Feature Request: show enemy weapon names

[scrawl]

If I hover an enemy drone, it shows me its name and what it does. Why can't I do the same with weapons?

Some weapons look quite similar (e.g. heavy laser I & II) and sometimes I confuse them and might have used a bad strategy as result.

I guess there could be some sort of intended surprise element in finding out what weapons do. But you could at least display the weapon name only, that way it wouldn't be too much of a spoiler.

[5thHorseman]

I thought enemy drones always said "combat drone."

I like not knowing for sure if that heavy laser is actually a 2-shot. If they add this, I'd like it as an option and not as the default.

[shadowcrust]

I thought enemy drones always said "combat drone."

I like not knowing for sure if that heavy laser is actually a 2-shot. If they add this, I'd like it as an option and not as the default.

Yeah, I wouldn't want to miss the suspense to find out whether it's a Leto or Artemis with which you're about to get plastered *before* it hits...

Actually, while some missile launchers look exactly the same, the rockets already reveal if it will hit you for 1, 2, 3 or 4 damage, e.g. the Leto missiles have a blue hue, while the Artemis missiles are white with some grey decorations. And who doesn't know what a Breach Missile looks like?

[Jai]

This is quite the reasonable request. To be fair, it's quite easy to tell the difference between a Heavy Laser I and Heavy Laser II, as the second is longer with an extra light, but it's taken me over a year to realize that, since, all evidence to the contrary, FTL isn't actually my life. I'm sure there are similar things with the various missile launchers.

In short, yeah, if you could make weapons a little more distinct, that would be great.

[obliviondoll]

I know there are a few mods where each weapon gets a more unique model, but having an optional "view weapon names on hover" setting would be a cool feature.