NOUN
syllables (plural noun)
a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
Dragonstar is two full words put together, so vDSA
Maelstrom is one word, it can't be pulled apart into two words, hence vMA
It's not really a mystery
The logic applied to Dragonstar Arena isn't applied anywhere else to any of the other Dungeons or Trials. Dragonstar is a single word as it is written in-game. If it were written as Dragon Star Arena, then that would warrant the acronym DSA. But it's not, Dragonstar is written as a single word, so, DA would be logical.
Maelstrom is always only one word and cannot be two words, (even though Mael was a Breton Saint from Wales) Dragonstar can be and are two words, despite being one word here.
Actually, Strom is also the german word for "steam" and "flow" but iunno if a Welsh Breton Saint's german flow was kept in mind for the Maelstrom arena. Fa-Nuit-Hen might have some explaining to do.
Edited by Xoelarasizerer on October 26, 2017 2:58AM