To the Riot Skin Team: Please don't keep the Inquisitor to Warden name change

Keagn··4 votes·1,518 views

I feel like this name is all wrong for these skins. Whereas by definition it works, it takes away the verbal elegance of the skin names.

"Inquisitor Sivir" , man, she sounds like she's important.

"Warden Sivir" Oh, she's just some kind a prison guard.

Inquisitor: "a person making an inquiry, especially one seen to be excessively harsh or searching." Warden: "a person responsible for the supervision of a particular place or thing or for ensuring that regulations associated with it are obeyed."

Like I said, definition wise, it makes sense. But let's look at Marauder:

Marauder: "a person who marauds; a raider."

Now this may not be a chunky definition, but it definitely sparks the mind. Now, I looked up antonyms, the only relevant ones were:

Warden: "a person responsible for the supervision of a particular place or thing or for ensuring that regulations associated with it are obeyed."

Protector: "a person or thing that protects someone or something."

I looked up synonyms for both of these two as well, and two stuck out:

Savior: "a person who saves someone or something (especially a country or cause) from danger, and who is regarded with the veneration of a religious figure."

Guardian: "a defender, protector, or keeper."

Now this might be a much simpler definition, but I think it strikes the opposite of Marauder really well. Let's see what that sounds like.

"Guardian Sivir" She must be one of the good guys. She's got our back.

This is just my 2 cents, would love to hear some discussion from everyone else as well :D

9 Comments

Blueharlequin4 votes

The way I see it the Inquisitor/Warden skins are just huge references to Dragon Age. The first game has you playing as a Grey Warden. The third game has you playing as the Inquisitor. With that in mind if they were doing that reference, Warden makes sense since there are multiple Grey Wardens but only one Inquisitor.

Keagn2 votes

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The way I see it the Inquisitor/Warden skins are just huge references to Dragon Age. The first game has you playing as a Grey Warden. The third game has you playing as the Inquisitor. With that in mind if they were doing that reference, Warden makes sense since there are multiple Grey Wardens but only one Inquisitor.

Fair point I suppose. Thanks for the explanation.

Ariaflux1 votes

Er, I doubt it. These are common terms in games. The last MMO I played (Rift) had both Inquisitor and Warden as sub-classes of the Cleric class.

Blueharlequin1 votes

I only suggested it because that's the hottest thing right now with those names attached.

Chromatic Eagle3 votes

According to Katey they were supposed to be about order and chaos. Good and evil. Doesn't make sense to change it to Warden. I really wish that they'd allow us to vote on these names.

Blueharlequin1 votes

If that's the case then I can see a fair point though I don't like either name then. If they're meant to be agents of good Inquisitor sounds like an agent of good that does whatever it takes, even if it's evil. I like that theme however it wouldn't be the black and white definition that they'd be going for.

Krizalid1 votes

I guess I'm the only one who thinks of Dark Souls when looking at Nautilus skin.

aaronconlin1 votes

That's what I first heard people comparing it to, then came all the Dragon Age comments

Bresn1 votes

Riot logic >.> They do whatever the shit they want.

Dauntless Ahri - Bold, daring

INTO

Challenger Ahri - LOL wtf this kid is challenged lmao ; DO I NEED CHALLENGER FOR THIS SKIN OMFG

^ The first example is so damn obvious I can't even see Riot's logic.

2nd

Arbiter Velkoz - Simply powerful and hinting at something of great strength/wisdom

Arclight Velkoz - Loses it's holiness, in fact Arclight reminds me of Ezreal's ult, I'm completely pissed. 3rd "We can't nerf Lee Sin of the backlash". Forum completely rages and ROARS for Lee Sin nerfs

"Ok then we'll just tackle Zed 's damage output by shaving a TINY piece of his atk speed and scaling."

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TL;DR

Riot sometime gives retarded responses and unexplained skin name changes.

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