please God just call it port

[TalithaSolarien]

Uh, Larboard was featured in the Ixal Craft quests, though nothing ever told you which is which.

You also construct Starboard components for the Ixali so I always assumed they mean Port for this.

Also they used Port & Star in the 2nd boss of Temple of the Fist, so no reason choosing such an uncommon name.

[Rinion]

The word larboard really did throw us off yesterday when we were doing it but none of us knew which side starboard was either XD The thing is, we saw starboard and obviously thought there would be a port at some point but I guess not lol
But once you learn it, it's the same as it literally saying left and right, so I imagine that a few more rounds in that fight and most of us will be doing that mechanic alright.

The thing to remember is that Larboard has an L so it's left ^.^ (I literally do the same in Tsukuyomi, where I always say 'Bright, go right' cus it rhymes XD)

[Nihility]

I think they were just trying to be cute with omega being an ancient machine they use outdated terminology

It's not too hard to either just remember starboard = right side which may serve you in real life at some point
or
"l"arboard = left

i'd be more on board with people making this out to be super confusing if there were complaints about bright blade and dark blade or any of the other left and right moves that don't use actual terms for left and right at all

[alimdia]

Do you remember the debuffs in A6 and A8 where we needed to stand on the lower or upper tiles or we would take damage? The icons are very clear, an explosion on either the lower step or the higher one(plus a different color scheme).
In the English version, these debuffs are called lower/upper arithmetics which sounds reasonable. In the other three, it's arithmetics I/II...
I can tell you that some people were really loud about "how the debuff name tells you exactly where not to stand!". So it was biased towards people playing in English, right?

In the end, sometimes one translation of the game will make a mechanic easier and sometimes it won't...

Those debuffs were color coded, red debuff on red panel.

It's not too hard to either just remember starboard = right side which may serve you in real life at some point

I highly doubt that.

[Zojha]

i'd be more on board with people making this out to be super confusing if there were complaints about bright blade and dark blade or any of the other left and right moves that don't use actual terms for left and right at all

If you're not familiar with the terms already, it doesn't really matter what they're called, because it's all equally confusing. Might as well call it "Roy" and "Bob". You have to connect the words with the meaning regardless and whether you learn:"Larboard = Left, Starboard = Right", or "Roy = Left, Bob = Right" isn't really any different.

After getting used to it, people likely will mentally omit most of the word anyway and only look whether the first letter is an L or an S.

[MikkoAkure]

Does this mean we’re going to have to change the name of all other boss abilities so it tells you where the attack is going? I don’t know why a big fuss needs to be made about an ability when you just need to remember what it’s called and where it goes.

[KaldeaSahaline]

It's the kind of mechanic you fail once. Then you understand it and don't fail it again. It really doesn't need to be changed or fixed.

I got lucky and got starboard the first time, which I've been on a cruise before I learned then that meant right, so I knew he was doing something on the right so I stayed left. Then I noticed he switched sides and did Larboard. Not knowing what the shit that meant, I assumed it was the opposite of Starboard, knowing he flipped sides this meant stay.

[LeoLupinos]

It's fine the way it is, it does contributw for the difficult demand, it would be tooooo easy with jus "left or right" term. Although, you can use Larboard for Left as it start with "L" too.

[Jonnycbad]

I don't even care about the nautical terms, its that the two words are spelled almost exactly the same and It's confusing in a rush

This is exactly why sailors changed it from larboard to port. Because during a storm or in the heat of a battle, when somebody shouts "LARBOARD" from a distance, larboard sounds an awful lot like starboard. Hence the confusion and change.

[Tempest222]

Yes it would be immensely helpful if the two worlds differed from each-other more so it’s easier to read at a split second glance.

Im totally unfamiliar with nautical terms and always have a mental block with starboard and port anyway and would have to remind myself which was which prior to going into the fight regardless, but using a word that’s very visually similar to starboard instead of port just adds an extra layer of hesitation for a decision needing to be made in split seconds.