U/U vs R/E

Now this isn't a firefight between XI and XIV (I come from General Discussion, Id like to hope this forum is a little more civil but ya never know ._.)

Since the start of XIV I've had a bit of a gripe with the "Unique/Untradable" naming scheme. My main issue is that they both start with U and my minor issue is that they're both rather long to say/shorten to clarify which of the two you are talking about. (Exclusive was a long word too, but it could be shortened to E or Ex with no confusion because the other criteria (Rare) started with R.) Since this has to do with wording I thought this forum was where it belonged better.

With both words starting with U (U/U if it is both) it makes it harder to determine what a particular item is if it is only one. "Can I have that armor?" "It's U." See my point? He is most likely saying its Untradable, but he could be letting you know it is unique and that you can't have two (depends on the context). Rare / Ex was short and sweet and got the point across very easily. Its been said over and over again that the original launch of XIV seemed to have a very strong emphasis on being different, to the point where nearly everything had to be changed in the slightest to achieve this. In the last year we've seen many things get changed back to more familiar systems/mechanics I was just wondering if this topic is going to get any attention?

Then again, I can be nit picky at times and this could be something that only bothers me and no one else. :p

Is there anything that's Untradeable, yet not Unique?

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Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra

Is there anything that's Untradeable, yet not Unique?

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Inferno Tapers. Not sure if anything else is at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Viridiana

Inferno Tapers. Not sure if anything else is at the moment.

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Ah, right.
Don't see this as a problem really.

I get both arguments, and I totally agree. The one most pertinent is unique. I think we could keep untradeable and deal with it eventually, but them both being U's does hurt the shortening/communication aspect. Is untradeable technically a word or did we make this up in the more recent years through slapping on a prefix?

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Originally Posted by zaviermhigo

I get both arguments, and I totally agree. The one most pertinent is unique. I think we could keep untradeable and deal with it eventually, but them both being U's does hurt the shortening/communication aspect. Is untradeable technically a word or did we make this up in the more recent years through slapping on a prefix?

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lol it actually isn't a word I believe. I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure it isn't.

That being said I like using W to refer to Unique/Untradeable gear. Epic shorthand.

Previous thread on the same subject: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ble-vs-Rare-Ex

I'm mainly posting that because it didn't get a dev response or create any change last time, so don't expect one this time.

We can use (Unique) / (Untradable), can't we?