Race Naming Conventions for Viera and Hrothgar

[FaerieAura]

Aww! Well, I still have kind of grown used to my 'best guess' name, so hopefully I end up being somewhat close. Sjel does sound suitably Viera to my ears, anyway.

[Anger]

In the character creator you have the option to choose a random name which follows the conventions. By this point they have to have it all prepared and integrated. So, I wonder why there's a wait?

[Wolflordval]

In the character creator you have the option to choose a random name which follows the conventions. By this point they have to have it all prepared and integrated. So, I wonder why there's a wait?

Because the info is probably existing in a series of spreadsheets, handwritten notes, and random scriblings, and needs time and effort to format, collate, and distill that info into a meaningful and player-friendly post. With the whole team all-hands on deck for launch (yes, even the lore team) they probably didn't have time to get it ready. Which, to be honest, sounds like they are taking this launch more seriously than Stormblood's - which means it may be a (slightly) smoother launch this time. I'm sure most people would trade a smoother launch for early access to the naming conventions; so that's the call the team probably made.

Just speculation of course, but those kind of things are exactly how the industry works.

[Cilia]

Well that's a little disappointing.

Ah well. Random name generator still is a thing, and the specifics of it can be worked out from that if you analyze it (unless there's a conlang in there like with the Roegadyn).

[Kytrin]

Well that's a little disappointing.

Ah well. Random name generator still is a thing, and the specifics of it can be worked out from that if you analyze it (unless there's a conlang in there like with the Roegadyn).

I doubt this will be quite so convoluted at that lol. At least for the viera. There's only so much intricacy and convolution you can have with a name like Fran.

[Floortank]

Disappointing, but it mostly just affects roleplayers, as most people will ignore the naming conventions and do whatever.

[Dualblade]

Disappointing, but it mostly just affects roleplayers, as most people will ignore the naming conventions and do whatever.

Could always say they are from a different shard for the not lore friendly names.

[Starblessed]

I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed.

[Verius_Nox]

Greetings, everyone.

Thanks for your patience while we checked into this for you.

Unfortunately, we won't be able to release the naming conventions ahead of early access and launch of Shadowbringers. Once things have calmed down post-launch, the team will be able to better dedicate time to creating them. We know it's not the news you wanted to hear, but we appreciate your understanding.

Sad to hear, but thank you for taking the time to let us know.

[Tahlaera]

This kind of rather sucks and I'm hoping that at least the random name generator will be in place and not missing for some reason as well. I was actually planning to start a new character, because I'm weird like that, and having a lore-fitting name is kind of something I'd prefer. The name generator providing a basis to work from though would be plenty, just hoping they didn't skip on sorting that as well. >.> But at the very least I can stop checking the lore forums relentlessly for an update on this. :P