battleships out of my sets for a while, but included them now and am very pleased with the way they can keep enemy troops from entering coastal areas - at all.

6thDragon wrote:

K.Rokossovski wrote:

You can still give ships names (when you order one, directly; not with HC build queue or when building multiple at once) and those names will show up in the newspaper when they destroy something.

From today's paper in my current game:

1:49 pm Wyndham: The 41st Tank Destroyer Brigade (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) (GY 41) has been destroyed by the 45th Battleship Flotilla (SUMATRA) "Weno" after heavy bombardment.

I believe it does prompt you to enter a name when you add a ship to your build queue. I don’t play with carriers or battleships often, but do remember this.

Lord Crayfish wrote:

6thDragon wrote:

K.Rokossovski wrote:

You can still give ships names (when you order one, directly; not with HC build queue or when building multiple at once) and those names will show up in the newspaper when they destroy something.

From today's paper in my current game:

1:49 pm Wyndham: The 41st Tank Destroyer Brigade (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) (GY 41) has been destroyed by the 45th Battleship Flotilla (SUMATRA) "Weno" after heavy bombardment.

I believe it does prompt you to enter a name when you add a ship to your build queue. I don’t play with carriers or battleships often, but do remember this.

I named six battleships Fuji, Yashima, Shikishima, Hatsuse, Asahi, and Mikasa in 2.0 and the names don't appear on the unit stats. Are they still there?

I wish that they could still appear in the unit desc. they did in 1.5

Erezuma wrote:

I wish that they could still appear in the unit desc. they did in 1.5

Bruh this was a thing even back in 1.5, its just gone again.

Granted its undertsandable that a number of folks used this to make extremely lewd or inappropriate names for their ships, and like 90% of players never bothered changing it from the random province name defaults.

But like...I always loved spamming navy above all, because I'm a guy who lives near the ocean. I prided myself in thinking of ridiculously long, complicated, and posh-sounding ship names that were historically relevant. I miss it. Yes, they show up in the newspaper again, but when I'm usually running massive fleets of 20-30 battleships total I can't exactly remember all of my ship names...and then I have to find some random AI with a million subs to intentionally provoke so I can quietly get rid of the accidental clone, which wastes resources, lives, and is not exactly the most diplomatically friendly way to scrap a ship...

My memory is fuzzy since I stopped putting effort into ship names a while ago since 2.0 came out and names disappeared from unit info, but the last game before then I completely stomped everyone else with massive battlefleets that literally just blockaded every single path connected to hostile land. I ended up losing only two battleships that game and by the end I was disappointed to find out we also lost the ability to trade armies (my ally didn't have much of a navy and I was literally burning several nations' worth of fuel per day to run my fleet). I dumped a good chunk of the older ships in a corner of the map because I ran out of fuel to make more escort craft to keep them safe, yet I'd already literally killed every single hostile ship in the game.

That game I was playing as Brazil, rolling with a restoration of the Brazilian Empire. Don't remember all the names I used but here's a few just for the absolute flair we could be going with right now if we could still have ship names appear on unit details...

* Imperatriz Isabel de Braganca

* Imperador Pedro I

* Imperador Pedro II

* Joao IV

* Maria I de Braganca

* Dom Gaston

* Admiral Cochrane

* Amazonas

* Maria II da Gloria de Braganca

* Duque de Caxias

* Dona Francisca de Braganca

* Princessa de Joinville

* Rio Grande do Sul

* Rio Grande do Norte

* Dona Isabel de Braganca

* Dona Maria Amelia de Braganca

* Imperatriz Maria Leopoldina

* Imperatriz Teresa Cristina

* Dona Januaria de Braganca

* Dom Afonso

* Dona Leopoldina

* Lea Aurea

* Imperatriz Amelia

Yes, I put way too much effort into ship names.

Heh, I can imagine the occasional confusion amongst the sailors... "I was going to serve on the Rio Grande... ah no... the other one!"

Railway guns and battleships can still be named. I would also like to see their names in the army description.

K.Rokossovski wrote:

Heh, I can imagine the occasional confusion amongst the sailors... "I was going to serve on the Rio Grande... ah no... the other one!"

omnisxiii2 wrote:

I prided myself in thinking of ridiculously long, complicated, and posh-sounding ship names that were historically relevant. [...]

* Imperatriz Isabel de Braganca

* Imperador Pedro I

* Imperador Pedro II

* Joao IV

* Maria I de Braganca

* Dom Gaston

* Admiral Cochrane

* Amazonas

* Maria II da Gloria de Braganca

* Duque de Caxias

* Dona Francisca de Braganca

* Princessa de Joinville

* Rio Grande do Sul

* Rio Grande do Norte

* Dona Isabel de Braganca

* Dona Maria Amelia de Braganca

* Imperatriz Maria Leopoldina

* Imperatriz Teresa Cristina

* Dona Januaria de Braganca

* Dom Afonso

* Dona Leopoldina

* Lea Aurea

* Imperatriz Amelia

Yes, I put way too much effort into ship names.

I tend to name mine after historic battleships of my played country; e.g. Mikasa, Asahi, Iron Duke, etc.

Lord Crayfish wrote:

omnisxiii2 wrote:

I prided myself in thinking of ridiculously long, complicated, and posh-sounding ship names that were historically relevant. [...]

* Imperatriz Isabel de Braganca

* Imperador Pedro I

* Imperador Pedro II

* Joao IV

* Maria I de Braganca

* Dom Gaston

* Admiral Cochrane

* Amazonas

* Maria II da Gloria de Braganca

* Duque de Caxias

* Dona Francisca de Braganca

* Princessa de Joinville

* Rio Grande do Sul

* Rio Grande do Norte

* Dona Isabel de Braganca

* Dona Maria Amelia de Braganca

* Imperatriz Maria Leopoldina

* Imperatriz Teresa Cristina

* Dona Januaria de Braganca

* Dom Afonso

* Dona Leopoldina

* Lea Aurea

* Imperatriz Amelia

Yes, I put way too much effort into ship names.

I like the Admiral Cochrane.I tend to name mine after historic battleships of my played country; e.g. Mikasa, Asahi, Iron Duke, etc.

Felipe II, Juan Ponce de León, El Cid...

Many people just don't change battleship's name. So boaring.

some one named a railway gun “big p**** digger”

Destructo the Great wrote:

some one named a railway gun “big p**** digger”

East Montana by the way.

Destructo the Great wrote:

some one named a railway gun “big p**** digger”

Like for Germany Tirpitz, Bismarck etc.

This prevents stupidly inappropriate names.

The Warsaw Pact wrote:

Rather than making up names yourself, Bytro could have a list of suggested names in a database then randomly assign them per country.

Like for Germany Tirpitz, Bismarck etc.

This prevents stupidly inappropriate names.

There will be some who make a conscious choice to be improper, and they should be dealt with appropriately. That should not rob the rest of the folks their freedoms or range of options, should it?