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Rename Fatigue "Bonus" to something more intuitiveFollow

#1 Dec 27 2010 at 6:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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I apologize if this has been mentioned already, but "Bonus physical level", "bonus experience" and other fatigue "bonuses" need to be renamed to something that better describes what is actually going on. It's a little silly having to explain for the umpteenth time to someone what "Bonus experience" really means.

I do get the impression that in order to make the fatigue work properly, there seems to be additional things that are added to the character--hence the "gained" messages. So maybe rename the "bonus" items tagged on. Instead of

"You have gained a bonus physical level!"
"You have gained bonus experience!"

maybe instead have

"You have gained a fatigued physical level!"
"You have gained fatigued experience!"

It doesn't sound particularly negative either, like "You have lost experience!" would sound.
#2 Dec 27 2010 at 8:17 PM Rating: Decent
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I have to laugh here because when starting XIV I too was thinking, well heck go me, only to then realize it is NOT a bonus but more of a PITA.
#3 Dec 27 2010 at 11:16 PM Rating: Excellent
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It's really hard to explain it to someone when they see it for the first time. It's not easy explaining to someone that it's bad when the game is telling them it's good.
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#4 Dec 28 2010 at 4:12 AM Rating: Good
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I wouldn't be surprised if this 'bonus' is gone by PS3 release.
#5 Dec 28 2010 at 6:34 PM Rating: Good
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How about, "You are fatigued. Experience bonus is lowered."? Right now the way it's worded is an outright lie.
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#6 Dec 29 2010 at 12:52 AM Rating: Default
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I personally have never actually played often enough to hit fatigue. There's just so little to do in FFXIV that I keep getting bored of the game and taking week long breaks, so the next time I play any fatigue I had acquired is erased, so I have yet to see this message.

However, if that's really what it says, then I agree wholeheartedly that it should be changed. I think that the alternative sentence that Kitsurubami Souzahara suggested above would be perfect.


Edited, Dec 29th 2010 1:53am by Rhianu
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