Renaming Abilities?

[Jin-]

The version of the story I heard was it was localized to I-IV to be "less confusing" which is kinda funny, considering it usually leads to MORE confusion.

English always has the worst localisation team.

[Callinon]

The version of the story I heard was it was localized to I-IV to be "less confusing" which is kinda funny, considering it usually leads to MORE confusion.

FFXI had it bang on with spell naming for those cases.

Single target spells: Fire, Fire II, Fire III, etc
AoE spells: Firaga, Firaga II, Firaga III

Simple. Easy to understand.

[Connor]

Yeah I never really agreed with the changes to spell naming conventions they done for English localisation. From what I understand the game mostly follows traditional naming conventions (Cure/Cura/Curaga) and their localised equivalents.

The numbers system just makes it seem like the spells are all direct upgrades. Even though Cure III is weaker than Cure II, Fire II is weaker than Fire I, Fire IV is stronger than Flare (on single target at least). Miasma I is a standard single target casted DoT, Miasma II is (was lol) an instant/cast AoE DoT for weaving

If you ask me it’s easier to think of how the spells work properly with the traditional naming. It’s just makes more sense when ‘Fire’ is the stronger single target and ‘Fira’ is the AoE but weaker on single target. Or Curaga being AoE but Cura being single. I wouldn’t expect Cure III to be weaker than Cure II outside of aoes, since the numbers just make it sounds like Cure III would be a stronger version of Cure / Cure II.

Not that I think they’d change the naming conventions now. Its been this way for so long that i think it’d have the opposite effect of making things clearer if they changed it now lol

[Hycinthus]

FFXI had it bang on with spell naming for those cases.

Single target spells: Fire, Fire II, Fire III, etc
AoE spells: Firaga, Firaga II, Firaga III

Simple. Easy to understand.

I totally prefer this one. It makes complete sense.

[lolicon09]

Aren't skill icons also usable for macros? if so, just make a macro called "Firaga" with the instruction to execute Fire III, and use the Fire III icon

[Stepjam]

Aren't skill icons also usable for macros? if so, just make a macro called "Firaga" with the instruction to execute Fire III, and use the Fire III icon

Except for the part where using macros causes you to clip your GCDs every single time. I guess if you don't care about your damage, it's fine, but if you do, that's a critical thing to avoid doing.

[lolicon09]

Except for the part where using macros causes you to clip your GCDs every single time. I guess if you don't care about your damage, it's fine, but if you do, that's a critical thing to avoid doing.

Isn't that something that happens only when you have two or more skills in the same macro?

[Dragonexx]

Isn't that something that happens only when you have two or more skills in the same macro?

No, it's any macro, which is why it's generally not a good idea to macro your GCD abilities.

[ShariusTC]

SCH "art of war" that name doesn't fit for an active spell, it's more fit for a passive spell

[Aleytia]

I do this anyway. Lol half the time I don't even know the real names. Used and still is very hard talking to an fc mate about scholar and referring Thier heals as fairy hot, your shield and aether heal. Or I would be oh ummmm that's R followed by 2,3 then shift T.