Stereotypes to Avoid

[VILenin]

Hm, so now that there is a new profession coming out, there will always be the kids who want to roleplay their favorite characters; we had "Legolas" for rangers, "Naruto" for assassins; take your guess about what the kids will be gravitating towards the Dervish for ("Ooooh! I want to be like the Prince of Persia!")

Yeah, I've been hearing Prince of Persia a lot. Can anyone think of anything else?

[jlmodell]

The Grim Reaper

[Tokugawa]

Zasalamel :undecided:

[Nikhera]

Everyone and their little sister will be dyeing their robes black and proclaiming themselves as the bringers of death.

Makes me want to make a Dervish named Mandy.

[critical vengeance]

Everyone and their little sister will be dyeing their robes black and proclaiming themselves as the bringers of death.

Makes me want to make a Dervish named Mandy.

lol yeah that would be funny if people would get it, chances are you get random people saying "why is your name mandy *insert shirt thing here*"

[Reikai]

OOH GRIM REAPER zomg lolz

[lavenbb]

I'd have to say I hear Grim Reaper (and variants) the most.

If I am to make a dervish myself however, I'm gonna dye his clothes white :)

[richo]

The Grim Reaper

agreed on that good thing i aint the only one:wink:

when i find a nice dress for my dervish it will be black:azn:

[the mighty drazgon]

ill decide wot to call him and what colour when i see al the armours, cant wait :D

[wnxsmrt]

The most popular name coming from this build is definitly going to be Grim Reaper. Or names along that line.

Gonna name mine Smrt Reaper most likely XD

[crying wolf]

All those names are already taken by necromancers lol.

Grim reaper =/= holy warrior. Which is what a dervish is. Goin to be weird havin holy enchantments on a guy named leet grim reeeper.

[wind]

Inspiration is a funny thing ... what to name a character? After the first Spiderman movie, somehow it felt right to name one of my gaming characters BoneSaw ... was a warrior type character in another game. :grin:

[VILenin]

My predictions for 95% of the Dervish names we'll see:

X Grim Reaper X
X Grim Reeper X
X Grimm Reaper X
X Grim Reaperr X
X Grim Reeperr X
X Grimm Reaperr X

Oh, and don't forget:

Xx Grim Reaper Xx
Xx Grim Reeper Xx
...
...

And so on and so forth.

[Nikhera]

The most popular name coming from this build is definitly going to be Grim Reaper. Or names along that line.

Gonna name mine Smrt Reaper most likely XD

Smrt means death in Slovakian, that's cool. ;)

I'll make a Dervish only after a paragon..maybe I'll make a funny name...like Fatal Devotion... :P

[Ace of Spades]

Zasalamel :undecided:

:cry: I'm a stereotype :cry:

[Smoke of the Night]

Well i've chosen The Drunken Dervish as the name for my dervish but i have some other recomendations for people so i'll list a few here

The Athiest
Joke Of The Gods
Dude In A Dress (male character of Course)
and of course The Wheat Farmer

Anyway the point is theres a ton of ways to go other than the cliched reaper route.

[Hella Good]

Why do scythes sound all too necro to me? Ah, nevermind, Diablo. I would be interested in seeing some exotic weaponry. I mean can you imagine the poor things having only scythes to wave around? The counter to a dervish - a wheat field.

[Tinnic]

Saida Sura

Boring I know but not as clich as the reaper.

True story. My brother went to a game cafe one and gave his handle as shoitaan,

the attendent goes: "That's new and original"

my brother: "not too many original handles around here?"

the attendent: "let me put it this way, 80% of the people here have the word dark somewhere in their handle"

[CMEPTb]

The Wheat Farmer

Lol thats good. I will reveal my name after I have taken it permenantly :p.

As far as common to-be-used names, hmm...

Soul Harvester
Harvester of Souls
Soul Reaper
Soul Reaping
Fallen Angel
ect...

As far as others...

Farmer In The Dell
Lawnmower Man
Angry Farmer
Angry Mob

[Erasculio]

The Athiest
Joke Of The Gods
Dude In A Dress (male character of Course)
and of course The Wheat Farmer

And of course The Pink Reaper, if you're going to make a male Dervish in full pink armor. Someone suggested that, and I think we should have The Pink Reaper One, The Pink Reaper Two and so on.

