New action names

[matlu]

Please post your ideas for new action names (monsters/buildings/actions). They don't have to be completely different, it's enough if they are not exactly same.
I already decided to change:

Fire Hound -> Fire Fox (picture fits )
Battle Mech -> Mech Warrior
Buggy -> Jeep

Few 'cult' actions/items may reamin same (I would not dare to rename light-sabre  )

[ZAPTONE_Z]

wouldnt naming the buggy to jeep be worse from a legal standpoint?  buggy is very generic while jeep is a registered trademark of dalmer-crysler

a lot of the generic names can prolly stay:
alien
droid
probe
drone
fire
preditor
tenticle

[matlu]

wouldnt naming the buggy to jeep be worse from a legal standpoint?  buggy is very generic while jeep is a registered trademark of dalmer-crysler

I don't care that jeep is registered by somebody totally unrelated. Important is, to have different names from CW. Jeep is sure better.

[flamingdragon]

battlemech---warmech (like better than mech warrior)

resurrect-----revive

forcefeild---sheild

psi lord---psi commander

gun turrets---turrets

slime beast---slime barbarian

flying slime---soaring slime

psi warrior---psi trooper

slime warrior---slime champion

sentry robot---sentenial robot

mutant mount---monster mount

mind control---mind constrain

[flamingdragon]

does anyone think any of these names will work?

[BladeSabre]

I agree with these ones:

battlemech---warmech
resurrect---revive
gun turrets---turrets
slime beast---slime barbarian
slime warrior---slime champion
mutant mount---monster mount

I was thinking on another thread that it might be useful to change the psi-warrior and psi-lord into mechanically-enhanced creatures instead of psychic ones (like mini-cyborgs).

A carnivorous plant for the acid spitter isn't a bad idea either, though that name is too long.

And we must have the Alien Goo =D

[Mortus_Sabre]

Alien Queen - Alien Overlord
Hover Ship - Shuttle
Hover Tank - Assault Craft
Fortress - Stockade
Beacons - Outposts
Force-Shield - Body Shield
Mining Droid - Mining Robot
Droid - Robot 
Acid Spitter - Dragon
Force-Armor - Body Armor
Mutant - Zombie
Spideroid - Spider Bot
Predator - Beast

I've decided I'm not very good at these, though I may post some more if I think of any.

Mortus

[zzboots]

And we must have the Alien Goo =D

Alien Goo, matlu! Or else we all walk!

I don't want to see the acid spitter get changed into a big flower though.  S/He always looked like a cute dinosaur and it would be nice to  keep him/her as such.

[BladeSabre]

Let's have a list of all the suggestions. Nothing final but just so everyone can see what's been said. Let me know if I've missed anything.

Alien/Mechanoid
Hologram
HoloDetector

Blaster -- Laser Pistol
Force-armour -- Body Armour
Force-shield -- Body Shield
Jetpack -- (no change)
Light-sabre -- (no change)
Symbiont

Alien Blob -- Alien Goo
Fire -- (no change)
Forcefield -- Shield, (no change)
Fortress -- Stockade
SubspaceBeacons -- Beacons, Outposts
Gun Turrets -- Turrets

Disintegrator
Disrupter
Electro-pulse
Mind Control -- Mind Constrain, (no change)
Mutate
Resurrect -- Revive
Teleport -- (no change)
Virus -- Poison

Acid Spitter -- Dragon
Alien -- (no change)
Alien Hatchling -- Alien Fry
Alien Queen -- Alien Overlord
Battlemech -- Warmech, Mech Warrior
Buggy -- Jeep
Cyborg -- (no change)
Droid -- Robot, (no change)
Drone -- (no change)
Face Grabber -- Crawler
Fire Hound -- Fire Fox
Floating Eye
Flying Slime -- Soaring Slime
Hovership -- Shuttle
Hover Tank -- Assault Craft
Laser Robot
Mining Droid -- Mining Robot
Mutant -- Zombie
Mutant Mount -- Monster Mount
Predator -- Beast, (no change)
Probe -- (no change)
Psi-Warrior -- Psi Trooper
Psi-Lord -- Psi Commander
Sentry Robot -- Sentinel Robot
Slime-Blob
Slime-Beast -- Slime Barbarian
Slime-Warrior -- Slime Champion
Spideroid -- Spider Bot
Tank -- (no change)
Tentacle -- (no change)

[BladeSabre]

How about Mech/Bio for the alignments?

I think the following are probably generic enough:

Alien
Cyborg
Droid
Fire
Forcefield
Jetpack
Light-sabre
Mind Control
Probe
Tank
Teleport

A few thoughts:

Alien Hatchling - (needs something to explain the egg. I liked "Alien Fry" but that would be better with the other graphics)
Virus -- Poison
Subspace Beacons -- Beacons
Face Grabber -- Crawler
Blaster -- Laser Pistol

Great agreement with:

Hover Ship - Shuttle
Hover Tank - Assault Craft
Beacons - Outposts
Force-Shield - Body Shield
Mining Droid - Mining Robot
Acid Spitter - Dragon
Force-Armor - Body Armor
Spideroid - Spider Bot

If I'm the one to draw the Acid Spitter, it won't be so cute any more .

[Parsley]

Lifeforce Vs. Cyberforce

genius.

[zzboots]

Great agreement with:
If I'm the one to draw the Acid Spitter, it won't be so cute any more .

:'(  Oh why must you torment me.  The acid spitter is the gem of the duelboard community.

[matlu]

Not sure about:
Acid Spitter -- Dragon
(most dragons can fly)

And I'd like to change alignment. What about something like

Tech / Techforce / Technocrats / Technoids  vs.  Lifeforce  or simply Life?
(I somehow don't like Bio, but it's still an option)

[zzboots]

(most dragons can fly)

Speaking from personal experience there?


Machines vs Vitality ?

Metaloids vs Carbonates/ Carboniods/ Carboxyls  << inspired by chemistry for you

[mad_joker]

It adds to the point of jetpack.  Sometimes you have to know which beacon the guy is in to kill him (otherwise you won't reach the beacon because of blocking monsters).  However in the original you could mouse over with another monster's move action to figure out if it was occupied or not (Since back then beacons weren't attackable units you'd get an "Out of range or w/e" instead of "X")

Also it makes 2 transports more useful... any commander could enter either one.  With "occupy" status theres no chance of attacking the wrong "fire fox,"  Or attacking the mutant mount instead (because both were right next to commander, the move the commander "disappeared")