We will definitely have surnames, we have them now and currently you are forced to create one with any new character in the dev build but that will most likely change as it isn;t a big concern for us at the moment while we devote our time and energy to other more important areas of development :)
For those interested, I have a few but my favorite character name is "Kilsin Thedreamcrusher" haha, I will bug the devs to make that title for me when we get to implementing titles :D
Thank you so much for responding... I too have also carved out 12 (don't judge me... I have a problem!) names and surnames. I'm *that* excited!!
Will the surname show immediately? I know this is lame, but I always loved the ritual of dinging twenty and hitting /surname even if the mobs were still beating me about my head and limbs ^_^
I suppose it may be part of the progeny system that requires the surname at creation....????
Zaedria said:Thank you so much for responding... I too have also carved out 12 (don't judge me... I have a problem!) names and surnames. I'm *that* excited!!
Will the surname show immediately? I know this is lame, but I always loved the ritual of dinging twenty and hitting /surname even if the mobs were still beating me about my head and limbs ^_^
I suppose it may be part of the progeny system that requires the surname at creation....????
You're very welcome :)
I am not sure at this stage, it is something we will decide on later as right now we are focussing more on big systems and mechanics to help get us into pre-alpha testing. This is probably something you folks could give feedback on during testing ;)
Going on with this theme, will there be titles (suffix and prefix) and the like? I would love to see something for completing an epic that said "Chenzeme Stormbringer, Hunter of the Infinite Bow" or something, lol. What is the general thoughts on titles etc. With progeny, will we have a family surname or will it be a more Scandinavian thing like Chenzemeson? Is there a female version of this (forgive me, I'm English)? Have these already been asked? What is the meaning of Pantheon life? is it 42?
I think I am going delirious with the wait, I need a PRotF fix! Help please!!
chenzeme said:Going on with this theme, will there be titles (suffix and prefix) and the like? I would love to see something for completing an epic that said "Chenzeme Stormbringer, Hunter of the Infinite Bow" or something, lol. What is the general thoughts on titles etc. With progeny, will we have a family surname or will it be a more Scandinavian thing like Chenzemeson? Is there a female version of this (forgive me, I'm English)? Have these already been asked? What is the meaning of Pantheon life? is it 42?
I think I am going delirious with the wait, I need a PRotF fix! Help please!!
Well I know in Scandinavian areas, at least in my family's history, that it would be "Dotter" as in Svensdotter.
Frogz0r said:chenzeme said:Going on with this theme, will there be titles (suffix and prefix) and the like? I would love to see something for completing an epic that said "Chenzeme Stormbringer, Hunter of the Infinite Bow" or something, lol. What is the general thoughts on titles etc. With progeny, will we have a family surname or will it be a more Scandinavian thing like Chenzemeson? Is there a female version of this (forgive me, I'm English)? Have these already been asked? What is the meaning of Pantheon life? is it 42?
I think I am going delirious with the wait, I need a PRotF fix! Help please!!
Well I know in Scandinavian areas, at least in my family's history, that it would be "Dotter" as in Svensdotter.
Cool! Thanks for the enlightenment. :-)
I hope that being forced to choose a surname doesn't go live, I would prefer to leave the option open. Also will names have to be at least 4 letters?
My fave name was a Sarnak of mine. Shish Kebab and yes, he was a warrior. :) Ah... those were the days.
How about some prefixes so if you cause lots of trains, then you get a title of Fearful or Panicky or a suffix of the Aghast. Or if you cut down a forest you get Logger or Feller or Woodbane (although that sounds too much like an old cigerette brand). Or if you pull to the goup lots, you get Dragger or Hauler or Yanker. If you fall a lot, how about Tumbler or Plunger :-) (Not really serious here, but it would be nice to have stupidness titles).
Hopefully not commiting another 'thread necro' offense. This thread was linked to from another thread that was closed and I wanted to post my opinion. I definitely love the idea of surnames. I don't think enough games use them. I would prefer to have them be unlocked by level (like in EverQuest) or by quest, but if they have to be chosen at character creation, I'm okay with that also. Much better than just not having them in the game.
I love and hate Surnames. Originally when I played FF14 where they were required from creation I hated them because sending tells to people were annoying have to type 2 names and got tired of people using very popular names like Cloud Strife. Would see like 100000 versions of Cloud Strife. Obviously that will still exist regardless, but surnames aloud for more since many of the version of the first name would already be taken. However, I did love the fact that basically any name you wanted you never had to worry about being taken.
Agee with Delvesh, would love to see the custom name ability without having to take up the time of a guide or GM
I do like the option of not taking a surname as well like in EQ, though I think if you do the progeny thing, at that point a surname would be needed?
Edit - might be cool for the ppl that hate seeing surnames to have the option to turn off/on surnames in game for raiding etc
Eh, I had to talk to a GM to set up a surname in EverQuest and it was not a big deal. If they can set it up so that those characters can only be used reasonably, then sure, make it easier for everyone. Otherwise, I think it will be fine the old way, especially since we'll have GMs and a full guide program. People definitely need an option not to display surnames, of course.