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    "Dated" Equipment Naming? What.

    I found this part...

    The names of items created via old recipes are now preceded by the word "Dated." For example:

    例)
    Old recipe: dated bronze dagger
    New recipe: bronze dagger
    And this troubles me somewhat. I feel the word does not do the weapon justice. Perhaps call it "Aging" or something that indicates that it has gone out of favor in comparison to the newer equipment?

    When people in English-speaking countries see the same word over and over, and over for a long time, there's a bit of a gestalt breakdown over that word and it loses its meaning or it gets warped.

    Sometimes to the point where people will end up saying, "Oh, so you dated your Iron Halberd?" (And this can be construed sexually or casually...)

    So, I want to hear the community's suggestions on what we should name the "Old Generation" weapons, equipment, and items, as opposed to calling them "Dated".

    Me, after consulting the Thesaurus over the "out of date" meaning of the word "Dated", I feel the word Archaic best describes these items. It means the item was created in times past, but could still retain its effectiveness compared to its contemporaries.
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    Last edited by SilvertearRen; 10-01-2011 at 08:36 AM.