Erasculio

[Smoke of the Night]

Hehe ya i got thinking and decided i liked the wheat farmer better than the drunken dervish myself and have taken that instead

[DarkSpirit]

Something that fits his Whirlwind skill that lay waste to everything in its path. Got it!

Tasmanian Devil! :grin:

[Dulin]

I already reserved "Glum Reaper". He will be a rather sullen fellow in dark blue robes, and will often complain about loneliness and the futility of life. You see, socializing isn't exactly easy when everybody around you keeps dying. Sure, you meet lots of new people, but they usually aren't very happy to see you, and it's not like you have much time to get to know them anyway. Kind of hard to build a lasting friendship with someone who's just going to keel over in a few minutes.

[BrotheRofKhaoS]

I tag my characters with the same tag somewhere in the name, as i have for the last 14 years with any game i play. All but my Necromancer....Faust Bloodbane some reason i didnt use my tag for him.

I refuse to make my name after something in a video game i "port" other characters from one game to the other however with assassins creed on the horizon im counting on something to that extent *flashes of white cloaked figures running around as hooded assassin secondaries....wielding daggers and claiming they can climb buildings* oh hell....

[tutter]

Interesting, I really didnt think that names were catagorized, but i barely even look at peoples names.

[Rico Corpsefire]

mayb like bartolbe from dogma he is a holy reaper he used the flaming sword

[Beast Keeper Ben]

" The Last Dervish "

[fire magic wins]

my name:
paragon of light

because dervish and paragon are about the opposite :grin:
paragon light armor and helps people
dervish is a grim reaper and kills people

im going to dye my dervish silver+yellow :grin:

[richo]

my dervish name will be:
austerus messor = grim reaper (latin)
letum messor = death reaper (latin)
levidensis messor = thin reaper (latin) (magere hein in dutch)

i dont like to copy everyone so i just copy it in a other language:grin:

i am actualy hopinng the dervish will have a grim reaper look a like scythe and a fitting armor along with it although i am not counting on the armor party:undecided:

[jhjbhcsd]

Why does everyone think that Dervish are devils/death things? I was under the impression that they were holy (no talking about Paragon).

[Scutilla]

Why does everyone think that Dervish are devils/death things? I was under the impression that they were holy (no talking about Paragon).
Because everyone sees the scythe and thinks they're called "Devilish" instead of "Dervish"... :rolleyes: Like crying wolf said, it'll be weird having Grim Reaper clones running around casting holy spells.

[soulstryke]

Everyone and their little sister will be dyeing their robes black and proclaiming themselves as the bringers of death.

Makes me want to make a Dervish named Mandy.

Whoohooo and make her pink just to really mess with people's heads... I've got young kids so I don't watch very often but I love her snide comments...

[soulstryke]

From the look on the site; they're going to have robes but I think they are going to have an Egyptian look to them, not a westernized grim reaper but a priest-like appearance with all of those talismans hanging from their vestments.

I kind of like the aqua color they're using, and my try something similar to that - might have to look through some National Geographics of tombs for some name ideas, I'm not sure I'm going to use the last name Soulstryke this time.

my dervish name will be:
austerus messor = grim reaper (latin)
letum messor = death reaper (latin)
levidensis messor = thin reaper (latin) (magere hein in dutch)

i dont like to copy everyone so i just copy it in a other language:grin:

i am actualy hopinng the dervish will have a grim reaper look a like scythe and a fitting armor along with it although i am not counting on the armor party:undecided:

[soulstryke]

Hm, so now that there is a new profession coming out, there will always be the kids who want to roleplay their favorite characters; we had "Legolas" for rangers, "Naruto" for assassins; take your guess about what the kids will be gravitating towards the Dervish for ("Ooooh! I want to be like the Prince of Persia!")

Yeah, I've been hearing Prince of Persia a lot. Can anyone think of anything else?

Now see I made my assassin similar to the girl who hit Shiro in the storyline! The Ritualist I put together for this weekend's PvP, I started with a voodoo priestess ideal in mind but decided against it - I still love the CE dances for both male and female.

