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Will we have to learn about the customs of other species in order to avoid offending them?

TL;DRUndecided: the team discusses it weekly with its xenolinguist, and Haddock would like cultural knowledge to give a small perk without being required or penalizing players.

Dave HaddockLead Writer, Star Citizen and Squadron 42

Oh, that's a good one. Yeah, that's a very tricky question. I think, because on one hand, I don't know. That's another thing that's in constant conversation. And we actually have weekly calls with Britton, our xenolinguist, to talk about this kind of stuff. Because again, as he's digging into language, he's asking us questions like, what are their cultures and stuff like that. For me personally, I think it would be awesome to have the type of thing where your knowledge of their culture or their language gives you a slight perk, but it's not dismissive for other people. The sort of thing where if you say this to a Xi'an, they'll be super impressed, because they're like, oh, clearly you respect my culture, and I'll cut you a better deal. As opposed to you saying it this way, which is wrong, but they're like, all right, it's just a human type thing, and still sell me the thing, but they're like, here's what it is.

Jared HuckabyHost, Community

Will there be multiple pronunciations of the word Xi'an?

Dave HaddockLead Writer, Star Citizen and Squadron 42

Yeah, that type of thing, like the Xi'an-Chan thing. Because, to me, again, this is me personally, I'm terrible at languages. I took five years of German in high school and I could not speak it. The thought of having to learn a whole language just to be functional in a game and not get penalized seems a little excessive to me. But on the flip side, having that thing in there where, if you're cognizant of it and aware of it, it gives you something kind of cool, I think would be a nice reward for the people who are interested in that stuff and are really talented and skilled at picking up that type of nuance. Long answer short, I don't know. It would be super cool, though. But we'll have to kind of see.

Happy Hour›w/ Dave Haddock·
Published on this date.10 Feb 2017
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