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* It's just hit me - the board for Howrods describes them as a "Long Staff", and other boards in particular also seem to describe this weapon as "Long Staff". For the same reasons that bows are really "Longbows", should this article be renamed? - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 19:21, 21 January 2007 (CST) | * It's just hit me - the board for Howrods describes them as a "Long Staff", and other boards in particular also seem to describe this weapon as "Long Staff". For the same reasons that bows are really "Longbows", should this article be renamed? - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 19:21, 21 January 2007 (CST) | ||
** Actually, on further inspection, all rods have "long staff" in their description. But why are bows called "longbows" anyway? I can't see any incidence of "long bow" in the game itself. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 19:28, 21 January 2007 (CST) | ** Actually, on further inspection, all rods have "long staff" in their description. But why are bows called "longbows" anyway? I can't see any incidence of "long bow" in the game itself. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 19:28, 21 January 2007 (CST) | ||
| − | ** Taken from JP I believe (ロングボウ = Longbow), but on US they're just called 'Bows'. Personally I prefer Longbows, if only because 'Bow' can potentially be confused with Crossbow. [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 07:32, 22 January 2007 (CST) | + | *** Taken from JP I believe (ロングボウ = Longbow), but on US they're just called 'Bows'. Personally I prefer Longbows, if only because 'Bow' can potentially be confused with Crossbow. [[User:Mewn|Mewn]] 07:32, 22 January 2007 (CST) |
| − | ** Yeah, 'Longbows' was just an old manual translation. I should have noticed this one's different too. -_- - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 09:51, 22 January 2007 (CST) | + | **** Ah, but preference has no bearing on anything. If the game makes a point to call them "bow" all the time, then they must be bows. See: [[Photon Fortune]], [[Universe Transporter]], [[Save Marker]] et cetera. - [[User:Miraglyth|Miraglyth]] 03:46, 23 January 2007 (CST) |
| + | *** Yeah, 'Longbows' was just an old manual translation. I should have noticed this one's different too. -_- - [[User:Tycho|Tycho]] 09:51, 22 January 2007 (CST) | ||
Revision as of 09:46, 23 January 2007
Rods or Long Staffs?
- It's just hit me - the board for Howrods describes them as a "Long Staff", and other boards in particular also seem to describe this weapon as "Long Staff". For the same reasons that bows are really "Longbows", should this article be renamed? - Miraglyth 19:21, 21 January 2007 (CST)
- Actually, on further inspection, all rods have "long staff" in their description. But why are bows called "longbows" anyway? I can't see any incidence of "long bow" in the game itself. - Miraglyth 19:28, 21 January 2007 (CST)
- Taken from JP I believe (ロングボウ = Longbow), but on US they're just called 'Bows'. Personally I prefer Longbows, if only because 'Bow' can potentially be confused with Crossbow. Mewn 07:32, 22 January 2007 (CST)
- Ah, but preference has no bearing on anything. If the game makes a point to call them "bow" all the time, then they must be bows. See: Photon Fortune, Universe Transporter, Save Marker et cetera. - Miraglyth 03:46, 23 January 2007 (CST)
- Yeah, 'Longbows' was just an old manual translation. I should have noticed this one's different too. -_- - Tycho 09:51, 22 January 2007 (CST)
- Taken from JP I believe (ロングボウ = Longbow), but on US they're just called 'Bows'. Personally I prefer Longbows, if only because 'Bow' can potentially be confused with Crossbow. Mewn 07:32, 22 January 2007 (CST)
- Actually, on further inspection, all rods have "long staff" in their description. But why are bows called "longbows" anyway? I can't see any incidence of "long bow" in the game itself. - Miraglyth 19:28, 21 January 2007 (CST)
