/rant on
Both the naming convention and the books sound stupid to me. They both seem like a big waste of SoEs time.
The books could be cool, but will get out of hand very fast. Abuse was the first thing that came to mind when I heard about this new feature. I hope SoE has the man power to keep it in check, which I'm sure they don't.
And as for the spell names. Instead of revamping it, they could just make the descriptions more detailed. Under the AA trees they could list out not the name of the line, but the names of the spells you currently possess.
And on a side note, I hate the Welcome Window! We spent over 4 years without it, why on earth do we need it now? Instead of wasting your time on stupid features like this, give us more zones, quests, guild rewards, ways to level, more AAs, and stop with all the restrictions.
What made EQ1 such a great game is it never got old. You were constantly working to make your character better, via quests, gear, AAs, etc. There is always an 'end' in EQ2 which is why people get bored and leave. If you want to keep us entertained, give us more attainable challenges, for the uber raiders and the casual gamers and soloers.
/rant off