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BUR #40010 is pending approval.
create implication queen_sphene -> sphene_(ff14)
Queen Sphene is the name the game adopts for the version first enountered by the player in order to avoid confusion (both for the player and the characters) with versions encountered later. example: post #8671118
Shouldn't these just be aliased? I've made sphene (boss) (ff14) but these two tags are for the same thing.
nonamethanks said:
Shouldn't these just be aliased? I've made sphene (boss) (ff14) but these two tags are for the same thing.
Instead of sphene (boss) (ff14), shouldn't the tag be called Queen Eternal?
I'm more in favor of the implication than the alias. Dawntrail spoilers up to 7.2:
Relating to the different versions of Sphene
1. There is the first Sphene encountered during Dawntrail. In patch 7.2, the characters decide to start referring to her as "Endless Sphene" to differentiate her from the other Sphenes. I think this is the Sphene that queen_sphene is referring to?
2. At the end of Dawntrail expansion, Endless Sphene is fought as the final boss. Her boss form is named "Queen Eternal". This would be sphene (boss) (ff14).
3. There is the impostor Sphene encountered patch 7.1, whom the characters decide to label as "Simulant Sphene". She looks identical to Endless Sphene and only differs in personality. It probably wouldn't be worthwhile to have a separate tag for her, so maybe also tag her as queen_sphene.
4. In 7.2, the original still living Sphene is introduced as an NPC and is simply called "Sphene". She wears a more modern, cyber-punky outfit and I think may be distinct enough to have her own tag.
With the above, I think it would make sense to have queen_sphene for 1 and 3 above, create a new tag for 4, and then have both of them implied to sphene_(ff14). And 2 I think is separate enough to be kept on its own
Updated
The writing has four versions of her to date, but one is indistinguishable when tagging. Queen Sphene was an AI effectively halucinating it was a person, where as we now have the 'true' Sphene, an actual person. We don't know where the story will go with the latest one as yet, but they have made it clear they're different.
nonamethanks said:
I've made sphene (boss) (ff14) but these two tags are for the same thing.
Technically would be Queen Eternal (ff14).
