Why is there no “The Black” title?

White Mage has The White and Red Mage has The Red, why does Black Mage not get the matching The Black title?

Secondly, I want to be able to assign titles to Gear Sets like how you can assign Glamour Plates.

End goal here is having a White Mage dressed in black with The Red, a Black Mage dressed in red with The White, and a Red Mage dressed in white with The Black.

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Originally Posted by AduroT

White Mage has The White and Red Mage has The Red, why does Black Mage not get the matching The Black title?

Secondly, I want to be able to assign titles to Gear Sets like how you can assign Glamour Plates.

End goal here is having a White Mage dressed in black with The Red, a Black Mage dressed in red with The White, and a Red Mage dressed in white with The Black.

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Perhaps there's a potential racial issue they are understandably trying to avoid.

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Originally Posted by Edax

Perhaps there's a potential racial issue they are understandably trying to avoid.

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But we already have BLACK mages. It doesn't make sense if that is the reason. I personally don't care about the title, but that would be a piss poor excuse.

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Originally Posted by Raltar

But we already have BLACK mages. It doesn't make sense if that is the reason. I personally don't care about the title, but that would be a piss poor excuse.

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Unfortunately people would probably jump on it. The internet loves to get upset about things.

Idk about titles, but you can rename gearsets if that's what you mean
Or do you mean making it so equipping the set changes your title? That would be kind of neat, not sure how they could do it but it could be neat

I also think it would be neat to have your title saved to your gearset.

Is there a The Blue title? I know there's "Of the Blue", but that's a Kojin thing.

The blue from the bluemages stuff. And yes i want a black too...

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Originally Posted by Berteaux_Braumegain

Is there a The Blue title? I know there's "Of the Blue", but that's a Kojin thing.

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BLU has about 5 titles mentioning the color, including "Mask of the Blue"

Oh man, totally forgot about Blue Mage too. I should stop playing Monk and just play rainbow mages.

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Originally Posted by AduroT

Oh man, totally forgot about Blue Mage too. I should stop playing Monk and just play rainbow mages.

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There's also "Green Eyes" for SMN.

At least, in North America and Western Europe, “the Black” indicates someone Evil.

Black Edward, Nicholas the Black - it doesn’t mean you’re dark-skinned, it means you’re a Villain.

Black-hearted, Black-souled, dirty Blackguard...

And here, in FFXIV, we are all Heroes.

So. We can be Edgy, we can be Dark, but, we can’t be Black.

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Originally Posted by Edax

Perhaps there's a potential racial issue they are understandably trying to avoid.

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Wouldn't that be even worse with "The White" - especially since you can go full hit on that angle and even put on white robes and a white pointy hat and well... let's just talk about race issues at that point... because that'd be about as bad as someone could take it.

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Originally Posted by CatStarPrime

So. We can be Edgy, we can be Dark, but, we can’t be Black.

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Looks at my own character...
https://66.media.tumblr.com/1807ada8...91cc835bcd.png

Ok, well... I wouldn't call hot-pink edgy.

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Originally Posted by AduroT

Secondly, I want to be able to assign titles to Gear Sets like how you can assign Glamour Plates.

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This so much. I would LOVE to be able to change titles automatically when switching jobs.

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Originally Posted by Makeda

Wouldn't that be even worse with "The White" - especially since you can go full hit on that angle and even put on white robes and a white pointy hat and well... let's just talk about race issues at that point... because that'd be about as bad as someone could take it.

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In today's outrage culture, calling someone a honky won't even get a whimper. Plus Gandalf normalized it.

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Originally Posted by Edax

In today's outrage culture

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I think you missed what I was noting by exactly 180-degrees. But best for us not to dwell in that direction...

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Originally Posted by Makeda

I think you missed what I was noting by exactly 180-degrees. But best for us not to dwell in that direction...

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Like I said, Gandalf normalized it. The outrage cult isn't going to see a klan member.

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Originally Posted by CatStarPrime

At least, in North America and Western Europe, “the Black” indicates someone Evil.

Black Edward, Nicholas the Black - it doesn’t mean you’re dark-skinned, it means you’re a Villain.

Black-hearted, Black-souled, dirty Blackguard...

And here, in FFXIV, we are all Heroes.

So. We can be Edgy, we can be Dark, but, we can’t be Black.

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I'm pretty sure we are "of the Black" though. Idk if we actually get it as a title, but I remember the NPCs referring to me as "Faye of the Black" during the BLM class quests. Will see if I can get a quote later ...

And it kinda works bc of the stigma associated with Black Magic. It's a whole theme of the BLM quests.

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Originally Posted by Avidria

I'm pretty sure we are "of the Black" though. Idk if we actually get it as a title, but I remember the NPCs referring to me as "Faye of the Black" during the BLM class quests. Will see if I can get a quote later ...

And it kinda works bc of the stigma associated with Black Magic. It's a whole theme of the BLM quests.

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I believe that's what Shantotto called us in 70 level job quest after last fight. So aye, while there's no wearable title (for whatever reason), the BLM players are "of the Black".

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Originally Posted by CatStarPrime

At least, in North America and Western Europe, “the Black” indicates someone Evil.

Black Edward, Nicholas the Black - it doesn’t mean you’re dark-skinned, it means you’re a Villain.

Black-hearted, Black-souled, dirty Blackguard...

And here, in FFXIV, we are all Heroes.

So. We can be Edgy, we can be Dark, but, we can’t be Black.

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We do have a "Blackblood" title though. Dark Knights.