#18

Ahem…:sunglasses:

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#19

While we’re talking about GBX prefixes’ policy, I think some of maliwan snipers’ are also not appropriate: why is the damage accessory’s prefix barking and the mag size’s monstrous? Monstrous makes me think about damage a lot more than barking; more on that, in my country there’s the saying “a barking dog doesn’t bite” (literal translation, maybe it’s the same in english, maybe not; let me know, please) so to me barking for the damage prefix feels really wrong.

#20

“Monstrous” makes me think of something really big, so I think it fits. It’s very commonly used as a reference to size. You do have a point about “Barking”, though. Maybe “Biting” would’ve been a better choice, but for some reason I think “Biting” would work even better for the critical hit damage accessory (even though I really like “Gentleman’s” for crit damage).

#21

Don’t forget Maliwan’s a bunch of war-hippies.

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#22

I hadn’t thought about monstrous in that way, you’re right, if fits.

wow, oxymoron… can’t compute… brain exploded :laughing:

anyway, I’m always amaze at how many adjectives they had to come up with for weapons’ prefixes: I wonder if there was a person dedicated to that or if it was a team work.

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#23

I read, or heard, somewhere that the prefixes for Jakobs snipers come from Innuit language, and since we’re on the subject of “things that make perfect sense”, I would like to know what went on behind the scenes when they came up with that idea. I mean… it’s not as if all of us actually speak that language.

#24

Heh. Go blame Jack for that: “Those war-hippies at Maliwan…”

#25

They’re Chinook Jargon.

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#26

To be fair I think the usage might be a bit older- I seem to recall hearing it during the later part of the '60’s and early '70’s if I’m not mistaken…

#27

I never knew that. Very cool. I did some quick research to find translations for the Jakobs sniper rifle names and prefixes and this is what I could find (maybe I missed a few other meanings and made some mistakes):

Chinook (Hyperion barrel) = Apparently, it’s just the name the Chinook people call themselves and it doesn’t mean anything in particular, but it has been adopted as the name of a large type of salmon and a warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter.

Diaub (Vladof barrel) = Devil

Callipeen (Maliwan/Dahl barrel) = Rifle

Muckamuck (Jakobs barrel) = Eat, bite, food, eater (has been later adapted to also mean “big shot”, “person of authority” or “boss”)

Tl’Kope (blade attachment) = To cut

Chikamin (stability) = Metallic, iron, money

Klook (fire rate) = Crooked

Siah-Siah (accuracy) = Very far

Hiyu (mag size) = Many, several, gathering

Tumtum (crit damage) = Will, heart, heartbeat

Skookum (base damage) = Strong, powerful, able, big, reliable

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#28

Alot of those actually fit to what the prefix does. Pretty neat

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#29

Don’t you just love English? How the negative prefix ‘in’ can also actually be an intensifier? I blame the French.

@Adabiviak I OED’d uninflammable and it did give some 17 and 18 century uses, but apparently non-flammable is more favoured these days. Not really lyrical though, I like the Borderlans choice myself :smiley:

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#30

So, what’s the verdict on the Kakobs prefixes? Keep them as they are, or change them to:

InChikamin
InTumtum
InT’kope
InSiah-Siah
InSkookum
InHiyu
InKlook

Personally, I prefer to keep them as they are, buuut… You might have a different opinion! :grin:

#31

I blame Canada.

Warning, explicit language.

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#32

Totally ninjad!

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#33

Here are the other ones:

Chuck = cook, as in chuck wagon. Or, it can mean water, or body of water, like a stream.

Ee’nastick - GBX put two words together:

Ee’na = beaver

Stick = wood.

Make of that what you will. Beaver stick.

Kull = hard

Kwalal Kwalal = to gallop, galloping

Skullmasher - Another compound word:

 Skull  = pass through, passes through, passing through

 Mash = floor, ground
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#34

i think inflammable isn’t wrong cause you can burn. uninflammable means that you can’t burn. the inflammable prefix only reduces 100% of the incendiary damage but not the flames.

#35

actually it does prevent you from being set on fire.
Citation:
Hellborn krieg + inflammable fotfh

#36

Just to make it clear.
The inflammable part is NOT for the Burn Immunity effect.
Flammable means you can set it on fire, Inflammable means it is unstable and can set itself on fire.
When shield is depleted it becomes too unstable, hence Inflammable, and Bursts into a Fire Nova.
Inflammable Fire Nova, means high risk of bursting into a fire nova.
Other nova shields with immunity does not have an immunity reference in the name.
(Inelectric, Incurrosive)

Also, it says Burn Immune, not Fire Immune, you can take fire damage, but can not be Burning.

#37

Imagine, the last post before this topic was raised from the dead was from Blut.

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