Drillbert

Community Manager Iggy commenting on the ongoing petition to rename the NPCs to Drillbert

Following an update to NPCs firing Drill Darts (slow-firing projectiles that "drill" into Shields), the Discord community began an ad-hoc movement to name these enemies "Drillbert", after the American comic strip character Community engagement remains strong, but for now the official name for these is "Drillshot NPC's"

Internal Discussions

Internal Slack Vote. Looks positive!

The community petition was posted to the internal company slack channels at Funcom where employees took up the votes. As of 17 Feb 2025 the tally stood at 12 LOL's, 2 No and 4 Yes votes.

This is not (yet) confirmation of the rename. The community must continue piling on pressure and lobbying the Community Managers.

Controversies

Pre-emptive section for (inevitable) future controversies