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I don't like it because I feel there's a more appropriate term. I just can't think of what it is (sometimes I've referred to them as "enchantments" on the forums, but that's not necessarily adequate, either). --[[User:Cmal|cmal]] 18:16, 9 January 2010 (UTC) | I don't like it because I feel there's a more appropriate term. I just can't think of what it is (sometimes I've referred to them as "enchantments" on the forums, but that's not necessarily adequate, either). --[[User:Cmal|cmal]] 18:16, 9 January 2010 (UTC) | ||
There are two reasons I think the term "suffix" is used. 1) It comes at the end of the name which is, of course, the appropriate location for a suffix on a word. 2) It reminds people of Diablo 2 which either officially or unofficially used that term. An argument could be made that the intertexuality (stealing Mikhail Bakhtin's term. Hey, maybe my $80K liberal arts degree was not a waste of money!) of using the term "suffix" would bring about more comprehension than a more technically correct word.--[[User:Boggyb|Boggyb]] 19:48, 9 January 2010 (UTC) | |||
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I was considering starting another page on equipment "suffixes", but figured we should decide if that is the term we want to use. (I know Cmal did not necessarily like it).--Boggyb 16:40, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
I don't like it because I feel there's a more appropriate term. I just can't think of what it is (sometimes I've referred to them as "enchantments" on the forums, but that's not necessarily adequate, either). --cmal 18:16, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
There are two reasons I think the term "suffix" is used. 1) It comes at the end of the name which is, of course, the appropriate location for a suffix on a word. 2) It reminds people of Diablo 2 which either officially or unofficially used that term. An argument could be made that the intertexuality (stealing Mikhail Bakhtin's term. Hey, maybe my $80K liberal arts degree was not a waste of money!) of using the term "suffix" would bring about more comprehension than a more technically correct word.--Boggyb 19:48, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
