paladin2019
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Re: I hate Encumbrance Units!

Fri 07 May 2021, 00:47

That is the logical abbreviation for it
It's not because EU is quite likely to show in game as its real world meaning.
 
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Re: I hate Encumbrance Units!

Fri 07 May 2021, 04:09

It's called Weight in the book, but I think that's not the best idea either. Maybe rename it Bulk or Load?
 
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Re: I hate Encumbrance Units!

Fri 07 May 2021, 07:26

I think Load works. We've been using Weight but I do think it draws confusion/complaints from pedants. Encumbrance doesn't feel right.
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Re: I hate Encumbrance Units!

Fri 07 May 2021, 17:18

Load works too because the one Specialty is called Load Carrier
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Re: I hate Encumbrance Units!

Fri 07 May 2021, 18:11

I may be very partial in this regard as english is not my first language, but I see absolutely no problem with them being referred to as EU. The context will 99.9% of the time clarify what you mean by "EU".

However bringing up an earlier post, one thing that would be great to include in the manual (if it's not already too late or it has already been done) is the "quick EU guide" Cheeplives suggested at the end of page 1. Sure it won't be perfect, but something like that would give a good starting/reference point. And of course something like that can be created by the community, but I'm sure the writers have a bit more background/data that they have figured out to make it stay in line with the vanilla rules.
 
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Re: I hate Encumbrance Units!

Fri 07 May 2021, 21:16

Load works too because the one Specialty is called Load Carrier
(Which is a horribly bland specialty name. Ox or Pack Mule or the like would be much better.)
 
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Re: I hate Encumbrance Units!

Sat 08 May 2021, 01:59

I fully agree. However, if they're having issues with trademarks (H&K MP5 being removed is a good example) then i know quite a few FPS games that use that as a Perk, so they might run into issues there too.

Personally I don't mind EU as the shorthand. Narratively, "an EU" vs "The EU" is pretty easy to figure out what is a weight and what's a collective group of countries.
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