# Cradle of War - Asteroid Names

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**Category:** Photon UI\
**Created:** [June 10, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cradle-of-war-asteroid-names/513081 "2026-06-10T15:01:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meridan\_Night](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/meridan_night/32/488304_2.png) [@Meridan\_Night](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Meridan_Night)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cradle-of-war-asteroid-names/513081/3 "2026-06-10T20:03:26Z")

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You’re a little late to the party (i.e. this change didn’t come along with the current expansion):

> [@CCP sucks all flavour out of mining with 'Veldspar II-Grade"](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-sucks-all-flavour-out-of-mining-with-veldspar-ii-grade/500455):
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> Why would CCP get rid of the old flavorful names like “dense”, “fiery” and “golden” from asteroid descriptions?! cry Golden Omber, Platinoid Omber, Stable Veldspar, Silvery Omber, Dense Veldspar, Magma Mercoxit, Concentrated Veldspar, Vitreous Mercoxit… EVE has so many colorful descriptions of ores! And now it’s all going to be “II-Grade” or “III-Grade”?! Great way to reduce immersion and reduce this universe to raw numbers and tiered resources like some cheap knockoff game. …

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