Plummeting Ursa in Wait [Pic]

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bwam wrote:
"Ursa is a Latin word, meaning bear." - Wikipedia


Dino lady got schooled. Aren't ancient creatures supposed to be a repository of knowledge?
"Never argue with an idiot. They will take you down to their level and beat you trough experience."
drop bears are so misunderstood. The bigger effort is the climb.
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鬼殺し wrote:
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Bone2flesh wrote:
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bwam wrote:
"Ursa is a Latin word, meaning bear." - Wikipedia


Dino lady got schooled. Aren't ancient creatures supposed to be a repository of knowledge?


Actually she didn't. Plummeting Ursae are the Wraeclastian incarnation of the koala, and...

"The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus, or, inaccurately, koala bear)"

Also wikipedia.

The 'ursa' part of Plummeting Ursa plays on this.


While your explanation makes sense taking into consideration the provenance of the game and the actual look of the mobs the literal translation of Ursa is Bear. Emphasis in your wiki link on the inaccurately part.

In any way if the Dino's reply would have been nice and educational like yours my reply would have differed as well.

Terminology wise OP is totally correct with his picture as that is an actual Ursa. Waiting to plummet.
"Never argue with an idiot. They will take you down to their level and beat you trough experience."
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鬼殺し wrote:
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Bone2flesh wrote:
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bwam wrote:
"Ursa is a Latin word, meaning bear." - Wikipedia


Dino lady got schooled. Aren't ancient creatures supposed to be a repository of knowledge?


Actually she didn't. Plummeting Ursae are the Wraeclastian incarnation of the koala, and...

"The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus, or, inaccurately, koala bear)"

Also wikipedia.

The 'ursa' part of Plummeting Ursa plays on this.

Although the "arctos" part of Phascolarctos is Greek for bear.
Still does not make them bears, though.
Bird lover of Wraeclast
Las estrellas te iluminan - Hoy te sirven de guía
Te sientes tan fuerte que piensas - que nadie te puede tocar
Plummeting Ursa's look far more like bears than koalas do, clearly a bear.

Whereas we all know that devourers are wraeclast's ankhegs.
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鬼殺し wrote:

You'd think the guy who created them... would get the final say...but noooo...

Doesn't really surprise me.
Bird lover of Wraeclast
Las estrellas te iluminan - Hoy te sirven de guía
Te sientes tan fuerte que piensas - que nadie te puede tocar
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bwam wrote:
"Ursa is a Latin word, meaning bear." - Wikipedia

Yes, that is true.

The real question though, is it Ursa Major (Great Bear) or Ursa Minor (Lesser Bear)?
"You've got to grind, grind, grind at that grindstone..."
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but poor QoP in PoE is the father of frustration.

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Arrowneous wrote:
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bwam wrote:
"Ursa is a Latin word, meaning bear." - Wikipedia

Yes, that is true.

The real question though, is it Ursa Major (Great Bear) or Ursa Minor (Lesser Bear)?


As both Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are visible mainly in the northern hemisphere, and drop bears are visible in the southern hemisphere, the Plummeting Ursa are neither.

The bear in the picture is obviously stumping for votes, and may plummet in the polls or at the ballot box.
PoE Origins - Piety's story http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2081910
Last edited by DalaiLama on Jul 20, 2018, 7:57:54 AM
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DalaiLama wrote:
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Arrowneous wrote:
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bwam wrote:
"Ursa is a Latin word, meaning bear." - Wikipedia

Yes, that is true.

The real question though, is it Ursa Major (Great Bear) or Ursa Minor (Lesser Bear)?


As both Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are visible mainly in the northern hemisphere, and drop bears are visible in the southern hemisphere, the Plummeting Ursa are neither.

The bear in the picture is obviously stumping for votes, and may plummet in the polls or at the ballot box.

Good to know.  :)

Maybe a new trend (sure beats elephants and donkeys)?
Right now Trump has revived the Know Nothing Party. But he contradicts himself all the time, even in being an elephant and a jack-ass simultaneously.

"You've got to grind, grind, grind at that grindstone..."
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but poor QoP in PoE is the father of frustration.

The perfect solution to fix Trade Chat:
www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2247070
Last edited by Arrowneous on Jul 20, 2018, 8:06:45 AM
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鬼殺し wrote:


And the thread larches along...


Oh deer, I begin to quail. Should this be the end of it?
Bird lover of Wraeclast
Las estrellas te iluminan - Hoy te sirven de guía
Te sientes tan fuerte que piensas - que nadie te puede tocar

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