Post by arminpfano on May 28, 2023 7:26:17 GMT -6
For me the ship names are an important aspect of the game. This for historical and emotional reasons, and also for quick recalls - a "Texas" BB belongs to an earlier class, a "Montana" to a later one etc.
At the moment the game chooses the names out of a list roughly following the historical path. This is okay, but has some weaknesses. For example when you build a German CV fleet and every new class is named "Peter Strasser" again. I rename next to all proposals (with the exception of DDs - not because I like these names more, but i find it to tedious to do it by the boatload).
My proposal: Some kind of config setting where you could choose the way the game names the ships. For example realized as a register in the "doctrine" window. There you could tick like "Name CLs after..." 1) "Big towns" 2) "Small towns" 3) "Rivers" 4) "Historic Admiral Names" and the like. In a text files all those categories are listed and therefore easily enhanced or changed, if a player wants to mod.
This function also may be adjustable for enemy nations. I often flinch how inconsistent the Royal Navy names its proud capital ships...