(12-06-2013, 02:47 PM)Naunet Wrote:(12-06-2013, 10:12 AM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: As an aside, a breeding group is synonymous with a territory or hunting ground, as Seekers only have one nunh per such location, and securing new territory is the primary means by which "new" nunh positions are created (dev post). I think "sept" instead of subtribe does sound a lot better.Of course, some (many?) septs may only have one territory, in which case one might as well just refer to the group as those in a territory of a given tribe.
I don't think we can so easily say there is only one nunh per territory. Squeenix never explicitly states a rule on how many nunhs there are, save that "Depending on its size, a tribe may have multiple nunh (a ratio of one nunh per ten to fifty females is average)" - which is pretty broad. Lore also uses the term "tribe" when discussing a single territory, so it's entirely possible that there are multiple "breeding groups" (not actually a term used by Squeenix) within a single location.
The Hipparion Tribe, for example - or at least, our player-created, Sagolii-roaming section of it - maintains two-ish nunhs in the tribe. There have been times when that number has dropped to one, which is the case now as the one of their nunh is missing and no one else has yet stepped up to the plate, for various reasons. It's actually been a point of conflict for some of our members, who feel as though the tribe's future is at risk, having experienced a dramatic loss of life due to the Calamity.
Oh, I know 'breeding group' isn't an official term. 'Sept', neither. Square-Enix only talks about Tribes as distinct affairs, as if all members are the same, but as we know in an mmo where each player can create their own story this is impossible! Thus the deliberate splicing into Septs, which are discrete sub-sections of a given tribe. Your player-created, Sagolii-roaming section of it is, per this definition, one of numerous potential Septs of the Hipparion Tribe. After all, you wouldn't come down on another player for coming around and saying 'I want MY Hipparion Tribe to be THIS way, not THEIR way', would you? No, they'd be creating their own Sept.
Below that, WITHIN a Sept we're positing another division, using the concept of the Nunh as being the defining characteristic. Each such group would be just called a Breeding Group. Maybe this isn't necessary, but it still functions, especially if females restrict themselves or are restricted to a single Nunh for breeding purposes. Now, if you tell me that in your sept the females can choose either nunh (assuming both were still around) then the notion of 'Breeding Groups' becomes irrelevant. In which case we can stick with our adopted term Sept and just be happy with it.
Again, for any who missed earlier parts of the discussion, 'Sept' is an unofficial term (adopted over the course of this thread) meaning 'Sub-Tribe', essentially, since we'll never get the entire player-base to agree on a single suite of characteristics - physical or otherwise - for any given Tribe.
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