Please use the Japanese name for the vanity system: "Mirage Prism"

[Gravehill]

Even Glamour Prism sounds better than just Glamour.

I disagree, it sounds overly convoluted. Reminds me of tera

[Edellis]

Hey y’all,

As some posters have observed, “glamour” has an archaic meaning of “magical illusion,” and we have used it in this fashion since 1.0. Given the lore behind this new system, it was an obvious choice for the English version.

It completely went over my head how often Battlecrafts use the term "glamour" to describe hidden enemies.

It actually makes perfect sense now. I'm cool with it.

I totally disagree with the idea of adding another word to it just because the Japanese version does.

[axemtitanium]

You got your wish:

Yoshida: In terms of fees for players, players should not be paying a high fee to use the Glamour System. As to how it works, there is a new item called the Glamour Prism which is a crystal that can be used to change your appearance by mirroring the look of your item. These crystals will come in different types to accommodate different gear level ranges, so if you want to assume the appearance of an item that is iLvl 30, you would need the Glamour Prism that corresponded to items of iLvl 30 to iLvl 40. While that is not the exact range, there will be several ranges of iLVLs that each Glamour Prism will work on, similar to how Grade 1 Carbonized Matter, and Grade 2 Carbonized Matter work.

http://gamerescape.com/2014/02/12/ps...naoki-yoshida/

[Duelle]

You got your wish:

http://gamerescape.com/2014/02/12/ps...naoki-yoshida/

Given the nature of how they're doing it, it does make sense.

[Farah]

Either way, im probably still going to try to make a sailor moon outfit, and combine it with fists of wind or something as a macro for costume changes. Then yell for all my sailor scouts as we attack primals.

[Malamasala]

I hope this clears up any lingering confusion as to why the names are different!

I don't think there is confusion. There is a dislike for things being different. Plenty of people feel offended when someone else tries to "help" them with localization.

Your explanation was helpful in redirecting this dislike, because you worded it like it is the Japanese version getting a localization, which does not concern us much.

[MorbidAngel]

I'll be calling it vanity so the official name can be whatever it wants.

[Sammich]

But... glamour actually refers to what these prisms will do, while mirage is a totally different concept? Unless you plan on your character looking distorted from afar :S

[Diadumenos]

I prefer glamour- mirage prism sounds like... well like a disjointed translation.

gotta agree with this. Why? Because all your base are belong to us!

[Melithea]

On Topic: Glamour. It's a word often associated with magic and illusions in English folk tales, so I say roll with it.

More specifically, glamour is the magic that faeries use to superficially change the appearance of an object. This meaning dates back 300 years, and to this day "a magic spell" is the primary definition of glamour, with strong implications of being a disguise. While the MMO standard these days is to call it a vanity system, SE could not have picked a more perfect word to describe what they are doing.