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Um, hi. - Saiden - 06-08-2014
Hiya, I am Saiden. I am brand new to FFXIV and have no idea what I am doing. Before signing up, I read online that a couple of the servers were considered the roleplaying ones, so I waited to make my character until one of them was unlocked. Set an alarm for 7am this morning and viola, I am on Gilgamesh! I ended up moving to Balmuth when I was rerolling my character and it happened to be available.
I have roleplayed off and on over the years in different settings and mediums, but I am pretty inexperienced with the Final Fantasy series. I only played VII, X, and XIII - completing only X I think. I keep meaning to go back and play most of the series at some point, but oh wells.
So, yes. I have not figured out all the details of my character yet because I am still fuzzy on a lot of the lore and world setting. Hopefully I can learn quickly! I did spend some time this morning to make sure I made a lore-friendly name for him, so at least I have that (at least I hope I made it lore-friendlyÂ
 )I am rambling now.Â
Anyways, I just wanted to say hai and hopefully I can get over shyness and actually get plugged in.Â
Edit: I ended up switching to a different character after I brainstormed what I wanted to do. I am quite happy with what I have come up with and am in the process of writing more of him when I have spare moments. Also, even when it makes no sense in the context, I just cannot get enough of this bouncy emoticon.Â
RE: Um, hi. - Maril - 06-08-2014
Welcome
RE: Um, hi. - Zhavi - 06-08-2014
The community here is very welcoming, so as long as you're willing to reach out to those you want to rp with, you shouldn't have any sort of problem getting started! From what I've heard Gilgamesh has a lot of sort of event-focused and group-focused rp, so if you don't see a ton of open-world rp don't feel discouraged. Check around the Gilgamesh FC/Linkshell forums here and check out the wiki for characters that interest you, and pm their players.
I hope you're able to find lots of great rp. Take your time browsing through the lore in the wiki (or, as I've done, just google something and you should find lots of information). You can always ask your rp partners to speak up if you flub the lore, too -- people are understanding.
Happy writing! Welcome to the RPC!
RE: Um, hi. - Mippa - 06-09-2014
Hello Hello! Welcome to Gilgamesh! We're a smaller community but we're close-knit and friendly!
I started out being completely new to the setting and game lore--don't worry, you'll catch on in no time!
RE: Um, hi. - Hiroshu - 06-09-2014
If you're new to Balmung and the game in general, hit me up anytime. So am I! I cheated on my name, lore-wise, but I'm also banking on them introducing Asian-themed characters with the inevitable addition of NIN/SAM jobs in a future expansion, so the angle I'm starting to lean toward is riding out my adventurer amnesia as far as origins are concerned until that comes around. In the mean time, I'd love to meet more people who are fresh to the game like me. I'm real easy going, so don't be shy, just send me a tell anytime!Â
Welcome to the game!Â
RE: Um, hi. - Ragnar - 06-09-2014
Welcome to Balmung! If you see Ragnar around don't be afraid to say hi, he's a friendly guy.
RE: Um, hi. - Kage - 06-09-2014
Welcome to the RPC and Balmung!
If you're in Ul'dah and see a lalafell miqo'te named Kage feel free to say hello if he's got a red hat on :3 or a beret... most likely a red hat.
RE: Um, hi. - Melkire - 06-09-2014
(06-08-2014, 11:54 AM)Saiden Wrote: ...but I am pretty inexperienced with the Final Fantasy series. I only played VII, X, and XIII...
...
*eyebrow twitches*
W-w-welcome to RP and Balmung.
Play I, VI, IX, Tactics, Tactics Advance, and Chocobo Racing. Thank me later.
RE: Um, hi. - Mage - 06-09-2014
Hi! i'm pretty new too
I've played the mobile version of FF1 and got lost. so very lost. then i played XI, X X-2 Xii back to XI and now finally ARR. i'm pretty much clueless.Â
if you wanna rp i'm always open :3 hope you enjoy it here.
RE: Um, hi. - Saiden - 06-09-2014
(06-09-2014, 05:28 PM)Melkire Wrote:(06-08-2014, 11:54 AM)Saiden Wrote: ...but I am pretty inexperienced with the Final Fantasy series. I only played VII, X, and XIII...
...
*eyebrow twitches*
W-w-welcome to RP and Balmung.
Play I, VI, IX, Tactics, Tactics Advance, and Chocobo Racing. Thank me later.
Wai twitchy? I could not play eeeeverything back in the day. Someday, I will go back and play all the ones available with translation.
RE: Um, hi. - Hiroshu - 06-09-2014
(06-09-2014, 05:52 PM)Saiden Wrote:(06-09-2014, 05:28 PM)Melkire Wrote:(06-08-2014, 11:54 AM)Saiden Wrote: ...but I am pretty inexperienced with the Final Fantasy series. I only played VII, X, and XIII...
...
*eyebrow twitches*
W-w-welcome to RP and Balmung.
Play I, VI, IX, Tactics, Tactics Advance, and Chocobo Racing. Thank me later.
Wai twitchy? I could not play eeeeverything back in the day. Someday, I will go back and play all the ones available with translation.
