Viking Fighter's name sux, let's find it a new one!

hmm, so i havnt seen any names as good as viking, mabe its harder to please everyone than you think
how about: warhound

 

How about thing from the nature?

Hurricane, Tornado, Storm, Thunder, Nova, Pulsar, Meteor, Eclipse, etc.

 

Nature doesnt really fit w/ the terrans whole gritty tech atmosphere. How about Mechanical Hounds instead of warhounds?

 

Nature seems to be more the Protoss bag at the moment.


Isn't Mechanical Hounds a video game?

 

I don't know if I've said this elsewhere but since Terran already has names like Ghost and Wraith, I would like the Banshee to be called Phantom instead, since it has cloak.

I don't like the name Banshee, it reminds me of that ugly old hag with cray hair or the gay super hero from the comic.

 

Chromehounds is a video game like Mechwarrior. Mechcanical Hounds are freaky robots used by the govt to euthanize people in Fahrenheit 451.

 

Exvasion said, "What about Shiva? Wasn't that a god/goddess that could change forms and also the god of destruction?"

Since South Koreans pretty much is the target market, naming it Shiva is not really that good since it sounds too similar to one of their swearwords.

As for a new name, I'm not in my creativity mood at the moment so I'll just be a supporter.
Vanguard, Sentinel and Archangel all sound cool for Terran units.

 

LOL, yea good point on Shiva.  I didn't think about it before, but so true now that you pointed it out.

Younger players at internet cafes are guaranteed to call them by the swear word instead.

 

I kind of like Viking but it doesn't sound great.

Terran Pegasus. (Flies and "tramples" when on ground)
Terran Lochness. (For giggles)
Terran Sasquatch. (It seems bigger and chunkier than the Goliath)
Terran Cyclops. (It can only do one thing at a time, one eye. Hur hur?)
Terran Naga. (Sea and land, but with the Viking, air and land)
Terran Wendigo. (Kind of the same reason as Sasquatch)
Terran Leprechaun. (No idea why)

 

Come on sentinel is perfect

definition:
sen·ti·nel /?s?ntnl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sen-tn-l] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -neled, -nel·ing or (especially British) -nelled, -nel·ling.
–noun

1. a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
2. a soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack: to stand sentinel.
–verb (used with object) 4. to watch over or guard as a sentinel.

 

sentinel has been overused...

 

all i can think of is

matrix sentinel
and 007 nightfire guided missile launcher

 

dawn of war, warcraft3

 

i dont have those games sry

 

Most good names have already been overused anyway. I personally like Sentinel. Not feeling the whole nature thing though. And as for the god names, if you're going to use god names, Greaco/Roman and Norse names are the only ones that really fit.

 

Terran Pegasus. (Flies and "tramples" when on ground)
Terran Naga. (Sea and land, but with the Viking, air and land)

I like those two names, Major Willy. Though the Naga MIGHT be a tad off because of the Xel'Naga.

Plus I always liked "Pegasus." No... I didn't watch all the My Little Ponies episodes back to back as a little kid... or as an adult...

*Scurries off*

 

I like the name Sentinel, but when Viking was revealed I imagined offensive applications and raiding as opposed to defense and standing guard. It's for the exact opposite reason that I came up with Vanguard.

Vanguard (as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary)

1. the troops moving at the head of an army
2. the forefront of an action or movement

 

I don't think that names like Leviathan and Kraken (and Behemoth to complete the 3 kings of beasts list) would fit with such a unit, those names would be better with giant units like the Thor or Mothership!

On another note, quite funny that both a zerg brood and a Tyranid (from 40k) brood are called Leviathan.

 

Good book.


To the Vanguard thing.
Freaking awesome sounding name, but in definition, it doesn't work. I never led my attack with Goliaths and Valkyries.

 

Fenix is that you buddy?  Why, I see that you got a name makeover, nice new do LOL.

I see your point on goliath, but goliath never had an air form two-in-one either, nor did it have gatling guns for respectable ground damage versus lesser units.  I think Vikings would be pretty good at raiding bases as well as mowing down swarms of lings/marines(possibly even zealots) while tanks provide support firepower from the rear.

Depending on the actual capabilities of the Viking air form, it would now also be your only Terran air unit viable for ovie hunting strats, barring the introduction of another ATA unit.  Of course assuming ovies are back, otherwise something similar.

While I believe Viking to be the direct replacement of goliath and valkyrie, due to it's new found mobility and tactical options, I don't think it will just be filling the role of the goliath.  I think Viking will be way more than what goliath was, over and beyond to say the least.