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    Focant's Avatar
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    Mar 2011
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    Limsa Lominsa
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    121
    Character
    Arturia Rivaut
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Conjurer Lv 70
    I can definitely understand the desire for a name change to something less generic than raid. While it is just a name and isn't really an indicator of the content itself, it does kind of frame it and give it meaning. Besieged, Campaign, Dynamis, etc. all had their own "personality" their own purpose and motive. The names themselves were indicative of how the content related to the world as a whole. Dynamis being the realm of dreams, Campaign being centered around the Crystal War, Besieged a result of the constant raids by beastmen to obtain the Astral Candescence, and so on. With a term like raid you're left with a sort of homogenized feeling. While the content itself may be varied the mentality behind it is the same and the motivation never extends beyond "kill stuff and get items."

    It's a small thing no doubt but in a game devoid of interesting content and in desperate need of world building, adding unique monikers for certain styles of gameplay would certainly help make things feel more purposeful.
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    Last edited by Focant; 06-23-2011 at 05:43 AM.
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