CG Midlander

[HiirNoivl]

Cool ..i forgot to mention but i want Ferny to answer this if possible...

WHERE ON EARTH IS URIANGER!!!

There's a preview translation for the ConnectOn! Interview in the JP to English thread.... Urianger was a temporary NPC and is taking a break...? Maybe he'll be back later.

More interesting tidbit was that Legacy PCs will be treated slightly differently than new players when it comes to NPC dialogue. So Loremongers need to be sure to make a new character in ARR. To get both sides of the story. To survivors of the SUE, PCs who transferred from 1.0 story line are called "Hollow Beings". Of course, this is a translation and the localization team may call us something else in English.

I wonder why they would give us a name with such a negative connotation?

[Anonymoose]

What is this? RL mysterious horn and a bottle with the garlean flag?

Fan-art, yes? The Eozean script on the bottle is an oddity, considering the Garlean sigil. I'm not even sure if they actually use the same script or even speak the same language. We've mostly talked with important military figures, who generally would be required to speak the language of the area in which they are garrisoned. Both the XIVth and VIIth Legions were officially stationed on our continent.

The horn is not such an oddity, though. Cow/goat/ox horns were once a very common material used in all sorts of things, ranging from audible horns to candle holders, wall sconces, drinking vessels, fashion accessories, decor of status - and so on. Here's a wall version:

Most likely, the artist was just a big fan of The Elder Scrolls, as Skyrim's nordic lands had hundreds of the horn candles all over the place.

[Catapult]

This raises a new question about the echo for me. Does it work like parceltongue in Harry Potter?

What I mean is, we can understand every language on Hydaelyn, but interestingly, the Ixal/Sylphs/etc also understand us. Does this mean we are instinctively speaking their language without realising it?

Or do the beastmen understand the language of Eorzea but either choose not to or are incapable of speaking it themselves?

[Skies]

This raises a new question about the echo for me. Does it work like parceltongue in Harry Potter?

What I mean is, we can understand every language on Hydaelyn, but interestingly, the Ixal/Sylphs/etc also understand us. Does this mean we are instinctively speaking their language without realising it?

Or do the beastmen understand the language of Eorzea but either choose not to or are incapable of speaking it themselves?

I believe it is explained during a quest...
You can actually speak all languages, you kind of... Instantly learn it by conversing with another person, not sure if that knowledge remains with you after the talk is done, however.

[Warlock]

This raises a new question about the echo for me. Does it work like parceltongue in Harry Potter?

What I mean is, we can understand every language on Hydaelyn, but interestingly, the Ixal/Sylphs/etc also understand us. Does this mean we are instinctively speaking their language without realising it?

Or do the beastmen understand the language of Eorzea but either choose not to or are incapable of speaking it themselves?

I think it works like in early Harry Potter...specifically like in the first scene he speaks it to a Cobra , Ron asks him where did he learn it or how and Harry is like "Huh? what are you talking about i was speaking normally with it" even tho later on it contradicts itself by Rob been able to speak it...the point is we speak normally but when the sound of our voice reaches the beastment's ears its already "translated" to their language and same the way around . We don't learn to speak all the languages in Hydaelyn ..the sound of our voice becomes universal and is understood no matter who receives it and this leads me to think who gave us the Echo was Siren

[Anonymoose]

this leads me to think who gave us the Echo was Siren

The Siren theory is one I've always liked; in the early days we had very little to work with, but what things we did have fit Siren very well. I'm not sure it retains the strength it once did, though. Ferne seems comically dismissive of the idea (despite the establishing of Siren as a running joke, which cracks me up big time) and we have the "heed the crystal's call" (suggestive of a sentient mothercrystal as one of the entities in play). I've decided to stop trying to figure that one out, for now - at least until we enter BETA.

[Mjollnir]

More interesting tidbit was that Legacy PCs will be treated slightly differently than new players when it comes to NPC dialogue. So Loremongers need to be sure to make a new character in ARR. To get both sides of the story. To survivors of the SUE, PCs who transferred from 1.0 story line are called "Hollow Beings". Of course, this is a translation and the localization team may call us something else in English.

I wonder why they would give us a name with such a negative connotation?

Because the survivors are merely soul-less Echoes of Louisoux? Way to feed my paranoia Hiir, thanks! :P

[HiirNoivl]

Well, it might not be that bad. lol I'm kinda leaning toward Gramul's idea. The Kanji is a contradictory phrase... one interpretation yielded "vacant presence". I'm hoping that it means how were "there" for the Seventh Umbral Era's beginning but "not there" for the aftermath and recovery.

But it could also be interpreted as a very bad thing.... And other interpretation for vacant or empty is "void"!

Surely, they wouldn't call my beautiful Hiir a "voidsent being". She is not voidsent!

[Vilhem]

It could be how the people who stayed behind refer to us lore-wise "those who vanished/those who's presence is vacant in the passage of time". Probably just an in-game title, since they can't really call us "Legacy players" lol

[Catapult]

Well, it might not be that bad. lol I'm kinda leaning toward Gramul's idea. The Kanji is a contradictory phrase... one interpretation yielded "vacant presence". I'm hoping that it means how were "there" for the Seventh Umbral Era's beginning but "not there" for the aftermath and recovery.

But it could also be interpreted as a very bad thing.... And other interpretation for vacant or empty is "void"!

Surely, they wouldn't call my beautiful Hiir a "voidsent being". She is not voidsent!

Maybe not voidsent, but voidtrapped?