Couldn’t the simplest solution just be to change the inventory sorting?
Instead of “Firearms”, have categories that are the based on the skill used? Like “Rifles”, “Handguns”, etc:
PISTOLS
M1911
USP .45
USP 9mm
RIFLES
SKS
AK-47
M4 Carbine
Appending the name of the Skill used on every separate Firearm inventory line seems like a waste of space when you can just put them into separate groups to begin with.
I would find it very disappointing if the gun names were removed. A toggleable option seems nice but also a bit cumbersome and I’m not sure it’s possible to use it effectively.
For example, if I used it, I’d have to constantly check and compare the stats of every “.45 semi-automatic handgun” I came across. If I have a USP, I don’t need to check the stats of the second USP I find. I know it’s the same from the name. If you don’t know the stats of the M1911 by comparison, you already have to check it. So I’m really not sure why anyone would ever toggle it on. It only make you check more stats, never less.
Right now most of the argument surrounds "I have no idea what XX gun is or what it's supposed to do". If there's a proper naming convention like the one proposed I don't see a problem with adding more flavor weapons as they're all properly marked pistol, rifle etc etc.
That may be a valid point of confusion, but shortening the name doesn’t help. You still have to look at the stats to solve your problem (“I don’t know what this gun is”) and you’d still have to do that anyway.
Frankly people just need to learn. I had no idea what a Vector TDI was the first time I found it. Now I know “It’s the .45 submachine gun with no recoil.” If I somehow forgot, I’d have to look at the gun again anyway. It’s not exactly complicated. There are descriptions, too. Maybe those could be shored up?
Related solution: it seems like there are just way too many small-caliber rifles to begin with, which probably causes a lot of the difficulty in learning. Do we really need a Marlin 39A, a Ruger 10/22, AND a craftable .22 pipe rifle on top of it? And don’t get me started on the .223 caliber rifles - there’s like half a dozen of them with barely distinguishable stats.
