Encyclopædia Eorzea ("Lore Book") Bug Report Thread

[Deceptus]

While minor lore inconsistencies are acceptable, spelling mistakes in a professional print version are not. The team involved in editing absolutely should not be given a free pass on that because it dilutes confidence in the quality of your work that you are asking customers to pay for.

Hit F7 for Gods sake. A simple spell check could have fixed those issues.

[Hinoto-no-Ryuji]

While minor lore inconsistencies are acceptable, spelling mistakes in a professional print version are not. The team involved in editing absolutely should not be given a free pass on that because it dilutes confidence in the quality of your work that you are asking customers to pay for.

Hit F7 for Gods sake. A simple spell check could have fixed those issues.

The vast majority of spelling mistakes in the book are a bunch of fantasy names and terms that would show up on Spellcheck regardless of whether they were spelled correctly. I'm seeing like one legitimate spelling error in this thread ("aughter" vs "daughter"); everything else is something that would be incredibly easy to slip through the cracks.

That's not to say that the QA team behind this book shouldn't strive for improvements, but it's quite a bit more complicated than F7.

[OcieKo]

Hit F7 for Gods sake. A simple spell check could have fixed those issues.

I get the feeling you haven't used spellcheck with foreign languages and fantasy terms/names much. Spell check at the level of most of these typos couldve given false positives and many false negatives. Most would have to be spelling and grammar checked by hand regardless.

Also aughter isnt exactly a typo either, it is in this case but the word itself is not.

[Frowny]

I get the feeling you haven't used spellcheck with foreign languages and fantasy terms/names much. Spell check at the level of most of these typos couldve given false positives and many false negatives. Most would have to be spelling and grammar checked by hand regardless.

While true, it is something that is... somewhat disheartening to see in a professional product. If it was some wiki or something then whatever, but a purchased item?

[JaydeDancer]

While true, it is something that is... somewhat disheartening to see in a professional product. If it was some wiki or something then whatever, but a purchased item?

Every first edition has a typo here and there. They tend to be fixed as newer versions come out. Think of it this way: You have the first edition of the Encyclopedia Eorzea, which can be verified by looking in specific places for specific errors. Maybe one day it will be worth more than $50!