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A new name for "Mycetic Spores"
Keep them named "Mycetic Spores" 39%  39%  [ 7 ]
Spawn Boost(ing) Points 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Growth Spores 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Myntos - The Brood-maker! 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Love Drops 28%  28%  [ 5 ]
Mama Dommie's Special Edition Brood Batter with Raisins! 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Something else (I'll explain below) 17%  17%  [ 3 ]
Get rid of spawn boosting all together 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Total votes : 18

[Discussion] A new name for "Mycetic Spores"
Chroma
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:10 pm 
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I like the concept of "spawn boosting" given by "Mycetic Spores", but, even in the fluff, Mycetic Spores are the Tyranid version of Drop Pods, not a generic spawn booster.  I think the name is misleading/confusing to some, esepcially as new players get into the Bugs.

So, what shall we change it too?

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:35 pm 
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Okay, perhaps I'm just twisted, but both "love drops" and "brood batter" sound like euphemisms you would encounter in... shall we say... somewhat poorly executed, adult-oriented fiction.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:53 pm 
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Evil and Chaos and I exchanged the following names in another thread.

What do you think?

- Increased Spawning.
- Extra Spawning.
- Spawn Boost.
- Brood gathering
- Synaptic rally scream or "cry"
- Hive call
- Synaptic Call.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:05 pm 
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(nealhunt @ Jun. 14 2007,20:35)
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Okay, perhaps I'm just twisted, but both "love drops" and "brood batter" sound like euphemisms you would encounter in... shall we say... somewhat poorly executed, adult-oriented fiction.

But what are the raisins, Neal, *WHAT* are the raisins?!

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:19 pm 
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(Zzzap @ Jun. 14 2007,20:53)
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What do you think?

I think all those names sound neat, but I'd prefer something I can modify with a number, e.g., "I have 5 Mycetic Spores left."

I have "5 Increased Spawnings" left doesn't seem to parse well for me.

I'd like something noun-based rather than verb-based if possible.

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(Chroma @ Jun. 14 2007,21:05)
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(nealhunt @ Jun. 14 2007,20:35)
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Okay, perhaps I'm just twisted, but both "love drops" and "brood batter" sound like euphemisms you would encounter in... shall we say... somewhat poorly executed, adult-oriented fiction.

But what are the raisins, Neal, *WHAT* are the raisins?!

Is this really a question you want an answer for?

The list already has a supreme commander named the "Dominatrix."

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:02 pm 
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"I have 5 Spawn Boosts left"

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:09 pm 
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Spawning Spores

And because it's not often I get to flex my classical muscles...

Proliferation Spores (proliferation - growth of cell populations)
Eutocian Spores (eutocia - Natural or easy childbirth)
Oxytocic Spores (oxytocic - characterized by rapid labor)

Personally, I think oxytocic (ox-e-ta-kick) fits the bill and is easy enough to say.




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Evil and Chaos
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I'd highly reccomend staying away from anything 'spore' related, because we have another type of spore in the list (The Meotic Spore).

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I like "Hive Call".

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:01 am 
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For those voting "Keep them named "Mycetic Spores", could you explain your reasoning for that choice?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:52 am 
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And Love Drops surges to second place just behind the favourite... :D

If that fantastic name doesn't make the cut... how about  'Catalyst'.

In 40k 'Catalyst' is a Synapse Hive Power used to let nearby slain tyranid creatures strike back before they are removed (it can be purchased for certain synapse creatures and they must make a psychic test to utilise it successfully). The nature of the spawn effect in epic is somewhat similar, and catalyst nicely implies initiating or increasing an event.

"I have 3 Catalysts left... "
"I'm spawning and using a Catalyst"

Stick it in Synapse points like Neal said in another thread.

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I like Catalyst!

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:07 pm 
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I say keep em as they are.

Reason? Well they have been called that for ages now and I've got used to it - simple as that I suppose.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:22 pm 
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I vote for:
Explosive/Enhanced Regeneration Markers
Enhanced Spawning Marker
Catalyst Marker

Hive Call sounds nice too, but is kinda abstract.

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