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RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Zelmanov - 04-17-2015
Orrin is going to be Commissioner Gordon for one very lucky Dark Knight, I guarantee it....
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Warren Castille - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 12:01 PM)Zelmanov Wrote: Orrin is going to be Commissioner Gordon for one very lucky Dark Knight, I guarantee it....
We should talk.
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Gegenji - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 12:01 PM)Zelmanov Wrote: Orrin is going to be Commissioner Gordon for one very lucky Dark Knight, I guarantee it....
And that DRK will be Judge, ruining Orrin's life forever.
"FORBIDDEN: EXPLOSIONS. RECOMMENDED: SURRENDER."
And then this happens:
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RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - V'aleera - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 12:01 PM)Zelmanov Wrote: Orrin is going to be Commissioner Gordon for one very lucky Dark Knight, I guarantee it....Bad Orrin, bad. These dangerous individuals need to be hunted down and brought to justice, not aided and abetted.
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - allgivenover - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 11:45 AM)K Wrote: Imagine if 80-90% of every miqo'te in-game had in their backstory that they were tribal but then "left"... wouldn't that start feeling a little bland after a while? That's kind of the point I think.
I recall us dealing with exactly that as Miqo'te. You'll be fine.
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Hyrist - 04-17-2015
Liking the lore bits for all of these.
As for as the Au Ra lore and current story lines. There is like cause for there to be a migration and for those who were of the tribal life to 'settle out' of the warring trends before reaching the common areas of Eorzea.
Raen will be easy to integrate, already into the 'settler' nature. Even a minority of Doman refugees can be in this category. Other such people traversing for fairer lands is possible. Again 'rare' is a relative term related to the entire subspecies. We have no idea their overall numbers so we shouldn't concern ourselves with OOC population.
Xaela... really need no excuse. Wanderlust. They're nomadic. A member of this group could have drifted away from the tribal lands and began integrating in society as he journeyed east-word, and his experiences have dulled his violent nature, or some such. Or even not, if they want to be more antagonistic. Depends on the style someone wants to play.
While it may take time to adjust to the homeland, that adjustment does not need to happen in Eorzea, so there's a lot of freedom that can be done with plots here.
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - K'nahli - 04-17-2015
It's not about origin, it's about it being made extra difficult to have a creative story as to what you are doing here and why. It's not about my own characters or Clover's for what matter(whose is the initial point I was trying to explain), but rather explaining away this sudden influx if Auri appearing all of a sudden because "something happened and we needed to travel!", "I hail from the XXXX tribe and to determine the worth of these lands" or even "I just felt like exploring".
For me personally, while I'd love to incorporate as much of the lore as possible into my story, I'll have to see how that will work with the original concept I had. I'm not really worried for myself. I was just wondering what's going to stop any of my characters from asking themselves why a ton of people from a particularly isolated race suddenly got struck with a potent wanderlust.
(04-17-2015, 12:05 PM)allgivenover Wrote:(04-17-2015, 11:45 AM)K Wrote: Imagine if 80-90% of every miqo'te in-game had in their backstory that they were tribal but then "left"... wouldn't that start feeling a little bland after a while? That's kind of the point I think.
I recall us dealing with exactly that as Miqo'te. You'll be fine.
Hahaha. I never had to deal with that so I underestimated how commonplace it was I guess. Perhaps it's my turn now!
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Warren Castille - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 12:09 PM)Knahli Wrote: It's not about origin, it's about it being made extra difficult to have a creative story as to what you are doing here and why. It's not about my own characters or Clover's for what matter(whose is the initial point I was trying to explain), but rather explaining away this sudden influx if Auri appearing all of a sudden because "something happened and we needed to travel!", "I hail from the XXXX tribe and to determine the worth of these lands" or even "I just felt like exploring".
For me personally, while I'd love to incorporate as much of the lore as possible into my story, I'll have to see how that will work with the original concept I had. I'm not really worried for myself. I was just wondering what's going to stop any of my characters from asking themselves why a ton of people from a particularly isolated race suddenly got struck with a potent wanderlust.