I am definitely doing an Anubis Enforcer type of character - and anyone can use that name I am not going to... I have a friend who is heavy into greek mythology and that whole ancient pantheon I will pick his brain for ideas...

[soulstryke]

I just fell into my character names while brainstorming for them, because I wanted something that would feel right in the lore of the game even if I wasn't going to get to roleplay with them much. Thus Gwyndryl Soulstryke (Ne/Me), Nyliste (As/Mo but I only seem to use her Assassin skills), Wylotin, Quitess I just tossed out there when I wanted a Rit for PvP this weekend. I have had two different Tlaxxar Hailfists, first a PvE warrior that I never got past lvl 2 presearing so I made him a Mo/W to try my hand at being a Monk [not gonna happen] in PvP arenas with a guild... Chrysanthemum Fury (E/N) when I thought I might try to get in with the group that was naming their PvP chars with flower names heh... I've almost tossed her in favor of trying some other PvP builds I've read about, or playing with a couple other game-provided stock builds, but you know how they just grow on you sometimes and you don't want to torch them even if you need the space for something else...? Sometimes, for me, there are too many choices in this game because all the classes are fun to play. I NEVER played a tank or melee character in an MMO before Guild Wars - always sticking to offensive type casters, and always kiting mobs. You can hardly kite in this game and that's cool, but I've so much enjoyed this that I try to play some variety here - and like many have said if you mess around with other builds, you learn more about ways to shut them down when you fight against them.

It takes me a few minutes to brainstorm a character name but it took about two weeks to come up with a guild name when I wanted to make one for myself and to invite adults that don't always have a chance to get on and play; but would like to be in a guild to get the faction and alliance battle and similar perks when we can - since none of my RL friends play even though they bought the game (WoW zombies I tease them) I've got a very small guild, heheh. I didn't realize I was being too clever until I made the guild tag - Wings of Kuunavang [WoK]. See, again, trying to keep in with the lore of the game and still have some fun with a name.

[soulstryke]

Okay I did some quick browsing for some Egyptian-theme ideas for names; and came across natron, apparently a salt used in the mummification process. I don't know if I'd do another necro unless it was a PvP only for something; but Natron Soulstryke sounds pretty cool and I'm not sure I'd want to use the word Natron for anything but a necro. Perhaps a Dervish/Necromancer - or a Paragon/Necromancer - kill you then preserve your corpse...

Which just leads me to another speculation - do you think the Paragon might get a skill like mummification, that would prevent ressurects or cause harm when they're done, or even corpse exploitation hindering? That would really twist some PvP fights - but I would not want the corpse exploitation to be hindered further than it is already now that the number of undead you can control has been limited.

[Lothiron]

Good lord, 4 posts in 30 minutes???

[Rockweaver]

how about angle of death

[shadow the hero]

Widian Whirlwind

[funky wookiepants]

gonna name mine Michael Schumacher and dye him red.

[VILenin]

Oh boy, Grim Reaper speculation is going way overboard. I shall have to make sure my name has nothing to do with death or the Grim Reaper, because, you know, that's just stupid.

Maybe "Joe".

[soulstryke]

Good lord, 4 posts in 30 minutes???

I type fast :)

Cantcha tell I'm excited about this upcoming weekend; and still haven't finished the storyline in either game? *L*

[soulstryke]

Oh boy, Grim Reaper speculation is going way overboard. I shall have to make sure my name has nothing to do with death or the Grim Reaper, because, you know, that's just stupid.

Maybe "Joe".

So instead of wearing black because he's a Grim Reaper; he'll wear black because he likes coffee??

[Leonora Windleaf]

Am I the only one who's gonna faint at the soaring prices of black dyes when the dervishes are set loose? :cry:

[Caelus The Fallen]

Oh boy, Grim Reaper speculation is going way overboard. I shall have to make sure my name has nothing to do with death or the Grim Reaper, because, you know, that's just stupid.

Maybe "Joe".
... Meet Joe Black.... wasn't he Death, ie the Grim Reaper? :P

[CMEPTb]

Am I the only one who's gonna faint at the soaring prices of black dyes when the dervishes are set loose? :cry:

We all are, we all are...and I thought the Dragon Festival was bad :/.

On-topic: Scythe/ Reaver will be overused in names.

