Durandal? Seriously?

I will always be fond of the Rabanastre name, but I like Durandal. I'm also excited to be meeting our new friends from Cornelia. ^^

Some people just complain about anything and everything. Seriously, grow up.

take off your derphelment for a moment and pay close attention to what i'm about to tell you, kiddo:

THIS THREAD IS SATIRE.

Satire/troll/whatever this thread may be, I really dig the new name, and I look forward to playing with the new folks we're merging with.

I don't know if the OP noticed, or if someone mentioned this before.

I did some research as soon as I read the new server names, I know some of them ( Excalibur and Masamune) for example but I didn't recognize most of the server names that sounded absurd and hard to pronounce for me when I read it the first time. So I went over to the Final Fantasy wiki to see where those names came from and it turned out to be weapons ( And Aegis being the only shield? ).

After learning that I started looking for connections between the merged servers and the new names that were chosen for them, and about 75% of the time, the weapon is actually used in one ( or both ) of the merged servers, Sargatanas for example being a dagger that Zidane uses in FFIX and one of the merged servers is Lindblum. (A city that exists in the FFIX universe)

Another example would be Hyperion which is a weapon from FFVIII if I'm not mistaken (Didn't seifer use this?), which is the new server that's the result of merging Trabia and Kashuan, and since Hyperion is the name of a weapon used in one of the merged servers (Trabia being from FFVIII where Hyperion is used) it does make sense the reason for choosing these names.

After researching that, the names made more sense to me (And taught me that I really need to replay the Final Fantasy series), and weren't chosen randomly (Or were they?). Hope that I'm correct about this and it helps you "Accept" the new server names. :)

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Originally Posted by Zozor

This is one of the worst names for a world I've ever encountered. I understand that they need to name us something but in a lifetime of Final Fantasy I've not spoken a word that caused my mouth so much distress as Durandal. It's exactly the sort of word that people who don't play MMOs laugh at and people who do play MMOs are ashamed to say out loud. If I said it on a bus I'd feel fat and I'm sure my skin would get blotchy.

It may be OK for the Cornelia people but for us on Rab I'd have to protest. Surely a different name would be more appropriate. In fact just keep it at Rabanastre. The Cornelia people can assimilate.

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Good afternoon,
What seems to be the main issue? Is it the choice of a server name that is bugging you or is it that you can't accept a decision that was made by the game developer? Is it that big of a deal of a servers name that has your panties all tied up in a wad? I could think of 99 problems that deserve more attention than this. Have a pleasant day. Cheers.

Durandal is also depicted as an axe as well, for all you Marauder lovers out there.

Its also depicted as an Ivan

Is the name of the server really THAT big of a deal? Does it change how you play the game? Does it impact the fun factor?

Server names are serious business! Life and death hohoho ;o I am glad mine got a cool name though at least, sargatanas!

So we are trading the nickname Rabanasty for Duran Duran?

http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/...duranduran.jpg

Do I get a sweet uniform like this now?