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A Warriors Journey: Prologue, Picking a Name

March 19, 2010 :: Posted by - Rhabella :: Category - Class Discussion, Lore, Other

There was an interesting post concerning warriors last week in which the author could have filled up Lake Mead and put an embarrassing crack in Hoover Dam with all the tears being shed in the name of the hybrid tax.  Don’t get me wrong, I have shed my own hybrid tears, but some days, when it’s not a paladin doing the whining, I have no patience for such nonsense. As Stompalina pointed out on this week’s rawrcast, “it’s always those paladins causing shit.”  After a twitter discussion about the post, because you know those are always so productive, I started a healthier exchange with both Veneretio and Pinnick, and decided the only way to really understand the plight of the warrior was to roll one.

Warriors are the only class I can’t seem to get past level 20, and I have no clue why.  It could be the rage mechanic; it feels weird to me.  It could have been the heroic strike mechanic which I hated and could never really get a handle on until after I mastered, with the help of a macro of course, rune strike.  Hell, it could be my inner paladin refusing to play a class because we played bass and back up vocals to the super cool Kurt Cobain warriors for so long.  I have no clue why I have never been able to level a warrior, but this time I am determined to do so.  I decided to write about the leveling process and my perspective and actively seek advice through the comment system in an effort to have a better understanding of one of the archetypical RPG classes.

Race and Name Selection

I’m not one to get overly caught up in racials.  I think they are important, but I also know they are headed for an overhaul come Cataclysm, so the idea of making a decision like race when racials can change seems overly analytical.  Don’t misunderstand me, I think racials can be important to game play, but they are not so critical that all decisions should be based on them.

I knew I wanted a warrior in the spirit of the Aiel, a warrior society in the Wheel of Time.  The Aiel, like the Kaldorei, have a rich history with parts both would rather their people forget.  The Aiel, unlike the night elves, have been very successful in hiding the dark spots in their history from all but their leaders.  They are physically imposing with distinct eyes.  The Aeil have warriors of both sexes, but the night elves, historically, have had a society of women warriors.  This is still evident if you ever visit a night elf stronghold, as all of the guards are women.  Conveniently, the Aiel have a warrior society known as Far Dareis Mai, or maidens of the spear, so I hopped on over to browse a list of maidens until I was able to find a name I liked.  I settled on Beralna.

So, though not exclusive to this warrior journey, my first question is how do you pick a toon name?

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  • The Rokk

    When I pick a character’s name, I want it to be memorable to both myself and people who encounter me. Of course, everyone likes to have what would be considered a “cool” name, be it clever or just eye-catching. However, I also try to make sure that it’s something that’s easy to spell. If your name looks like someone threw a fistful of letters at the wall and used whatever stuck as a name, people are not only not going to remember that name, but it will make communication difficult as well (unless that’s what you’re looking for). Plus, your name tends to not be butchered when read aloud on podcast.

  • Grendalsh

    I find that if you let your character tell you who they are, the often tell you their name.
    Generally, I’ll think “what personality does this char have”.. then I’ll think of someone that has elements of that personality, and from there I can modify their name a bit. My warrior tank is Draenei and they have Indian/slavic roots.. Growing up I had a family friend that was Asian Indian.. He was a very jovial person, who would often mix up sayings.. “What the hell i am doing!” .. which went nicely with the Draenei characterizations and sillies.. The gentleman’s name was Radjinda Badkar.. whence my slightly silly tank, Radjin.
    As to ‘getting’ warriors.. they really don’t get interesting till after lvl20, so if you never got past that hump, i can see why you’re not keen on them. 20 levels of Rend, Heroic strike.. more heroic strike.. is it dead yet? is pretty numbing.. Once you start picking up class and spec defining abilities, the combos and strings start filling in the gaps.

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