Why did they change Tribes to Society?

[Uncle Jon]

I know its probably because of "woke" localizers. But what exactly is wrong with calling them Tribes other than its not pc which I never thought it was offensive to call them that? Did they change other things to be more pc redundant?

[MOSLEY]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Archangel:

Because the infiltration of FFXIV by "them" has been completed, and I don't think it's just the english localization team.

Are "they" in the room with us right now?

[$CRWD]

This question in itself is a perfect illustration of confirmation bias; before considering any answers, you presume it when the actual explanation was far more mundane and present within the game itself. This is why nearly everyone encourages that you watch FFXIV's cutscenes. There's little point to playing a story driven MMO and completely ignoring its story. Play an MMO that exclusively emphasizes gameplay, instead.

Topper only leaves out the important lore tidbit that because some tribes engaged in proto-creation magick, i.e. summoning magick, that the average Eorzean was fearful of ALL of them. Moreover, because these tribes exchanged little but violence with the nation-states of Aldenard, Illsbard, and Othard, people did not fully grasp their level of intelligence, analogous to Garlean indoctrination towards Eorzeans. It was the cooperation/alliance spurred by greater threats that facilitated this change in perspective, and for the umpteenth time, this "theme" was present in FFXIV as early as Heavensward.

[Deejudanne]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Aya:

I mean, imagine calling a highly civilized society of Pelupelu a tribe, I'm sure I'd be offended if I were them.

Though I'm not sure why they made the change retroactively when there's no need to but I guess it's to streamlining the process, but i digress.

noone really cares to be fair

[Sgt. Magnusson]

They were called beast tribes because they all used to be beast tribes until Shadowbringers. The Pixies were not beasts and neither were the dwarves, so it didn't make sense to call them beast tribes. The Arkasodara, the Omicrons and the Loporrits weren't beast tribes either, so they decided to change the name to Tribal Quests, but perhaps they thought that the name didn't sound good enough, so now they're Allied Societies, after all, the Omicron quests didn't involve just the Omicrons, but also the Loporrits, the Karellians, the Grebuloffs, the Ea, the Dragons and the Nibirun.

[Uncle Jon]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Lockhart:

They were called beast tribes because they all used to be beast tribes until Shadowbringers. The Pixies were not beasts and neither were the dwarves, so it didn't make sense to call them beast tribes. The Arkasodara, the Omicrons and the Loporrits weren't beast tribes either, so they decided to change the name to Tribal Quests, but perhaps they thought that the name didn't sound good enough, so now they're Allied Societies, after all, the Omicron quests didn't involve just the Omicrons, but also the Loporrits, the Karellians, the Grebuloffs, the Ea, the Dragons and the Nibirun.

I see well that does make a lot of sense as to why they changed the name. Basically they aren't actually tribes but more sophisticated, but they are still groups of sentient beings that you do daily quests to build up a reputation with.

[$CRWD]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Lockhart:

They were called beast tribes because they all used to be beast tribes until Shadowbringers. The Pixies were not beasts and neither were the dwarves, so it didn't make sense to call them beast tribes. The Arkasodara, the Omicrons and the Loporrits weren't beast tribes either, so they decided to change the name to Tribal Quests, but perhaps they thought that the name didn't sound good enough, so now they're Allied Societies, after all, the Omicron quests didn't involve just the Omicrons, but also the Loporrits, the Karellians, the Grebuloffs, the Ea, the Dragons and the Nibirun.

"Beast," like "savage," was a pejorative within the FFXIV universe (from ARR to SB), and the UI nomenclature changed after they were assimilated (so with 6.1), to reflect this development in MSQ as early as Stormblood.

I could quote my Encyclopedia Eorzea, because this convention died years ago, long before the UI adjustments that came with post-EW content.

Here's a screenshot from my Encyclopedia Eorzea Volume II. Page 250. Published November 24th, 2018: https://imgur.com/a/j4NtsrM

Shadowbringers released on July 2nd, 2019, for reference.

[Luckiernut]

I always thought Tribes wasn’t quite the right word and didn’t really fit

[Franss the Coffee Addict]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von furfrou7071:

we live in a society....

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[Adam__86]

Because technically they're not tribes and society is more broad

[Deadman'shand]

They can call them whatever they want, I am and will still call them beast tribes because that is what they are and no amount of DEI "sensitivity" ♥♥♥♥ can stop me.

[Adam__86]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Deadman'shand:

They can call them whatever they want, I am and will still call them beast tribes because that is what they are and no amount of DEI "sensitivity" ♥♥♥♥ can stop me.

You do understand they are fictional

[Lord Adorable]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Deadman'shand:

They can call them whatever they want, I am and will still call them beast tribes because that is what they are and no amount of DEI "sensitivity" ♥♥♥♥ can stop me.

What is blud babblin' about? 💀
Seriously, English dude. ENG-LISH.

[Soul Walker]

For those not willing to read the OP and the chosen answer. Beast no longer applies because the races are no longer tied to a god via a thing called Tempering which is explained in Endwalker. Then to add that in Shadowbringers and Endwalker we don't work with beast races and now work with other humanlike races, minus the SHB Pixies (or once was human)

[Adam__86]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Soul Walker:

For those not willing to read the OP and the chosen answer. Beast no longer applies because the races are no longer tied to a god via a thing called Tempering which is explained in Endwalker. Then to add that in Shadowbringers and Endwalker we don't work with beast races and now work with other humanlike races, minus the SHB Pixies (or once was human)

Unfortunately those claiming wokeness usually skip story

[Lord Adorable]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Adam__86:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Soul Walker:

For those not willing to read the OP and the chosen answer. Beast no longer applies because the races are no longer tied to a god via a thing called Tempering which is explained in Endwalker. Then to add that in Shadowbringers and Endwalker we don't work with beast races and now work with other humanlike races, minus the SHB Pixies (or once was human)

Unfortunately those claiming wokeness usually skip story

To be fair, FFXIV's MSQ requires basic media literacy to comprehend in the first place. UwU