My first day, feedback from a WF

lipe124
lipe124 Posts: 0 Arc User
edited August 2008 in General Discussion
Well i started playing 9:10am(server opened 9am for me, my timezone owns) and stopped playing 9pm.. soo 12h later this is what I got.

#1 the new translations is in general a nice improvement but it also brought new strange things. The biggest one i can think o now is the "pet taming skill" at the pet master was changed to just "pet taming". This is really abiguous(sp) because "pet taming" doesnt really jump at you as the one to choose to learn pet skills (healing/res/taming)

#2 Element dust and Element powder is two seperate items, both got translated as "element powder" which is just stooopid.

#3 the quest name for bank extension or inv ext, im not 100% sure came up as "invalid function"

Other than those minor issues the game seemed pretty good, I did have some really bad lag spikes but that was 90% my isp/country being a bit **** as always.

The new npc names certainly SHOUT chinese at you.. its a bit of a shocker really that everything got changed so much. Also the town names... I dont really see what was wrong with the ones in my-en, they generally seemed nice. City of the lost vs Vanished city... Really now, it sounds like a place filled with lost souls. I beleive the whole idea behind the "vanished" theme doesnt literally imply "lost" but rather "hiding" since beastkind hail from there and you dont generally see pink animals running thru blue forests. So at least consider revising that.. Also dragon city got a really weird name that didint sound at all in theme to me, I cant even remember it now.

Thats all I got for now, its 3am and i cant sleep, I looove being sick *sigh*
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  • prisma
    prisma Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    Hello
    have too played a long time char lv 8 i are slow quester .
    Play from Germany at west serv lag no,spikes no.
    1. no graphik bugs
    2.missing hiros(mana and live hiro) for pve please bild the low itemshop bronce version to a normal merchand, pots too low and time to next only too long
    3. bank inv for cb a little more space z.b 2 bank ups
    4. char inv is oki
  • lipe124
    lipe124 Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    Oh another huge "WTH" is.. Why did u translate inteligence -> magic?

    Lame much? I mean you kinda expect a certain set of words
    int/dex/vit/con/agi/luk/etc
    now its like the odd one out.. if u wana make new stat names then change them all and be creative about it - like kingdom of loathing. Lets change con - Beefyness and agi to ninjaness? Psh give us back "inteligence" please.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Go watch it alone ;)
  • hypnos
    hypnos Posts: 97 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    lipe124 wrote: »
    Oh another huge "WTH" is.. Why did u translate inteligence -> magic?

    Lame much? I mean you kinda expect a certain set of words
    int/dex/vit/con/agi/luk/etc
    now its like the odd one out.. if u wana make new stat names then change them all and be creative about it - like kingdom of loathing. Lets change con - Beefyness and agi to ninjaness? Psh give us back "inteligence" please.

    They didn't re-translate the game from PW-MY. The translated it from chinese, and they wanted to name it that way.
  • tiene
    tiene Posts: 26 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    If you think the stat names translation is weird, then wait till you see the translation for the guild ranks.
    Now that is just beyond lame.

    Have a look at this thread http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=20071
  • lipe124
    lipe124 Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2008
    @hypnos, I'm guessing you didn't quite get what I wrote so let me explain in more detail.

    You dont "translate" stat names, its standard dungeons and dragons tabletop names thats been with us for the last gazillion years. If you plan to deviate from the standard names then do so with ALL the stats, dont keep 3 of them standard and then suddnely make the 4th all goofy and silly sounding.
    These links should illustrate the point I'm trying to make.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribute_(role-playing_games)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_game_mechanics

    PS. The guild ranks make no sense ><
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