- Bulk grade
- Technical grade
- Laboratory grade
- Reagent grade
- Snake oil grade
Green/red/blue is because that's easier to remember more so than length. And your alternative is shorter by 2 letters.husnikadam wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:25 amI personally can't find a fitting name for tier 4. Most popular 'Exceptional' is good with its meaning, but the name is very long imho. People will likely come ap with a way to shorten it, the same has happened f.e. with green/red/blue chips. I suggest using term 'Exemplary'
While I understand and agree with most of what you said, I have to disagree with the C, B, A, S, SS being better. S & SS are foreign to me (and I'd imagine many others) in the A/B/C grade system. D & F would fit more naturally, but then this runs into the same issue as what you mentioned with poor and rough... they would feel bad (and really, to some people even C would feel bad, though these same people may see anything other than the highest as being bad).
I get you, although I think S and SS grades are not as unfamiliar for many as they may seem to you. Some examples where they often occur include rhythm games, Gatchas (although they often have S, SR, SSR), manga and anime, a common saying "S-tier something". When I read "S*" I always think about acronyms of "Super" and "Super Super", giving them this unique feel, which, by the way, I think is fitting their probabilities. Getting something of A quality is something I would find rare, but not exceptionally exciting, while getting something of S quality would be an actual moment of a nice surprise. Something SS, "the peak of the peak" is looking like "exceptionaly beyond the scale, so much that even there is no unique letter for that".FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:53 pmWhile I understand and agree with most of what you said, I have to disagree with the C, B, A, S, SS being better. S & SS are foreign to me (and I'd imagine many others) in the A/B/C grade system.
Yeah, I've never seen an "S" rating, ever. Never played those game types, either. I've seen Bronze/Silver/Gold/Platinum/Titanium, though.Tooster wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:26 pmI get you, although I think S and SS grades are not as unfamiliar for many as they may seem to you. Some examples where they often occur include rhythm games, Gatchas (although they often have S, SR, SSR), manga and anime, a common saying "S-tier something". When I read "S*" I always think about acronyms of "Super" and "Super Super", giving them this unique feel, which, by the way, I think is fitting their probabilities. Getting something of A quality is something I would find rare, but not exceptionally exciting, while getting something of S quality would be an actual moment of a nice surprise. Something SS, "the peak of the peak" is looking like "exceptionaly beyond the scale, so much that even there is no unique letter for that".FuryoftheStars wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:53 pmWhile I understand and agree with most of what you said, I have to disagree with the C, B, A, S, SS being better. S & SS are foreign to me (and I'd imagine many others) in the A/B/C grade system.
[...] As for S, I think I have seen this very often, precisely as "above A", i.e. "above the regular scale"/"exceptional". I think this letter has this supreme feel to it, that, for example an alternative "A+" doesn't have. "A+" would feel something like "slightly better than A", while "S" stands out precisely for the purpose of indicating that it is something trully unique and on another tier.
My gripes with the Legendary naming scheme is because they feel out of place in this game. Both from a "how would an engineer name them" standpoint, and from a "that doesn't fit anything Factorio has done thus far" stand point (more to the idea of keeping a common theme within the same game). As such, I disagree with this notion.
So does everything else. But then again, engineering naming is rarely about the "OOMPH!" factor to other engineers (or I suppose in this case, oneself). It's once marketing gets a hold of it that some of that other stuff comes in. Many of them are Hellspawns, I swear.
Not gonna lie, this gives me harcode anime "tier list" vibes.Tooster wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:08 pmfrom worst to best:
C grade, B grade, A grade, S grade, SS grade
This is inspired by Osu! and power efficiency marks on household supplies (AAA+, AA, A, B, ... F, etc.)
That is a very funny joke!
Since this only effects text, and localization is already a thing, you don't even need it to be serverside.