07-31-2004, 03:09 PM
Hi,
I just call them enemies - simple and to the point, covers men/beasts/monsters, and the plural is never confused with the singular.
True. However, there are a few things wrong with it. First, "enemy" usually connotes an entity that is actively opposing you. It has been used for non-sentient beings (e.g., "wolves were long thought to be the enemy of man.") but that is almost a hyperbolic usage. Second, many of the things one can and does kill for XP are not actively enemies until after they are attacked -- at which point most will try to defend themselves. Indeed, in every starting area I've played in (all but Tauren) the first things you are sent out to kill will not attack you unless you attack them first.
So, 'enemy' is fine, but I find it hard to think of "enemy boar" :)
As an aside, has anyone noticed how ubiquitous boars are in WoW. Perhaps it should be renamed "World of Boars". Though I suspect marketing would have a hard time with that :)
--Pete
I just call them enemies - simple and to the point, covers men/beasts/monsters, and the plural is never confused with the singular.
True. However, there are a few things wrong with it. First, "enemy" usually connotes an entity that is actively opposing you. It has been used for non-sentient beings (e.g., "wolves were long thought to be the enemy of man.") but that is almost a hyperbolic usage. Second, many of the things one can and does kill for XP are not actively enemies until after they are attacked -- at which point most will try to defend themselves. Indeed, in every starting area I've played in (all but Tauren) the first things you are sent out to kill will not attack you unless you attack them first.
So, 'enemy' is fine, but I find it hard to think of "enemy boar" :)
As an aside, has anyone noticed how ubiquitous boars are in WoW. Perhaps it should be renamed "World of Boars". Though I suspect marketing would have a hard time with that :)
--Pete
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