Can we have "Beast Tribes" back

[CaptainLagbeard]

It made sense to stop calling them Beast Tribes because after a while they weren't entirely comprised of beastmen. As well, a lot of them were no longer "small side branch of race that worships a Primal" which is something that was also heavily tied to Beast Tribes for a long time. Even as far back as Heavensward you had the Moogles where the Primal worshippers made up a minority of their race (instead of being the majority), and in Stormblood no Namazu worshiped any Primal that I was aware of.

By Shadowbringers not only was Primal worship not present on the First, but Dwarves weren't "beastmen" at all, they were just that world's version of Lalafell. I'm not wholly familiar with Endwalker and Dawntrail Allied Societies, but people have mentioned that Omicron and Pelupelu aren't beastmen, and I don't know if Primal worship is even an issue anymore.

I'll admit that "Allied Societies" isn't the most amazing sounding name, but it's still more accurate then calling them Beast Tribes anymore.

It wasn't really even the Primal worshiping that was the problem, it was the tempering from said Primals. Because as part of the tempering, they kept wanting to keep summoning the primal to temper more people which was somewhat of a problem to the rest of the world. Which is kind one of reasons why they became the "beast tribes" to begin with.

[Aidorouge]

It wasn't really even the Primal worshiping that was the problem, it was the tempering from said Primals. Because as part of the tempering, they kept wanting to keep summoning the primal to temper more people which was somewhat of a problem to the rest of the world. Which is kind one of reasons why they became the "beast tribes" to begin with.

That too, a lot of these societies used to be feared and hated for their tempered populations which lead to these disparaging terms relating them to "beasts" being thrown around. But I don't think tempering is even an issue anymore by Dawntrail? (Post-Shadowbringers quests made a big deal about their being a possible "cure" now and showcased some examples of it working.)

[Azurarok]

the original JP term they had, 蛮族, directly translates to Barbarian so there's that for why they changed it

[Gwenkatsu]

the original JP term they had, 蛮族, directly translates to Barbarian so there's that for why they changed it

Then a change definitely was in order - calling high tech robots from a star far far away "barbarians" sounds wild.
Apart from that, I don't care how they're named - I go there, do my three quests, and am done for the day.

[Shistar]

I like the sound of Kindred Quests/Clans suggested before. One can comfortably shorten it to just Kindred in casual conversation and it gets the meaning across easily. Allied Society Quests is just too long!

[Asari5]

tbf changing the term because the beast tribes went from hated enemies a lot of people dont know much about to allied folks we trade and work together with is absolutely something communities would do.

[CidHeiral]

The more important issue is that the tribe quests are very, very boring. At no point do they require you to think about anything, overcome any sort of challenge, or use any amount of skill. It's just mindless busy work. It would be nice if they could find ways to make them at least a little more interesting. Perhaps there could be an optional daily "expert challenge" quest in addition to the others with much more strict requirements for success which awards some extra rep/currency.

[Brandr]

I just call them "Fixers" and their quests are "gigs".
Just like my chooms taught me :P

[Zelda206]

I simply deplore the fact that we live in a Society.

[Canadane]

While I wouldn't exactly call the tribes we now deal with "beastly" or anything, I wouldn't mind a return to form. Having more aggressive but spoken mobs out there that would be more akin to the old beast tribes. The world is dangerous, let us negotiate and parley that danger again.