It's funny cause X and XIII are considered among the worst. Which is nothing against you, of course, you just... don't know what you're missing yet. My favorite is VI, by far, and IV, and really the early ones are all pretty good through VII. People have mixed feelings about VIII, some love, some hate, I never got into it, so I abstain. IX seemed pretty good, but I just never got around to playing through it all. I have mixed feelings about XII, cause I didn't jive with the story, but I loved the combat system (feels a lot like XIV, imo) and using gambits to play the game for me. Seriously, one healer and two berserkers beat the last boss for me, it didn't even feel fair. I played the beginning of XIII and I just... I couldn't do it. VI and VII have a nice steampunk feel that the series has never gotten back to. I like that XI and XIV have catered more to the flavor of the earlier games, rather than the recent ones.
RE: Um, hi. - Saiden - 06-09-2014
(06-09-2014, 06:27 PM)Hiroshu Wrote: It's funny cause X and XIII are considered among the worst. Which is nothing against you, of course, you just... don't know what you're missing yet. My favorite is VI, by far, and IV, and really the early ones are all pretty good through VII. People have mixed feelings about VIII, some love, some hate, I never got into it, so I abstain. IX seemed pretty good, but I just never got around to playing through it all. I have mixed feelings about XII, cause I didn't jive with the story, but I loved the combat system (feels a lot like XIV, imo) and using gambits to play the game for me. Seriously, one healer and two berserkers beat the last boss for me, it didn't even feel fair. I played the beginning of XIII and I just... I couldn't do it. VI and VII have a nice steampunk feel that the series has never gotten back to. I like that XI and XIV have catered more to the flavor of the earlier games, rather than the recent ones.
Ah, yes. I have heard similar things about X and XIII. Back when the early ones were being released, I was playing games more akin to the Castlevania series. I found RPGs in video game form rather late in life, sadly. So there are a lot of classics I have not played. I just loved those platformers.Â
RE: Um, hi. - Hiroshu - 06-09-2014
(06-09-2014, 06:37 PM)Saiden Wrote: Ah, yes. I have heard similar things about X and XIII. Back when the early ones were being released, I was playing games more akin to the Castlevania series. I found RPGs in video game form rather late in life, sadly. So there are a lot of classics I have not played. I just loved those platformers.Â
You know, the older I get, the less time I want to invest in RPGs. After I played through Journey, I thought, "Why can't we have more awesome games that I can finish in 2 hours?" That said, I do love open worlds. I just don't like to have to do a lot of math and reading while playing the game. I just want to sit back and adventure. I honestly wish there were more open world games with fewer RPG elements.
RE: Um, hi. - Saiden - 06-09-2014
(06-09-2014, 10:48 PM)Hiroshu Wrote:(06-09-2014, 06:37 PM)Saiden Wrote: Ah, yes. I have heard similar things about X and XIII. Back when the early ones were being released, I was playing games more akin to the Castlevania series. I found RPGs in video game form rather late in life, sadly. So there are a lot of classics I have not played. I just loved those platformers.Â
You know, the older I get, the less time I want to invest in RPGs. After I played through Journey, I thought, "Why can't we have more awesome games that I can finish in 2 hours?" That said, I do love open worlds. I just don't like to have to do a lot of math and reading while playing the game. I just want to sit back and adventure. I honestly wish there were more open world games with fewer RPG elements.
Yeah, for more recent years when I play singleplayer games it is more along the line of casual adventure/story games such as last year's Tomb Raider reboot. As far as open world goes, I have found that many of the lauded open world games tend to not jive with me because the openness leaves me too directionless. They tend to provide content via lack of meaning - you run around this world until you see an icon on the minimap, which will be some kind of event that seems suspiciously familiar to the last five events you did. I tend to get bored rather quickly. If somebody ever developed a combination of Heavy Rain, The Sims, and EVE Online, I would be a happy person.Â
But on top of all that, I just simply do not have anywhere near as much time to devote to games as I used to. When offline life gets busy, everything but MMOs tend to fall by the wayside - with an MMO, I can log in and everything was just as I left it, depending on the game I may have acquaintances I can chat with while I relax for an hour or two that evening and wind down, and I do not have to worry about paying attention to new releases and finding something new to play.
RE: Um, hi. - Hiroshu - 06-10-2014
(06-09-2014, 11:12 PM)Saiden Wrote: As far as open world goes, I have found that many of the lauded open world games tend to not jive with me because the openness leaves me too directionless. They tend to provide content via lack of meaning - you run around this world until you see an icon on the minimap, which will be some kind of event that seems suspiciously familiar to the last five events you did. I tend to get bored rather quickly. If somebody ever developed a combination of Heavy Rain, The Sims, and EVE Online, I would be a happy person.Â
I daydream about a similar imaginary MMO.Â
That's basically my hang up with open world games: it's kind of a quest grind. That's actually had me hesitant to play FFXIV until now because while WoW was a striking change from FFXI, after awhile you realize you're still grinding either way, but with questing they're just adding a bunch of a text you have to read in between the fighting, and in between that you're still just running around. Unless there's a robust quest tracker, at which point the quest text becomes superfluous and even more tedious because you're just button pressing through windows. What I really, really wish is for a more open-ended MMO that is built more around actual role playing, and less about stat progression.
Have you heard of No Man's Sky? I'm really looking forward to that one. I just want to be an explorer at the end of the day, and that's always hard to make in a game with all the limits current technology puts on the size of high quality game worlds. But I digress.