Embarrassing confessions-

[Deceptus]

I don't know the names of most of the skills in the game, even on jobs that I have played for years. When people start talking about skills and rotations and they abbreviate everything (PS, DS, XQ!) I often have no idea what they are talking about.

To this day I couldn't tell you what the name of a single Samurai ability is. Despite leveling it to 80.

Why they made all the skills in Japanese is beyond me when they localize skills in every other language. At least with Ninja they only made some of them (mudras) in Japanese.

[SturmChurro]

To this day I couldn't tell you what the name of a single Samurai ability is. Despite leveling it to 80.

Why they made all the skills in Japanese is beyond me when they localize skills in every other language. At least with Ninja they only made some of them (mudras) in Japanese.

This reminds me of a time when I was playing with my one friend who plays this game. I was playing Sam and talking about some of the skills, and he started correcting me on how to pronounce some of them. Apparently, I wasn't pronouncing several skills correctly... for quite awhile

[Avidria]

To this day I couldn't tell you what the name of a single Samurai ability is. Despite leveling it to 80.

Why they made all the skills in Japanese is beyond me when they localize skills in every other language. At least with Ninja they only made some of them (mudras) in Japanese.

In fairness, I don't know most of nin's skills anyway, English or not only one I remember is kassatsu, and that's only cause it's fun to say. Almost definitely saying it wrong though. <.<

Another confession... died a few times on Lakshmi a while back because I somehow ended up with my bard song gauge right on top of the duty button, so I couldn't clearly see either, and couldn't remember how the heck to move the duty button. Spent the whole fight trying to fix my UI and tanking the ground >.<

[Lammas]

Another confession... died a few times on Lakshmi a while back because I somehow ended up with my bard song gauge right on top of the duty button, so I couldn't clearly see either, and couldn't remember how the heck to move the duty button. Spent the whole fight trying to fix my UI and tanking the ground >.<

I don't actually know how to move it around either as I think the HUD layout doesn't have that option so it's permanenty hidden behind where I've decided to set aggrolist. You can however either go to your skills > general and drag the Duty action to your hotbars or you can go into your keybinds > hotbars and just bind a dedicated key for using duty actions there.

[Dreamsoap]

I don't actually know how to move it around either as I think the HUD layout doesn't have that option so it's permanenty hidden behind where I've decided to set aggrolist. You can however either go to your skills > general and drag the Duty action to your hotbars or you can go into your keybinds > hotbars and just bind a dedicated key for using duty actions there.

If I read this right, you guys are looking for the 'duty' option in the HUD layout. You have to switch to it from the 'basic' button.

[Avidria]

If I read this right, you guys are looking for the 'duty' option in the HUD layout. You have to switch to it from the 'basic' button.

Yeah I found it eventually, but thanks haha. I always forget that's how you have to do it... I kind of wish instead of "basic" the default option was "all," cause for the longest time I didn't even know a lot of the options there even exist.

I also didn't have any idea you could split the target bar into three pieces so you can move the enemy cast bar and dots afflicted separately until recently. So that's a thing too lmao

[Barraind]

To this day I couldn't tell you what the name of a single Samurai ability is. Despite leveling it to 80.

Why they made all the skills in Japanese is beyond me when they localize skills in every other language. At least with Ninja they only made some of them (mudras) in Japanese.

Translating some aspects of Japanese makes less sense than saying it in Japanese.

You start with Iaijutsu, which is the art of quickly drawing a sword (Fast Draw), then slowly start getting into your attack combos looking like:

Breeze rustling through leaves (Wing Edge) - The sound of bodies storming a tactically held point (Blade Wind) - Moonbeam
(Wing edge) - Behavior of a Samurai (Servitude) - Burning Chariot
(Wing edge) - Quiet Snowfall

Then your AE's are simple and easy to translate. Same with your range attack (Swallow, or Swallow Tail)

Aaaaaaaand then it goes off the rails.

The universe must be destroyed
The morning sun must be destroyed
The evening moon must be destroyed
Hope must be destroyed
The heavens must be destroyed
When one is calm, ones mind is calm (Clear Mind)

And then you get to the actual meaning of the iaijustu skills.


If theres one thing I learned from playing the L5R card game for 20 years, sometimes saying 4 syllables is better than the alternative.

For a look at how Squeenix handles its translations for stuff like that, check out some skill names in its mobile game titles.

Its mostly 1-2 word names and then you get "you must choose to eat with your imagination", "a codex of a named swordsmaster" (which have been updated since implementation to some success) and my favorite, half of Emperor Palamecias skillset (which they thankfully changed years later) which included "hahaha you insolent fools".

[CrispyUnicycle]

there are a handful of ledges that i jump down for shortcuts that has mobs next to them, and every time i aggro one and fall to my death

[TyrTry]

I was a Dragoon in caster gear back when I first started. Wore the hooded robe and thought I looked cool. Also because it told me my DEF increased!

First dungeon I ever ran, I immediately starting running ahead. I pulled every enemy I could; Piercing Talon was my best friend. I had no idea what the hell I was doing.

Dashed-lines that tell me that a move is a combo? What is that?! I ain't touching that.

You got potions? Use them all!

/fc, /p,/s....what does any of this mean? I'll just push them all.


"Let the tank pull!" Someone says in chat. No idea they were talking to me. No idea what a tank was.

I was the Mighty Mage Dragoon.

[Joven]

I was a Dragoon in caster gear back when I first started. Wore the hooded robe and thought I looked cool. Also because it told me my DEF increased!

Don't feel bad, I did the exact same thing when I first started. As long as my ATK and DEF went up I thought that was the gear I was supposed to wear.