The new name is actually tough as hell! I know the gameplay hasn’t changed at all but I’m excited to play some Cassidy!
The new name is actually tough as hell! I know the gameplay hasn’t changed at all but I’m excited to play some Cassidy!
This was literally my first reaction when I heard the name internally.
Cassidy is a pretty well established outlaw name
Nothing quite so complicated.
Names were able to be submitted by the entirety of the team, expectations around community thoughts were communicated, the narrative team and Team 4 leads narrowed it down to a few candidates. After that we had to check with Legal, regional teams (for any unintended cultural significances), and other business partners within the organization.
He assumed his true identity with this announcement.
Probably not me myself, I think it’s better to have the devs delivering those kinds of updates, but yes we’d like to get back to posting more consistent updates.
It’s completely understandable that it’s going to take some time to adjust to Cassidy’s new moniker.
Personally, I’ve actually had to stop myself from calling him Cassidy or Cole when playing my comp games on live lately. So if you heard a Tank start saying “Cas…erm…Cree” over VC in the last few weeks…
Edit: we will not be banning players for simply using the old name.
Yes.
Echo now says “Duplicating Cassidy!” if I remember the updated VO correctly.
At this point, I tend to think most history about the American Wild-West has become more story than history.