Race Naming Conventions for Viera and Hrothgar

[Kytrin]

There are several legitimate reasons to want the naming conventions you know, BEFORE, maintenance. Naming fairness has nothing to do with it. Literally the ONLY time I was unable to pick a name was because I wanted to play around with the idea of a Roe named River Song, and the name had been taken. If you're sticking to lore style names then the fact we have a first and last name makes the idea of someone stealing a name absurd.

What's going to be unfair is the congestion the people who really a super hyped about it are going to experience as everyone not only scrambles to race change, but name change, AND log in all at the same time. I feel for those changing their mains for that reason. Really I do. I only want to create an alt and get her reasonably ready while the Monk lvl boost is on sale as I'm pretty sure that will end with maint, and I'M getting antsy about it.

So yeah, Square needs to light a fire under the chair of the guy in charge of this. I know it's not exactly a minor thing but c'mon... you've had literal years to develop the lore by now. Sorting out the naming conventions and getting them to us in a timely manner should not be so difficult.

[Mansion]

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.

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)

[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!

[Solenne]

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!

We might still be in the minority, but this tends to be a pretty big deal to RPers.

[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.