So muse is working on a new impact-dmg based gun which will allow us to push our enemies around. While I like the weapon concept. I think the name Minotoar doesn't fit it at all and should be replaced with "Rhinoceros".
Lets have a look at the pros and cons of each name.
Pros and cons for nameing the gun "Minotoar":
Pros:
none
Cons:
- As Minotaurs are basically cows, everyone will think of the new gun as a milk-bottle distribution system. How misleading is that?
- Cows put aside, the only other thing that can be associated with Minotaurs are Labyrinths. Labyrinths are associated with "confinement" and "linear level design" which entirely contradicts "freedom of the skies"-atmosphere GoIO is advertised with.
- the name sounds silly
Pros and cons for nameing the gun "Rhinoceros":
Pros:
+ Rhinos are famous for their charge and rams. This fits a gun which fires "ramming-projectiles" to bounce enemy ships around perfectly
+ Unlike Minotaurs which rot in their filthy labyrinth, Rhinos are known to inhabit the skies. How much better does this fit into an airship game?
+ There have been numerous reports of Rhinos invading Airships Throughout the entire world of guns of Icarus. Hence the name would add to the games immersion.
+ The name sounds awesome.
Cons:
- none
That's a sum of 4 pros against a sum of 3 cons in favor of the "Rhinoceros". So based on this unbiased analysis we can conclude "Rhinoceros" is a vastly better fitting name for the new gun compared to "Minotoar". So I Hereby ask muse to change the name ASAP before the community make fun of the "milk-bottle-gun".
An interesting variation of the name might be "Rhinoroar", which would cause the name to be even more fear-inducing as it reminds the players of
intimidating rhino battle-cries
