[7.0 to next 10 years saga]Will SQEX change the Derplander into the new race ?

[Wingale]

Well, our beloved Derplander got a 10-years long of his journey, would be nice if he finally retire and we will get a new face for the role of WoL?

[Clover_Blake]

I personally wouldn't like that, and I think it'd be confusing / devoid of meaning. Hiroshi (derplander) represents the WoL/player, and the WoL is supposed to remain the same person in the next expansions. Changing him would mean that the story will focus on a different character that's not the WoL, and thus, not our character.

[Momo_Kozuki]

Don't think he will retire any time now. He just starts a newfound adventure.

[Calysto]

Don't think he will retire any time now. He just starts a newfound adventure.

What if that newfound adventure is his retirement on an island ?

[Espon]

What if that newfound adventure is his retirement on an island ?

He tried that but got sick of all the mammets berating him.

[Stanelis]

Expansions come and go but the derplander is forever

[Zomkei]

I personally wouldn't like that, and I think it'd be confusing / devoid of meaning. Hiroshi (derplander) represents the WoL/player, and the WoL is supposed to remain the same person in the next expansions. Changing him would mean that the story will focus on a different character that's not the WoL, and thus, not our character.

TIL he actually has a name

[Enkidoh]

TIL i learned he actually has a name

He's apparently called 'Hiroshi' by the development team informally, which, to an English speaker with a very very poor understanding of Japanese (i.e. me), sounds like a pun on 'hero', and 'shi' meaning 'white' or 'light'; so, basically, his name is 'Light Warrior'. (Please by all means correct me on that though! I'm so sorry for butchering the Japanese language there!). He's also called 'Meteor' (short for 'Meteor Survivor' on the Waning of the Sixth Sun DVD that came with the Collector's Edition of ARR. And of course, his First counterpart's name is Ardbert, who resembled his ARR/1.0 'End of an Era' appearence physically.

Really though, he's just a stand-in for your character, and so his 'canon' name is whatever you want to call him (and thus, your character's name). This is appropriate as he is also a reference to the early FF games which also had you playing as a party of generics only identified by their Job classes or their fates as the 'Warriors of Light', it's in keeping with the series' roots.

Incidentally the 'Derplander' nickname came about as a joke on the 1.0 forum about how his early trailer renderings in 1.0 had him pull some very silly faces, and the name kind of stuck (although now he's long since passed that and is now variously and fondly nicknamed either 'Darklander' or 'Daddylander' depending on your preferences. ).

[hobostew]

They should keep aging him and give him a full beard.

Old man WoL coming back to save the world just two days away from retirement or something.

[fulminating]

They should keep aging him and give him a full beard.

Old man WoL coming back to save the world just two days away from retirement or something.

I kind of want to see combat scene from the shb trailer, but with it swapping between zimmer frames and walking sticks now.