0007168: Forest unique "Pan" named after branch Pandemonium

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ion_frigate (reporter)
2013-06-07 00:13

How is this confusing? One is a fairly well-known figure from mythology used as a unique, and the other is an abbreviation for a dungeon branch. I don't see how they'd ever be interchangeable. Now, if the new Forest branch were being called something like the Realm of Pan, I could see a problem, but here, I just don't see how there's any potential for confusion, even if someone isn't aware that Pan is a figure from Greek myth.

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Galefury (updater)
2013-06-07 00:17

FWIW, I don't really like Pan as a name for a unique either. That name is taken. The reasons for calling a unique satyr Pan are also very strong of course, which is why I haven't said anything so far.

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dpeg (administrator)
2013-06-07 00:21

All of this is somewhat of a bikeshed nature -- I don't think there is actual danger in keeping the unique name. However, I also think that since the unique's name happens to coincide with a branch name, there is opportunity to exploit it. For example, Pan could (appropriately rarely) show up in Pan.

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ion_frigate (reporter)
2013-06-07 01:09

Or how about giving him a vault with Pan portal that still appears in Forest? I guess that's more of a wiki discussion thing though.

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dpeg (administrator)
2013-06-07 01:16

This point may or may not have merit, but this is certainly not how we want our bug reports to look like. Closed.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2013-06-06 22:40	chris	New Issue
2013-06-07 00:13	ion_frigate	Note Added: 0023076
2013-06-07 00:17	Galefury	Note Added: 0023077
2013-06-07 00:21	dpeg	Note Added: 0023078
2013-06-07 00:23	Galefury	Severity	block => trivial
2013-06-07 01:09	ion_frigate	Note Added: 0023080
2013-06-07 01:16	dpeg	Note Added: 0023081
2013-06-07 01:16	dpeg	Status	new => closed
2013-06-07 01:16	dpeg	Resolution	open => done
2013-06-07 01:16	dpeg	Fixed in Branch	=> 0.13 development branch

Notes
(0023076) ion_frigate (reporter) 2013-06-07 00:13	How is this confusing? One is a fairly well-known figure from mythology used as a unique, and the other is an abbreviation for a dungeon branch. I don't see how they'd ever be interchangeable. Now, if the new Forest branch were being called something like the Realm of Pan, I could see a problem, but here, I just don't see how there's any potential for confusion, even if someone isn't aware that Pan is a figure from Greek myth.

(0023077) Galefury (updater) 2013-06-07 00:17	FWIW, I don't really like Pan as a name for a unique either. That name is taken. The reasons for calling a unique satyr Pan are also very strong of course, which is why I haven't said anything so far.

(0023078) dpeg (administrator) 2013-06-07 00:21	All of this is somewhat of a bikeshed nature -- I don't think there is actual danger in keeping the unique name. However, I also think that since the unique's name happens to coincide with a branch name, there is opportunity to exploit it. For example, Pan could (appropriately rarely) show up in Pan.

(0023080) ion_frigate (reporter) 2013-06-07 01:09	Or how about giving him a vault with Pan portal that still appears in Forest? I guess that's more of a wiki discussion thing though.

(0023081) dpeg (administrator) 2013-06-07 01:16	This point may or may not have merit, but this is certainly not how we want our bug reports to look like. Closed.

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