Even if they did replace adventurer, it would be replaced by another catch all like mercenary, traveler or something similar. Don't think it'd make much of a difference myself.

Wise_Will wrote: »

what should they call us?

Honey or sweetheart at least

What would you prefer?

What should these people call the type of person they're looking for? They want someone who is willing and able to travel to a distant location to help with a dangerous problem, but they're otherwise not fussy about who it is - they're not going to the Fighters Guild or the Mages Guild or whatever specifically, they're open to anyone who is interested giving it a go. What's a convenient catch-all term for that type of person, other than adventurer?

I'm genuinely asking BTW, because I can't think of anything else. Even within my own characters there isn't a word that would accurately describe all of them. One is pretty much a mercenary, but another would probably refuse anything advertised as mercenary work. One is a retired soldier who doesn't want to get involved in anything but sometimes finds it hard to say no to people in need. Two are very much adventurers - they'll go anywhere and do anything so long as it sounds interesting and isn't murder. One will travel for contracts but only if they are murders. And so on.

Better 'adventurer' than 'assistant', thanks Neramo. Or worse yet, 'Lady Arabelle's assistant' as the denizens of High Isle liked to call you. Now that was some top tier cringe.

Simple solution how to stop them from calling you an adventurer: take an arrow to your knee.

I'd prefer it if they called us by name, but then that would beg the question of how they knew our name in the first place.

Adventurer works fine for me, it's an accurate enough description for what we do in a game like ESO.

robwolf666 wrote: »

I'd prefer it if they called us by name, but then that would beg the question of how they knew our name in the first place.

Adventurer works fine for me, it's an accurate enough description for what we do in a game like ESO.

The other problem is then it highlights that this is a quest specifically for the player character, which might fit sometimes but too much of it gets a bit odd. I prefer the idea that a lot of these people are looking for anyone who will help them and you just happen to be the one they find.

I agree that adventurer is a good choice. When my character gets called vestige, mercenary, apprentice or outlander - that is when we cringe.

Although my character would prefer adventuress, she accepts that adventurer covers her as well.

It truly is possible to find anything to moan about

FluffWit wrote: »

amig186 wrote: »

Better 'adventurer' than 'assistant', thanks Neramo. Or worse yet, 'Lady Arabelle's assistant' as the denizens of High Isle liked to call you. Now that was some top tier cringe.

I only got through the first story mission in High Isle because the writing seemed so bad. I'll get back to it eventually.

Yeah... it doesn't. I wish they had just gone all-in on the Breton stuff instead of shoehorning the Alliance leaders in (and making it incredibly obvious leader they favor).

At least Galen and Firesong were incredible, but I can't bring myself to do the epilogue. Za'ji's just hanging out with "Five-claw! I have news!" and I just can't.

IDK, some call me comrade, some call me adept, some call me traveler and some call me vestige.
Only a few call me adventurer.

I dont think NPCs will stop calling you adventurers unless you stop adventuring.