New DPS Job Idea - Time Mage!

[Mhaeric]

I hope this doesn't come across as mean but you do realize that you're just repeating what I said back to me, just in simpler terms. You said it yourself underneath the hood (I'm going to guess it's supposed to be underneath the same hood as that makes a bit more sense but I didn't want to change you wording)

I'm not saying the same thing as you at all. Since you don't seem aware of the idiom, "same thing underneath the hood," I'll help explain it. It is a figure of speech that compares two things which on their surface appear different but are actually the same thing functionally. The literal representation of the idiom is two cars with different frames and/or paint jobs that have exactly the same engine under their car hoods. Because the ability of a car is measured predominantly by its mechanics and not what the frame looks like, the idiom represents the idea that the two things being compared are functionally the exact same thing despite looking completely different on the outside.

I.e. when I say that Astrologian and Geomancer are the same thing under the hood I am saying that they're the same job but they just look different on the outside. There's no functional difference between the two, so it's not comparing apples and oranges. It's comparing a red apple to a green apple. They're both apples.

[Eloah]

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Ah, I see. You are right i'm not familiar with that idiom, I thought you were making a reference to "umbrella terms" or "overarching terms". We are saying something similar though, but whereas you are saying same inside different outside, I am saying different inside same outside, but admittedly my explanation was probably more convoluted than it had to be.