Finalizing naming and such for the 3 classes that will be in alpha - this name was always a bit of a toss up. Demolitionist is long and I don’t think it is actually a word. Demolition connotes blowing things up with explosive though, which I’m not sure Demolisher does as well. Demolisher also seems more generic but it is shorter and has the distinction of actually being a word… We can’t seem to agree among ourselves so, what say you?
I prefer the generic word since it is actually a name of an occupation/class who demolish things. Demolitionist sounds kinda like an adjective that is describing a Demolisher. Pretty redundant there.
If Demolisher is still not good enough, why not try to find synonyms of the word Demolisher. The only other good word I can come up with is Destroyer.
While Eradicator looks good, it does not really fit well as a class name, but is good as a character name. Annihilator can fit well with both as a class name and character name. Iconoclast, meh I do not know what to say about it.
Iconoclast, though cool, is not a very fitting name for someone who demolishes material stuff. It would be a very cool classname for Demolisher (or whatever) + Cultist, that’s a perfect fit.
There’s a bunch of other synonyms, as others have said. A few ones that haven’t been named yet; pillager, ransacker, vandal, wrecker. Personally, I prefer Sapper. It’s short, catchy, fits into the era and it doesn’t remind me of bad '90s Schwarzenegger action flicks.
Mmmh… i prefer Demolisher, but I m sure we could find some alternatives. English is not my native language so, it s a bit difficult for me
Maybe something like Pyrotechnician/Pyrotechnist, Engineer, Burner or Powderman ?
I like Demolitionist, because it brings to mind the image of someone tinkering with explosives and setting charges to collapse buildings.
Demolishers sounds like the name of a brutish giant that smashes things and creates senseless violence without thinking.
The only other suggestion I would offer is the name Grenadier, it has military roots which would fit with the class theme I think. It could also be a name of the combination of two masteries as well.
I actually considered those two but felt that Grenadier was a little too specific, while engineer, some people may not understand the military connotation. Plus, in games with engineer classes, usually they do also fix / build things, along with blowing stuff up. There is no fixing or class-specific building in GD.
Yah, sorry that’s the image it brings to my mind. Demolisher sounds more like someone who’s in construction than someone who is running around lobbing grenades
Demoman: “One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chlorate, one errant twitch…and kablooie!”
But, since that is not an option, yeah, not demolisher, that class name should be for a morning star, ball and chain specialist. And yes, I sure would like to mix those two masteries.