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    Imakun's Avatar
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    Eeri Yul'hart
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    Astrologian Lv 80
    The spell naming system in XIV is a big mess and it's going to get even worse in EW.
    SE already has a perfectly viable, easy to understand and future-proof system on XI but noooo.. we get things like High Fire now which is an AoE but Fire IV is single target but wait, what is more powerful IV or "high"? What the hell.
    Or jumps from 1 to 3 for no reason at all because of course every language has a different naming system. How fun!

    XI's system continues to work since its inception in 2002, works for ALL types of magic (damage, healing, buffing, debuffing..) and cannot fail:

    Just the name (Fire, Blizzard, Cure, Poison, Protect, whatever): single target spell

    Suffixes changes the target of the spell:
    -ga > AoE around target
    -ra > AoE around caster
    -ja > AoE around target with added effect

    Numbers indicate levels of potency for the spell.

    That's it. Easy.

    So let's take Blizzard for example:

    Blizzard I/II/III.. single target.
    Blizzara I/II/III.. AoE around caster.
    Blizzaga I/II/III.. AoE around target.

    So in ShB XIV, current Blizzard II and Fire II would become Blizzara and Firaga respectively. In EW Blizzara would change to Blizzaga since it's going to become a target spell. More potency? Upgrade to Firaga/Blizzaga II via trait.
    Cure and Cure II are fine. Cure III would become Cura. Medica would become Curaga (AS IT SHOULD BE), Medica II would be Curaja because it adds Regen.

    I have no idea why they decided to complicate their life with a naming convention that not only doesn't make ANY sense but is also different for every language XIV is available in.
    It's a nightmare and I really hope they decide to admit it was a terrible idea and change it once and for all.
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    Last edited by Imakun; 10-19-2021 at 07:51 PM.