Hello everyone,
First im not complaining, just want to know some opinions on this. (can't post in General Discussion)
In Beta there was a gigantic discussion about why we can't have our Final Fantasy Spell names (Fire, Fira, Firaga etc.) but in the end SE refused to change it.
But the thing is, while that's the case for english, its not for German. Germans have ra,ga etc. (Same goes for France and Japanese, they also don't have I, II, II)
It seems a little bit strange to me.
What do you think ? Would you like it to be changed ?
(Oh boy, i hope SE won't change it now for the other languages too :P)
P.S: Sorry for grammar mistakes
So.. no FF Spell names, but only for english ?
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09-04-2013, 09:08 AM-SnowSo.. no FF Spell names, but only for english ?
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09-04-2013, 09:40 AMUBERHAXED
German and French don't have ra and ga... They have full words that have numerical meaning similar to the numbers used in the English version, which happen to ending those suffixes. e.g Extra, Mega. And Japanese do not follow the name conventions because they can't (European languages don't have the syllable restrictions). In fact, it's not even fire, fira, firaga in japanese (if you do the translation). It's fire, fira, figa. It is just convenient to use a fixed number of syllables. Furthermore, there is no need to confuse players by giving the indication that fira is similar to blizzara that is similar to thundara (they are all completely different so why use the naming convention?); so they just number them by the order learned for logical reasons. But you already read this so I don't know why you made a topic on it (which is in fact in the wrong forum and will soon be deleted).
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09-04-2013, 09:47 AMAisenThePaladinHe did say he couldn't post in the General Discussion so he posted here. It's a legit question and he got his reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by UBERHAXED
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09-04-2013, 09:55 AMKrackjack
final fantasy games were fire, fire2, fire3 in the beginning all the way to ff 7, so either way is correct.
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09-04-2013, 10:15 AMpeaches
I don't think the naming of fire II/Fira is being discussed here.
I never got to see the reasoning for not being able to use FF names before, what was the general gist of it? It sounds kind of stupid - I've seen someone named Final Fantasy, multiple spellings of Sephiroth, Tifa, Cid, Terra, etc. I don't see the issue. I myself chose a name based off of my favourite book series, Wheel of Time. What is the problem choosing a name you like? You aren't profiting from it in any way at all. -
09-04-2013, 10:16 AMMikakouI don't suppose you read his whole post did you? :PQuote:
Originally Posted by peaches
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09-04-2013, 10:19 AMTivonna
This topic has already be handled by the devs and they explained why they did it. Look into the dev tracker for details.
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09-04-2013, 10:51 AMpeachesOops! I did read it, I just misread it, haha. I thought he was trying trying to say Final Fantasy Spelled names, for some reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikakou
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09-04-2013, 11:19 AMSlatervonjagerI remember no such discussion in beta. And honestly, i don't care for those names. Would rather they stay as they are, feels more like FF and FF7 that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by -Snow
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09-04-2013, 11:38 AMKrackjacksorry i retract that, you are right, i went and put in final fantasy 7 and checked, so it was ff 8 and up and the new names were implementedQuote:
Originally Posted by Slatervonjager
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09-04-2013, 12:18 PMArriverderci
It's been beated to the ground into the beta forums truth to told.
Everyone took it the wrong way by saying we weren't smarter than the JP and shit.
Personally, I grew with the ra ga do re mi shit and these Fire I II and III is boring and stupid.
At the end of the day, any way you go about it, it still is the same skill but they didn't have to dummy it down and make it boring as Jesus.
At least give u an option, they said no so yeah... -
09-04-2013, 12:53 PMSlatervonjagerNo, the names got more common place starting with 8, however, they first used those names in ff3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krackjack
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09-11-2013, 06:02 AMpandabearcat
I think everyone's on the wrong track here.
The problem isn't 1, 2, 3.
Thats fine.
The problem is its Thunder 1, Thunder 2, as opposed to Bolt 1, Bolt 2, etc.
I don't care either way, but I'd rather it be
EITHER
Bolt 1, Bolt 2, Bolt 3, OR Thunder, Thundara, Thundaga
Ice 1, Ice 2, Ice 3, OR Blizzard, Blizzara, Blizzaga.
I'm kinda confused how they managed to mix them up.
Unless this is how it is in the new games (I haven't really played much since FF9). -
09-11-2013, 06:13 AMKantideEven then, Lit, Ice and Fir, Bio, Pig etc. were limitations of the NES in which all spells had to be 4 digits or less when you got to Lit2, Ice2 etc. As technology progressed, the names got longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by pandabearcat
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If you want to get technical we should all be casting Lit, Ice, Fir etc. The spells have evolved over time so you can't really say the current names aren't Final Fantasy as they really are [aside from Medica], just maybe not from the game you want. -
09-11-2013, 07:49 AMPetrified
They're using the classic naming convention for spells, FF to FFVII used it. The new spell naming started in FFVIII
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09-12-2013, 04:38 AMpandabearcatMy point is I've never seen thunder 2 or thunder 3. Apparently they're only in the MMO versions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kantide
Regardless, if theres an addon that gives me the much more iconic names I would be all for it.