Hello Support & Devs, I would like to send a request to fix a spell name. I have played a Cleric for almost 22 years now. Ever since level 60, Clerics have had the "DI" line of spells, Divine Intervention, and so on. Now, after over 20 years of play, you have named the latest "DI" spell, Divine Mediation ("DM")? I truly believe this is a very large oversight and this has negatively affected gameplay in a huge way for Clerics. Changing a Clerics "DI" line of spells after 20 years is truly unacceptable and has put a very negative connotation on a longstanding understanding of what "DI" means. Using "DM" makes no sense. "DM" is Dungeon Master, or Direct Message, it has nothing to do with a Cleric's Divine Intervention of providing a lifesaving opportunity. For one thing, going from Divine Intermediation (LVL 112), to Divine Mediation (LVL 117), is not a great choice on the face of it. But losing the “DI” consistency is terrible for Clerics and all serious raiders. I say this with all sincerity, it has truly affected the game for me. “DI” means something, everyone knows it, there is no doubt in what is taking place when you hear, “DI incoming on <character-name>”, or “DI Fired”, or “I need DI”. Changing this to “DM” is terrible for everyone in the game. It holds no true understanding, no immediate recognition. And if this means in 5 more levels it’s going to change to some other “DJ”, or “DB”, or “DX”, or “DC”, or “DD”, or “DL”, it will have no meaning at all. “DI” is “DI” and needs to stay “DI” forever in EverQuest. If you are struggling with more names for this spell, here are some that will help you get through the next few expansions: Divine Interposing Divine Involvement Divine Interceding Divine Interaction Divine Interference Divine Impinging Divine Infringement Divine Intrusion Divine Invasion Divine Incursion Divine Infiltration Divine Involution If you need more, I would be more than happy to help. I am not someone who would request a fix like this unless it was something I truly felt very strongly about. This has had a very negative effect in the game for me. Of course, we are still calling it “DI”, but the fact remains that due to this name change, this spell has lost its meaning. Please, please, PLEASE, change the name of this spell back to a “DI” spell. Lifelong Player of EverQuest, Auntiem Auntiem
I still call whateveritis Aego. I understand "aego", everyone understands "aego" -- it's the Aegolism line, no matter what it's called now. I'm still asked for QM and it hasn't been called that in quite some time.
The irony of this being that the first death save is Death Pact. https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=1547 Saying they have had the DI line of spells since L60 is a bit inaccurate. They have had the DP line of spells since L51.
I had wondered why ToL had started to rename decades old acronyms. DI and VoV sprang to mind. Not that it's much to change it from DI to DM but still, everyone's going to call it what they first knew it as. I'm also quite biased to the other for... reasons!
