Race Naming Conventions for Viera and Hrothgar

[LeCard]

You don't need to fantasia / change your name on launch day.
The devs need to allocate every resource and time to tackle potential last minute trouble to enable a smooth launch.

Except I'm fairly certain the lore team isn't on bug fix duty. This is something they would have completed early on in the lore development so that NPCs can be named to the conventions(or purposely not). There isn't much I can think of that should cause any changes to such a basic component of the lore.
The simplest fixed, based on comments in this thread, would have been to add a post to the naming conventions thread with the headers for Hrothgar and Viera to show that it will be added. That wouldn't stop all of the comments, but it would at least give something tangible for the community to point to.

Not trying to throw oil on the fire but I guess in boils down to this. Priorities. And you still have tomorrow which would be the logical timing based on Heavensward .

(The Lore forum is a peaceful haven in these troubled times of entitled players salting around all over the forum, let's keep calm here too haha)

^ I'll second that. (Though I would like to get my alts name change figured out soon =) )

[Balfuset790]

I'm personally amazed by the amount of people who, like me, want to make sure they have lore-appropriate names. :O I thought I was in the minority!

[Hysterior]

Viera: Daenerys Lanister (or equivalent)
Hrothgar: Tyrion Targaryen (or equivalent)

Lore-approved!

[Yshnal]

Just to play the devil's advocate here, but would being able to know the naming conventions before 5.0 be that terrible? I mean, everyone has access to the game already, and names are not limited to races or expansions. So everyone would be on the same ground if they wanted to change their name. I really don't see the issue, unless anyone is talking about people not playing currently, or new characters. But in that case it would also be "unfair" for any other player that starts playing in two days, a week, a month, or whatever.

That being said, they'll be released tomorrow, during the downtime. I've always been 99% sure, because of what they did with Au Ra. And, to be honest, I personally don't care. There's no rush.

P.S.: Can I pick xXxSephicloudxXx Lionthilly? Wait, I'm sure that someone used that one already. Damn...

[Sicycre]

Greetings, everyone.

Thanks for your patience while we checked into this for you.

Unfortunately, we won't be able to release the naming conventions ahead of early access and launch of Shadowbringers. Once things have calmed down post-launch, the team will be able to better dedicate time to creating them. We know it's not the news you wanted to hear, but we appreciate your understanding.

[Shiro_Toryu]

Greetings, everyone.

Thanks for your patience while we checked into this for you.

Unfortunately, we won't be able to release the naming conventions ahead of early access and launch of Shadowbringers. Once things have calmed down post-launch, the team will be able to better dedicate time to creating them. We know it's not the news you wanted to hear, but we appreciate your understanding.

This is literally the news I wanted to hear.

I'm fine with not getting the conventions before the update. I more than anything just wanted a clear indication of when I could expect it. Thank you.

[Elexander]

We know it's not the news you wanted to hear, but we appreciate your understanding.

Well, at least that's some news. Either way, I wasn't really expecting to change my name anytime before or during the launch, so it's alright.

[Knahli]

Thank you for the update!

[Jaywalker]

Greetings, everyone.

Thanks for your patience while we checked into this for you.

Unfortunately, we won't be able to release the naming conventions ahead of early access and launch of Shadowbringers. Once things have calmed down post-launch, the team will be able to better dedicate time to creating them. We know it's not the news you wanted to hear, but we appreciate your understanding.

Thank you for letting us know, and for checking this for us! Things must be ridiculously busy before launch so it means a lot that you took the time to investigate.

[Sapphos]

I guess in the meantime the best thing we can do is use the auto name generator to make educated guesses.