Talk:Ship/@comment-24409121-20140203204809/@comment-24409121-20140204070308

Hmm, well I don't know about how rare Hatsukaze really is, given that the creators of KanColle actually gave them different backgrounds to designate rarity means that it means something to them (wether or not you're able to drop a ship yourself thanks to the RNG Goddess).

Not sure also in designating them just by color. (It's also a Teal, not Cyan for the second one.  Cyan is much bluer (such as take a look at a color ink catrige on a printer, the colors are Cyan, Magenta and Yellow).

I would like to know the reasoning on the use of Holo, just for reference sake. Since this is on a computer and the ships do not actually have sparkly/holografic backgrounds, it's just in a rainbow patter, in a slightly darker rainbow pattern, and then the same slightly darker rainbow patter with flower petals.

Words such as Common, Uncommon, Rare are used in many things, from card games (which kind of fits here) to almost any RPG out of Japan (though not an RPG, this is from Japan).

Also, I never hear people refer to cards by their color, instead it's "I got another common ship" (when refering to most destroyers like from 1-1), or "YES!, my first rare ship" usually followed with a post of a picture of a ship that is either gold or rainbow colored.

Thus words instead of colors seems to work a bit more often, and is simpler for newer players to grasp. We have 7 levels of rarity. So why not come up with some common ground in which to call them. I'm not saying I should decide on what they should be (as again, the posted picture I place used the same one that was above, just pointing out the backgrounds and using a quick couple common names for rarities from other games.

1. Blue - Common (as there is nothing more common than common, this should obviously be first)

2. Teal - Uncommon (normally follows common in rarity)

3. Silver - ???

4. Gold - ???

5. Rainbow (light) - ???

6. Rainbow (dark) - ???

7. Rainbow (dark with flower petals) - ???

When would the word Rare be used? Would you stick to the convention of just adding more S's in front of the word "Rare" for each rarity after? What are your thoughts on what they should be called? Would any be willing to use the words UltraRare/VeryRare/MythicRare/LegendaryRare and if so, in what order?

Also for extra examples, while I don't play Magic the Gathering, my friends point out that even there they have both colors and words for their rarity:

Black = Common

Silver = Uncommon

Gold = Rare

Purple = Timeshifted (supposedly rarer than rare)

Red = Mythic Rare

Again though, looking for other's thoughts on this.

- Kat