User blog comment:Emptylord/Blogs/Upcoming class rework/@comment-26378838-20160604135203/@comment-26378838-20160604155034

"A goal both Riot and my version is trying to achieve is disassociate AP/AD/Phsycial/Magical from classes."

As it is, it's not going to happen no matter how hard you try. When you say "mage" to some random gamer, they'll instantly associate the class with magic damage and be like "The hell?" when you explain you have a mage that deals little to no magic damage and is all about physical damage. Unless you propose a different name to the class, will always stick as a very, very, very sore thumb in the class and would probably be a Bombardier along with.

Same thing with trying to disassociate Marskmen and the type of damage they deal: to this very day, people say "adc" when trying to pick a marksman for botlane and not "mm" or something like that, so if the name of the class itself doesn't stick enough to players, much less likely will stick the notion of marksmen that aren't about physical damage and on-hit effects. Again, you have the Captain category that and  seem a better fit than  Marksman.