[Shi Violet]

I type fast :)

Cantcha tell I'm excited about this upcoming weekend; and still haven't finished the storyline in either game? *L*

We're all excited, but please, use the edit function. Five back to back posts, then another double post on the following page...edit is your friend.

[Reigning Deth]

Am I the only one who's gonna faint at the soaring prices of black dyes when the dervishes are set loose? :cry:
Hint: Buy now, sell later. :cool:

[critical vengeance]

Hint: Buy now, sell later. :cool:


lol i was going to do that, but not sure if it will be worth the effort in the end

[whitehike]

Okay, anyone here who plays Magic the Gathering remember a card called whirling dervish? ^^ check it out lol sounds similar to this

[tanleeseng]

"Azure Archangel" ?....dunno....just a suggestion :smiley:.

[Cde]

some random (dark ? ) jedi name...

[soulstryke]

Am I the only one who's gonna faint at the soaring prices of black dyes when the dervishes are set loose? :cry:

LOL at 4 plat aren't they outrageous already??

[soulstryke]

We're all excited, but please, use the edit function. Five back to back posts, then another double post on the following page...edit is your friend.

Thank you, I didn't think of that; but they were separate thoughts or replies. Also, you can see that most were not a few sentences but rather long paragraphs - again, I type fast.

I'm thinking of a dozen other good Egyptian themes after said conversation with my Egyptian entusiast friend; but I'll refrain now.

[djxiii]

Now that we have hoodies it is only a matter of time before the Emo Kids start grabbing their scythes and heading down to the 7-11 to get a slurpee.

Emo Reaper: I'm depressed man
Further Seems Confessional: Me too
Emo Reaper: I wish I was brave enough to talk to that cute necro girl
Daphne Loves Dervish: I'm going to post screenshots of her in my LJ
Emo Reaper: I wish we could use dyes on our hair. Hey, Atticus Finch is on.
<--Atticus Finch: Hey man, that cute necro girl is in LA int 1
(Atticus Finch) Yeah? Have you talked to her yet?
<-- Atticus Finch: No. I suck. *starts crying*


Yup... with hoodies come Emo Kids. It's inevitable.

[Mistress Jakira]

Everyone and their little sister will be dyeing their robes black and proclaiming themselves as the bringers of death.

Makes me want to make a Dervish named Mandy.
Hahaha. Bringer of death. I wonder how many shortened versions of "fuer grissa ost drauka" there are already and how many more there will be once Dervishes come out. I foresee lots of Grim Reapers and Ghosts and Phantoms and such. If the class turns out to be a hit-and-run class sort of like Assassin, I would like to see someone named Poultry Geist...you know, for looking like a ghost but being a chicken and running :wink:

The general trend of the profession's skills, which I guess I'll see this weekend, will influence what I name my Dervish. Also, I too want to look at armors before I really decide what I'd want to name mine. And I'm sure all you crazy types who run around the PvE weekend (which I do hope they have) buying 15k armors will serve me well for that purpose, lol!

[Yakuza Djinn]

Alladin!!!
(Missing the genie part)
Or Ali Baba !!

:P

[Double Latte]

Right now, I'm asking my parents to translate some words into Arabic(Since the game is kinda like Arabian Nights/Egyption style). I think it will match with the style of the game overall.

[richo]

my dervish name will be:
austerus messor = grim reaper (latin)
letum messor = death reaper (latin)
levidensis messor = thin reaper (latin) (magere hein in dutch)

i dont like to copy everyone so i just copy it in a other language:grin:

i am actualy hopinng the dervish will have a grim reaper look a like scythe and a fitting armor along with it although i am not counting on the armor party:undecided:

lol someone stole 2 of the above names:angry:

[Son of the hood]

I'm gonna call mine " BOB"

[Akirai Annuvil]

Shinigami and Ichigo (from the manga Bleach)

EDIT: FYI, Shinigami is Japanese for God of Death ^^

[Ezra]

Variations on the word "Scythe" seem to be popular, too.

[Novalon]

This is a great idea! I'm going to name my Dervish... uh... Arndra Schwrtznggr.

Yeah, look for me in AB yelling "GET TO DA CHOPPA!!!!!"

Seriously, the Naruto stereotypes and all that are getting to me, they need to be dropped like a bad habit.