Guildhest

[Catapult]

(or I may just name some Hellsguard 'Bloody Catapult' and we can call it even )

Dooooo iiiiiittt!

[Reinheart]

Fern can be a NPC mob running around or controlling F.A.T.E NM and bashing our heads... I know that name from the forums /smash! 9999 damage.

BTW, Fern thanks for explanation. Always looking forward to reading your version of the blog post

[Anonymoose]

Maybe I'll get used to it in time, but I, too, had a negative first-impression of "guildhest."

I think it's an innate discomfort brought on by the fact that "behest" is a very common word, even today, so to use its archaic form in conjunction with anything just sounds like a ham-handed portmanteau.

My brain, at least, pretty much just assumed that the "be" was cut off and the rest was glued onto Guild like a suffix, which sends a signal right to that area of the brain that stores subconscious English language patterns ("'kn can start a word, but it'll never end one") and kicks it right in the rolanberries.

What I don't get is, if it's an extension of 1.X's behest system (implying that behest as we knew it is gone) why can't we just keep calling it behest? I understand it'll be pretty different - but the same can be said about a lot of things; the main scenario, materia, battle regimens...

I'm sure I'll get over it, but first impressions this is like coming back to "Primario" quests or chaining our "Battameatavegimens."

Also, yay tunnel worms! I miss those goofy little goobers in my dungeons (SO LONG AS THERE IS AN AOE SILENCE IN THE GAME NOW. IF THERE'S NOT, SCREW TUNNEL WORMS).

Are we really complaining about the name of a feature?? really??! im speechless.

That's just a testament to how much the game has improved; although, this thread has conducted itself very little like a QQ or Rage thread. There's some outright abuse of the team's work in the forums on occasion, but I think this is more along this lines of just saying "...really? Am I alone, here?"

[razz]

The German term "Gildengeheiß" isn't better than 'guildhest'.... Maybe it's a more accurate translation to the japanese (guild order) but nobody says "Geheiß". I even had to look it up in a lexikon^^


- a German native

[Felis]

The German term "Gildengeheiß" isn't better than 'guildhest'.... Maybe it's a more accurate translation to the japanese (guild order) but nobody says "Geheiß". I even had to look it up in a lexikon^^


- a German native

You should read more fantasy books ^^
"Auf des Königs Geheiß ..."

[Atoli]

The German term "Gildengeheiß" isn't better than 'guildhest'.... Maybe it's a more accurate translation to the japanese (guild order) but nobody says "Geheiß". I even had to look it up in a lexikon^^


- a German native

That's actually not true, "Geheiß" is a normal German word which is still used nowadays.
Not trying to be mean, but if you never heard of it before you should probably work on your German vocabulary

I don't really like guildhest either, I actually thought it was a typo and someone tried to type "guildquest"
Behest was short and made sense, even a lot of German players used the word.
I don't think it has to be changed, 'behest' still makes perfect sense, context-wise.
For the German "Monsterhatz" (which translates to monster hunt) it would obviously have to be changed because in ARR it's no longer just hunting monsters, but 'behest' still fits.
If Yoshi-P thinks the guild-part is so important why not go with "guild behest"?
All the reasons for choosing "guildhest" still apply but it doesn't have the weird word-juggle-thingy of guildhest.
AND players can still keep calling it behest, the name they came to know and like.

Of course I'll get used to it, but I just don't think it's a really good choice.

[Beowolf]

it simply needs a hyphen. that is all. toodles.
<least they didnt call it Linkhest or shellhest. what it would be like to be a fly on the wall in those idea sessions. >

[Coyohma]

I appreciate the response too, Fern. But it really is an awkward name. You mention that when possible, you'd hope for a 'kick-ass' sounding name for something.. This is really the antithesis to that, and as others have pointed out, I don't see a valid reason to change the name at all (if this is your best option).

[ShenDrakar]

I dont like Final Fantasy...could be Forever Fantasy. My comment.

[Yrusama]

I dont like Final Fantasy...could be Forever Fantasy. My comment.

Sakaguchi must be rolling over in his grave over this comment...

*A man in a plain suit walks in and hands Yru a piece of paper, which he reads.*

Sakaguchi is still alive!? When did this happen?

J/k, I miss Sakaguchi, and I like what he's doing at Mistwalker. I hope he still has some pride in FF left.