Siryx.5124 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 are you serious? 18 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andovar Edoras.2143 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Its patch evening, and its been anticipated for weeks already. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siryx.5124 Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 what, that they add a hypen between "Off" and "line" but dont see the neccesity to slaugher "Online" in similar fashion? Please riddle me this. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaswen.7926 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I beg you Anet, please bring the old "Offline" word back. It's clean and clear, and consistent with the "Online" counterpart. This hyphen is messing it all up and I feel very unsettled by simply looking at that line. I hope I'm not the only one in this. 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jin.8501 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 What the hell is off-line 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentMoore.9453 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 16 minutes ago, Glaswen.7926 said: I hope I'm not the only one in this. Nah, the entire OCD portion of the playerbase (self included) is quietly hissing at this. Not only is it visually uncomfortable, it also doesn't clarify or improve anything. Changing things just to change things. Don't like. 10 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Oh! Status. Hmm...does look different. Not sure it's that important, though. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T G.7496 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I'm glad someone at Anet is busy with the important stuff. People have been asking for this change for years. I'd have preferred an announcement, though; some time to prepare for this; it's not even in the patch notes. 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Is this an american thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T G.7496 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I feel sorry for 'online' though. Online was overlooked in the big hyphen patch of 2021. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T G.7496 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Or should it be over-looked? kitten, the self-doubt is real. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Storm.6974 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) I really hope they can revert that change too Edited May 13, 2021 by Black Storm.6974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quench.7091 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I say we go full-throttle and hypen every-thing. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrilana.1396 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Linken.6345 said: Is this an american thing? Not really. Both are correct just like how some use e-mail and others use email. The hyphenated versions tend to be the older, original version of the words. Edited May 11, 2021 by Ayrilana.1396 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I'm fine with offline or off-line, but I think it should be consistent with the online message. Either on-line and off-line or online and offline. (Or on line and off line.) 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beleron.9347 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 This thread is so kit-ten. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asum.4960 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) Why on earth was this chang-ed after 8 years? Can this please be changed back? I've never seen anyone use Offline with a dash. If it has to be kept fsr, at least make it consistent with On(-)line - not that that would be much better. Edited May 12, 2021 by Asum.4960 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithranArkanere.8957 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 No one ever believes me, but I keep saying there's a frustration-eating gaki infiltrated among the dev staff. It probably has kidnapped one of the devs, and it's impersonating them while keeping them trapped in their own basement or a storage unit. Why? Because a frustration-eating gaki needs people to have the feeling of frustration to live, and so in every udpate it always adds something that is out of the blue, that makes no sense, and is frustrating like this one thing. It's the only plausible explanation left by process of elimination. I'll get you one day, frustration gaki, you'll see! 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notebene.3190 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Linken.6345 said: Is this an american thing? Possibly, but at least we don't have many Math. 🤭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakomagi.1654 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Yes, the hyphen in off-line needs to go. Revert this back to offline. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsup.5304 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) Weirdest change ever. All apps use Offline. What is the point changing it after 9 years... I just don't understand. Maybe online can become on-line too... Anyway I'm going off-line. TY for the previous false ban in 2014 BTW for farming mats ( we detected nothing wrong in our systems , but we will let you off in this occasion). Friend and I got banned at the same time. Just showing farming spots and a couple of hours across maps. Good-Bye. A-Net. Edited May 12, 2021 by catsup.5304 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloc Freidon.5692 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) It would be fine if the font in this game wasn't already awful. Edited May 12, 2021 by Eloc Freidon.5692 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acelidon.1358 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Ah yes..changing offline to off-line. The change we didn't need (or want), but the one we deserved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robban.1256 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Siryx.5124 said: are you serious? https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/online https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-line Apparently the US Webster's dictionary puts 'off-line' with the hyphen by default, but not online, maybe why anet also do the same while another says "Off-line and on-line may be hyphenated or written as single words, offline and online. These are all standard spellings" source https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/wrtps/index-eng.html?lang=eng&lettr=indx_catlog_o&page=9RJt5wpIR9Rc.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasimir.6239 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 9 hours ago, AgentMoore.9453 said: Nah, the entire OCD portion of the playerbase (self included) is quietly hissing at this. Not only is it visually uncomfortable, it also doesn't clarify or improve anything. Changing things just to change things. Don't like. Honestly I've never considered myself ocd, but the moment I saw the first person go Off-line last night in my chat box, it made me feel really uncomfortable. I wondered if I was seeing things and had never noticed the hyphen or the capitalized O before, but glad to know it really is a "new thing". I'll adapt if this stays, but I'd prefer them to revert the change. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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