Hydaelyn Role-Players

Pretty much as the title says haha. I originally got into FFXIV back before the calamity (1.0?) and as you can see from the left I technically joined the forum back in 2013, but for various (mostly technological reasons) I stopped playing FFXIV a long time ago. I never actually got into the RPing side of things despite picking Balmung specifically for that purpose because I'm very, very shy and nervous over my meager roleplaying history (mentioned below). Now that I have access to a ps4 I'm very excited to get back into FFXIV and hopefully actually do some roleplaying this time around. Also yeah, I didn't immediately think roleplay when I thought to use a ps4 to play, but I've bought a keyboard and I intend to test out mice to see if I can get that set up nicely.

--MMORPG background
I've played many f2p games, but outside of those I've played Guild Wars and ArcheAge very briefly.

--RP experience
Exclusively forum roleplay years and years ago. I've never roleplayed in game before and to be honest I'm not 100% on how it would work out .

--Character ideas/info
I completely revamped my old characters since I hadn't actually used their old personalities or stories anyway. Now I have 4 what I call 'short-stack' characters: they have personalities so I can jump into a stray roleplay here or there, but they don't have developed stories or anything beyond that and likely never will; they're for fun. I'm still working on my previous main's (Zaeira Sntyrr) new personality and story, but I did work out a story for the Au Ra I just created (to get me back into the swing of things and start over).

My Au Ra is Tayang Bayaqud and due to my lack of RP experience I tried to keep her simple. She's just a former tribal Xaela that ended up in Doma just as it was destroyed and fled the Garlean Empire with other refugees, now she's stuck trying to make enough money to become a big shot adventurer so she can return home and find her family. Typing it out like this makes her sound kinda low quality lol, but I do already have a wiki page for her if you want to take a look.

--How did you learn about the coalition?
Probably a stray post on the original official forums

--What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? Light, medium, or heavy?
Definitely light, maybe light-medium starting out. Eventually I think it would be fun to become a medium-heavy rper, but I'm too inexperienced and shy for that right now.

--Anything from real life you'€™re comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc)
I'm a college student living on campus and as such my internet can be... unreliable. Just a warning.

Gasp! Tayang and Ayaka has the same nickname--At least, one of their nicknames haha. I'm pretty sure you can guess it xD

But also, a fellow Au Ra! We should RP sometime, for homesickness kind of thing haha xD We can both try to awkwardly RP in-game or even here in the forums if you wish xD

That and, welcome to being active in the forum haha

Ha, that's actually really funny ^u^. You have a wonderful character profile by the way, both detail wise and aesthetics wise. Also Ayaka is a beautiful character! I think the hardest part of character creation is how many different beautiful and/or cool looking combinations there are to pick from

Lol, I think either would be really fun! And also good practice for me.

Thank you for the warm welcome 

Hiya from Aya Yaya and Yaya, ayayayayaya... it'll never be confusing!

It won't be if you're close paying attention haha!


Also I really like your character concept Aya. And you both have such awesome art styles ^_^

(10-03-2016, 12:04 AM)Nightsha Wrote: [ -> ]Ha, that's actually really funny ^u^. You have a wonderful character profile by the way, both detail wise and aesthetics wise. Also Ayaka is a beautiful character! I think the hardest part of character creation is how many different beautiful and/or cool looking combinations there are to pick from

Lol, I think either would be really fun! And also good practice for me.

Thank you for the warm welcome 

Oh thank you very much xD Tho I have yet to complete her profile haha. True with the whole character creation though! And I guess I'll send ya something via PM then? XD

(10-03-2016, 12:14 AM)Aya Wrote: [ -> ]Hiya from Aya Yaya and Yaya, ayayayayaya... it'll never be confusing!

Haha imagine introducing em as such ha >D

Welcome back to the game and the return to the RPC!

(10-02-2016, 10:38 PM)Nightsha Wrote: [ -> ]My Au Ra is Tayang Bayaqud and due to my lack of RP experience I tried to keep her simple. She's just a former tribal Xaela that ended up in Doma just as it was destroyed and fled the Garlean Empire with other refugees, now she's stuck trying to make enough money to become a big shot adventurer so she can return home and find her family. Typing it out like this makes her sound kinda low quality lol, but I do already have a wiki page for her if you want to take a look.

Having a simple launching point doesn't mean low quality.

Besides, plenty of Doma and Othard-based characters have used the razing of Doma for their reason to come to Eorzea. If that's low-quality, then we have dozens of low-quality backgrounds for a lot of characters. So I think you're fine on that point.

And as my go-to wisdom as someone who also started without a lick of MMORP... RP... experience: it definitely seems overwhelming at first. That's okay, it's something a bunch of folks have gone through. Once you get your first RP or two under your belt, it'll feel more and more natural. However, there's no need to rush it - feel free to lurk around in the RP hubs until you feel comfortable to approach someone.

(10-03-2016, 08:14 AM)SicketySix Wrote: [ -> ]Welcome back to the game and the return to the RPC!

Thank you ^_^

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Lol, well I mostly meant she seemed way less thought out compared to a lot of other characters, say personality wise (I just redid my main's wiki page and even her history is a bit longer in comparison, if more confusing). But thank you for the encouragement!

It's nice seeing other people who don't seem to have come in bursting with experience. I really do appreciate the kind words . For me the biggest step is that approach, considering I'm a giant chicken  lol. I used to strategically place my character so I could see other people RP without risk of getting pulled into one myself.

Hello there, welcome back!

Well, should you want to risk venturing into RP - to solidify character concepts or whatever, there's plenty of folks here that'll likely be willing to interact with you. Myself included. So... just poke one of us when we're online (or we can poke you, I suppose, if you prefer) and we can get you eased into things.