Race Naming Conventions for Viera and Hrothgar

[Floortank]

The naming conventions for viera and hrothgar just aren't that good. So last night when I made a hrothgar, I gave him an original name. I'll say he was named by pirates or slavers who stole him as a child. Simple enough.

It kind of boggles the mind that the naming conventions would be so late, and so poorly done.

[LineageRazor]

It kind of boggles the mind that the naming conventions would be so late, and so poorly done.

In fairness, when they did Au Ra, they only needed to come up with two sets of naming conventions.

When Viera and Hrothgar were added, they were ALSO naming all the races on the First Shard, whose conventions all differ from those of the Source. That's a LOT to do at once! It's unfortunate that the player naming conventions suffered for it, but I wouldn't call it surprising.

[Teiren]

I finally got around to reading these. Geez, all that waiting to find that their hearts were hardly in it. I did think that Viera would probably have a little less effort than normal put into it because it largely happened from player feedback and Hrothgar was the race they actually wanted to make. That is slightly reflected in the posts, but it's all just...fairly pitiful. At least Hrothgar's post has something interesting. I know I shouldn't complain about getting at least something, so- alright, it's better than nothing. It's just that it further reinforces a low perception that they hardly even wanted to do new races. But oh well, they look good! I certainly like the new races.

In fairness, when they did Au Ra, they only needed to come up with two sets of naming conventions.

When Viera and Hrothgar were added, they were ALSO naming all the races on the First Shard, whose conventions all differ from those of the Source. That's a LOT to do at once! It's unfortunate that the player naming conventions suffered for it, but I wouldn't call it surprising.

Ah, that is a good point. There's probably more than enough regret to go around the team not being able to do everything they wanted. But no time for regrets now! At least I have a direction to go with now because I had already determined a pseudo-Icelandic name to go with a while ago.