Elixir Field misnamed.

[MikaKrystel]

The localisation team do a great job with this game, and I personally enjoy the flair they add rather than doing a literal translation.

How ever this is not what this move referes to. It actually refers to the chinese martial arts principle of Dantian (literal translation is "Elixir Field").

Absolutely right, and here is the wikipedia article for reference.

[Exodus-E]

How ever this is not what this move referes to. It actually refers to the chinese martial arts principle of Dantian (literal translation is "Elixir Field"). These are focal points on the body that are believed hold the meditative energy/body energy in general. Its an apt name for this move which is about releasing energy that has been stored.

Absolutely right, and here is the wikipedia article for reference.

Oh, so THAT's where it comes from.
Interesting...in that case yeah, it is an appropriate name, then.

Thanks; I got to learn something new.

[Alahra]

The only thing that bugs me is when they change ability names that existed in FFXI (and essentially did the same thing). Benediction was the ultimate ability of WHM in FFXI (and it stayed the same here, obviously). But Invincible (which did the same thing in FFXI--invulnerability--and stayed the same in the JP version) became Hallowed Ground. Ditto for Defender, etc. I didn't know that one about Defiance (and Deliverance) and I wish they had kept them the same. Deliverance really doesn't fit, to me, at all, and Destroyer would have been fine right next to Defender.

[Mintcake]

While we're on the subject of monk skills... Anyone think fist of the destroyer and rock breaker skills should switch names? Fist of the destroyer does not actually use fists in the animation, but it does have you stomping the ground and breaking more rocks than rock breaker :3

[SuperZay]

The localisation team do a great job with this game, and I personally enjoy the flair they add rather than doing a literal translation.

I'd take 'Bahamut' gear like in Japanese and other languages over 'Dreadwyrm' gear anytime.

[SomeRandomHuman]

Elixir is 'a magical liquid that can cure illness or extend life'

You're extending the life of your tank since its a 220(231 with FoF) potency aoe that you can use every half minute. XD

[dinnertime]

Quite related, but it bothers me that some of NIN's abilities I find misnamed and should be swapped with another. Them being Aeolian Edge, Dancing Edge and Armor Crush.

[Bobkitty]

FINAL FLASH

[VisRalis]

It sounds good, but why monk's AOE damage skill is called like this? Elixir is 'a magical liquid that can cure illness or extend life' so it sounds more like AOE regen bubble healing skill.
In Japanese it's called 蒼気砲 which roughly translates as 'Blue Spirit Gun', not very 'monkish' either but at least it matches skill's visual appearance.

'Blue Spirit Gun'?
holy shit! Is that a Yuyu Hakusho reference o.O

Hnnnng... #orgspasm



I feel the need to roll a certain pink haired Hyur Midlander monk now...

[Colorful]

I'd take 'Bahamut' gear like in Japanese and other languages over 'Dreadwyrm' gear anytime.

Naming the gear after the boss seems uninspired to me, but that goes for a lot of of Japanese things. I don't like how the localization team uses a mix of strange English in scenes that it clearly does not belong in, such as the conversation between Alphinaud and Krile when they meet in 3.1, people don't talk in a formal manner on occasions like that. But regardless of that, Bahamut is a great wyrm that people dread so it only makes sense.