Incorrect faction name: Separatists should be CIS

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Product: Star Wars Battlefront IIPlatform:Sony Playstation 4What is your issue related to? GeneralSummarize your bug The "Separatist" faction is incorrectly named. The correct name for this faction is the Confederacy of Independent Systems or CIS.What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)Can you tell us the date (MM/DD/YYYY) that you saw the bug? What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) In what game mode did the bug occur? Galactic AssaultWhat is your time zone? CTT - GMT + 8:00Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Launch the game....What happens when the bug occurs? The opposing faction to the Galactic Republic is incorrectly named as "Separatists".What do you expect to see? Confederacy of Independent Systems or CISPlease select your region AustraliaAMD or Nvidia Model Number ‌Terminology&nbsp;is very important. We are outside the Star Wars universe looking in, so it is wrong to push one sides negative perspective of another in this game when we're expected&nbsp;to play both sides.The faction currently called "Separatists" is named incorrectly. This is a very&nbsp;derogatory term used by the Republic to make their opponent&nbsp;look bad. Yes some planetary systems left the Republic, rallied together and formed their own government. Yes this technically makes them separatists&nbsp;from the Republics point of view; but these "separatists" don't call themselves that. Why would they when it has such negative connotations. They needed to&nbsp;bring&nbsp;some&nbsp;legitimacy to their existence... and they did by calling themselves the&nbsp;"Confederacy of Independent Systems" or CIS for short. This is their official name. We must respect that and refer to them accordingly.&nbsp;The Clone Wars TV series referring to the CIS as "Separatists" in most episodes is not justification. That story was told from the Republic's point of view. Also I suspect they were reluctant to use the term "confederacy" frequently in a television show targeted at children in the United States because it would upset certain people.

roguezerorendar · Answer

Very well explained, I agree it should be changed to CISDifferent from the Rebel Alliance, which itself used this name (but could be interpreted as derogatory)

goodbytespsn · Answer

@RogueZeroRendarwrote:Very well explained, I agree it should be changed to CISDifferent from the Rebel Alliance, which itself used this name (but could be interpreted as derogatory)The naming of the Rebel Alliance is an interesting one. Their official full name is the "Alliance to Restore the Republic", and they're different to the CIS because they&nbsp;were effectively a terrorist organisation within the Galactic Empire (a hard truth, sorry).&nbsp;At a political level planetary systems did not leave the Empire to join the Rebel Alliance like they did with the CIS/Republic.&nbsp;The Rebel Alliance was exactly that, an alliance of resistance cell&nbsp;rebelling against the established galactic government body. They were not politically legitimate making the naming requirements much more flexible.We have to remember that Star Wars is set "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" making it a recount of history. When we refer to in-universe factions and events we ought to do so&nbsp;like a historian would when writing about&nbsp;the history of Earth.&nbsp;If you were to read about the fall of the Roman Empire for example you would see reference to the Romans and the Goths/Scythians... not the Romans and the barbarians.

tinogiggedy · Answer

I doubt it will be changed but that is a fair point. I'd like an option to choose faction names. I'd want to see the Rebel Alliance renamed through the eyes of Palpatine as Rebel Scum

starmasui73146 · Answer

Original Poster: yes technically you are spot on,&nbsp;it should be C.I.S. (Confederation of Independent Systems).

darkorange2794 · Answer

I to agree with @Tinogiggedy its highly unlikely that the specialists at EA and DICE will change the name from Separatists to the CIS unless they really want to.

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