Please use the Japanese name for the vanity system: "Mirage Prism"

[SchalaZeal]

Please no. Mirage Prism just sounds so silly and doesn't hold the same "buzzword" meaning to English native speakers as it does to JPs.

But Glamour sounds like a cheezy fashion thing, more cheesy than the aesthetician, at least he's got moves. We're talking "Serge" (from Beverly Hills Cop 3) levels of cheesy.

[Vilhem]

I didn't say I liked "Glamours" either, but "Mirage Prism" just screams jp fanboi/weeb. I mean, I guess its fine for the JP version since any English phrase can be "buzzworthy" (much like several anime phrases "sound better" to NA's in JP).

[Spellbinder]

Yeah that's pretty much what the devs said. "The players would be confused" because more games used the I->II->III etc naming instead of -ra, -ga, etc. Then it erupted into a "no they didn't/yes they did" discussion.


The devs seem to be very afraid of their player base being stupid if you recall the reason they gave for not giving us the right click -> Blacklist in chat box at first: "Players may accidentally blacklist friends." They went back on that, so, they're not completely adamant on these things, but stubborn? Oh yes. Very much.

Off Topic: You really should go back and review Ferne's post if you think it boiled down to "we think the players are stupid, so we're going to use I, II, III, IV" as the reasoning included lack of consistency between suffixes and spell effects across different schools of magic, and went beyond just spell naming conventions.

http://chaosreapersreborn.myfreeforu...o_t__t_47.html (since the beta forum is gone)

On Topic: Glamour. It's a word often associated with magic and illusions in English folk tales, so I say roll with it.

[Daenerys_Sedai]

a "glamour" or aesthetic/camouflage spell is pretty consistent with other fantasy novels. For example, The Kingkiller Chronicles and A Song of Ice and Fire both use the term. Even the Harry Potter series.

[Sotek]

Sorry, but Mirage Prism is far too close to Moon Prism for my mind to not make the connection every time I hear it...

[KikInperi]

Honestly who cares what it's called officially? How often are you really going to reference it by its official name after the first week? You can call it whatever you want when you're talking with your friends, and I bet no matter what you call it people will understand what you mean. I just don't see an issue here at all. Nothing's stopping you from calling it whatever the hell you want.

[Gramul]

When I hear the word "glamour" I think of 50year old women with huge hair and caked on makeup shopping at Bells for dresses with the biggest puffed up shoulders they can find.

[DenzelTaru]

not gonna change their minds.. but bump vote up anyway

[DenzelTaru]

Sorry, but Mirage Prism is far too close to Moon Prism for my mind to not make the connection every time I hear it...

oh man.. that music every time you change your vanity gear lol

[Penance007]

Well I used to imagine that song in FFX-2 each time using the dressphere.

It would be nice to get this kind of video each time we switch jobs (with ability to turn it off to save time). I just cant imagine how it would look on a roegadyn... i need to stop myself from trying to envision it.