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[ChristophWr]

Hi

So i didnt played for honor for a while and i wanted to know,if ubisoft decided to give the heroes offical names now.I speak about the multiplayer characters not the story campaign characters.I hope not because this would take away the feeling that the characters are your own.Lg

[Halvtand]

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Yes, this was established when Marching Fire came, with all the heroes of the Wu Lin faction being given names instead of a title like the previous heroes. The devs said that they were moving away from units (warden, conqueror and so on) and more toward people. Personally I agree with you that it is a poor decision. Earlier you could have matches with the same unit on both sides and that would be fine as they would just represent the same character type. With individual names on the other hand it will be the same guy on both sides. I personally does not think this was a positive or needed change for the game.

[ChampionRuby50g]

My Lawbringers name is Hugh Mungus. (:

[Tundra 793]

Personally I agree with you that it is a poor decision. Earlier you could have matches with the same unit on both sides and that would be fine as they would just represent the same character type. With individual names on the other hand it will be the same guy on both sides. I personally does not think this was a positive or needed change for the game.

I half agree.

Giving the heroes names and backstories is perfectly fine, if the developers would bother elaborating on said stories. To the best of my knowledge, Vortiger is not featured in any story capacity in the game right now. It's just a name that appears on the title screen background to properly confuse players, since on the hero select screen, it'll say "Black Prior".

It's so annoyingly half-assed. Either commit to a story, or give us free rein, the middle ground is just lazy work that benefits no one.

[MrB3NX]

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Yes, this was established when Marching Fire came, with all the heroes of the Wu Lin faction being given names instead of a title like the previous heroes. The devs said that they were moving away from units (warden, conqueror and so on) and more toward people. Personally I agree with you that it is a poor decision. Earlier you could have matches with the same unit on both sides and that would be fine as they would just represent the same character type. With individual names on the other hand it will be the same guy on both sides. I personally does not think this was a positive or needed change for the game.

who said that ?

Shaolin means monk martial artist

it's not a proper name .

[Tundra 793]

I honestly didn't pay any attention to the whole Marching Fire thing, but B3NX does have a point, Shaolin isn't a name, so does this thread actually apply to all the Chinese heroes, or just Vortiger, and maybe the other 3?

[rottmeister]

Yes, every hero has their own name. they introduced it with a season 6 event and the 'cult of personality' article or something like that.
I can't seem to find the heroes' names except for the Wu Lin ones.
I recall Shaman being called Samhain (because I use that weapon set) and Centurion being called Octavius.
If you go to For Honor's official site and go to hero guides, only the Wu Lin have their names in it.
Shaolin: Wei Chang
Nuxia: Lin Yao
JJ: Guan Yu
Tiandi: Shidou/Ying

Also:
BP: Vortiger/Erzebet


The link:
https://forhonor.ubisoft.com/game/en...oes/index.aspx

EDIT: I found the article, the part I'm talking about is near the bottom of it.
Link:
https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/artic...es-yet-e3-2018

[rottmeister]

My Lawbringers name is Hugh Mungus. (:

"Humongous what? Is that sexual harassment?!"

Sorry, couldn't resist

[ChristophWr]

Ok good to know.I don’t like it just the class names were perfect.Now you have 4 wei changs and 4 lin yaos in one match^^Thanks

[rottmeister]

^ The Wu Lin must have some crazy cloning technology

This is officially *canon* now, there's no other explanation.