Male Viera Naming Conventions

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Originally Posted by dabbingluigi

about loifa also, he doesn't follow the random name generator formula. i hope i'm doing the spoiler tag right but his last name is

starbright or something along those lines

hoping we get some lore on the names soon also.

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It's really common for NPCs to have those sort of non-surname epithets and they'll usually have that version shown overhead in battle instead of their actual surname, even if both are known.

Players don't get that choice, so you actually have to pick between giving your character a proper surname or an epithet as their displayed character name.

I'm still hovering in a state of indecision on actually making my Viera alt, but I'll probably be giving him an epithet as the display name and just have his actual surname in mind without using it. (Especially given how unpronounceable "wesfv" looks.)

If we still don't get anything after this maintenance, when the game is 'back to normal', I really won't know what to think anymore. It's about to be 50 full days since official launch... is it really so difficult to give even an indication of what their surnames stand for?

They're usually so good at giving people who enjoy roleplay and lore a basis to work off of, so why is it that this specific race/gender combination gets neglected in silence? I wish general rp was more popular so that this issue felt less niche, because god, does it feel bad just talking into a void.

*mr. krabs voice* Page nine! Lets give it up for page nine!!

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Originally Posted by Vallavia

Maybe they're saving it for Encyclopedia Eorzea III?

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The longer this takes, the more I fear this.

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Originally Posted by Nellen

The longer this takes, the more I fear this.

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I really hope that is not the case. They have already set the precedent of posting them here, the kind of people that care about this probably buy those books anyway, and they will no doubt be posted online as soon as somebody gets their hands on a copy. Holding them back for a book that probably won't be published until over a year from now? Ugh.

So, they are taking questions for the next live letter. Somebody already asked about male viera names here if you want to go and "like" it: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post5830373

almost two months since the expansion released and nothing. bruh

Oh- thanks! I hope they at least acknowledge the darn question. WHY is this so hard?

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Originally Posted by NaohaLanbatal

So, they are taking questions for the next live letter. Somebody already asked about male viera names here if you want to go and "like" it: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post5830373

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replying and bumping to signal boost this.

Bnuuy <<last name>>