(04-17-2015, 12:05 PM)allgivenover Wrote:(04-17-2015, 11:45 AM)K Wrote: Imagine if 80-90% of every miqo'te in-game had in their backstory that they were tribal but then "left"... wouldn't that start feeling a little bland after a while? That's kind of the point I think.
I recall us dealing with exactly that as Miqo'te. You'll be fine.
Hahaha. I never had to deal with that so I underestimated how commonplace it was I guess. Perhaps it's my turn now!
Lodestone description for miqo'te Wrote:Though their presence in Eorzea is lesser than that of the other races, the Miqo'te are easily distinguished by their large, projecting ears and restless, feline tails.
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Aya - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 12:09 PM)K Wrote: but rather explaining away this sudden influx if Auri appearing all of a sudden because "something happened and we needed to travel!", "I hail from the XXXX tribe and to determine the worth of these lands" or even "I just felt like exploring".I predict a large boat of them arriving in Eorzea sometime this June!!! :-)
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Gegenji - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 12:12 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:Lodestone description for miqo'te Wrote:Though their presence in Eorzea is lesser than that of the other races, the Miqo'te are easily distinguished by their large, projecting ears and restless, feline tails.
![[Image: 10-19-12Luzer3.jpg]](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/wamo-dynamic/10-19-12Luzer3.jpg)
*stops rowing his little boat through a sea of kittypeoples*
... wut?
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Warren Castille - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 12:15 PM)Gegenji Wrote:(04-17-2015, 12:12 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:Lodestone description for miqo'te Wrote:Though their presence in Eorzea is lesser than that of the other races, the Miqo'te are easily distinguished by their large, projecting ears and restless, feline tails.
*stops rowing his little boat through a sea of kittypeoples*
... wut?
I can't throw stones, Warren's house is already 2:1 catpeople to noncats.
And it's wonderful.
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Harmonixer - 04-17-2015
I'm gonna die from blood with all these lacerations I have from reading the lore.
That's a good thing, mind you.
For appearances, I was going to go with the dark skinned Au Ra. Amusingly enough, I've also been working on the Warmonger title. In a lot of ways, I'm pretty happy with everything about the race, I've been fond of tribal stuff and find that it doesn't always show up where I want it to. Here it's quite welcome though!
Hmm, there's going to be a lot of lamestorming on my end about them. Expect a lot of questions from me, as ever!
Speaking of cuts, DRK isn't as brooding as people wanted it to be! I'm quite glad for this in fact. I thought it was going to be like this, and for the better. AST seems perfect for the pale scales, I hope to see a lot of RP with it, since I'm a fan of stuff like that. Fortune tellers are important to every circus, even if the real thing is a scam.
Then comes the MCH.
BANG BANG, FEUER FREI
I like it! It makes sense to me and I hope people embrace it.
Of course people will now add this to the list of things they argue about, but it'll be entertaining to the rest of us, if nothing else.
So, question about Yugiri now. Obviously she's a pale scale. But do we know if she's native to Doma? Maybe I misunderstand but maybe she wasn't always? It's WILD SPECULATION or I'm just flat out wrong. Going to have to read some more.
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Aris - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 09:58 AM)Clover Wrote: Um, I can't say I'm fond of the Au Ra lore. I was hoping that (at least some) Au Ras could come from the new lands beyond Ishgard, for those are the ones we'll explore. Instead, we get a lore related to a land we aren't going to see anytime soon, which means we can't really and actively play their lore, especially in the case of Xaela.
(& All of your posts)
I have the same concerns
I hoped some of the Au Ra lore would stretch around the new areas and we'd see it in action, but instead it feels like they've given us a background which could be ignored any way. Fingers crossed that isn't the case. As mentioned it doesn't have to hold any one back from RPing it - players will just have to take initiative in making it happen - but ideally we see it in game as well.I think my Au Ra plans should still fit, with a good reason for travelling. Hopefully it'll still be okay and not make anyone roll their eyes when they see yet another Au Ra wandering up the street.
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Warren Castille - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 12:21 PM)Aris Wrote: I think my Au Ra plans should still fit, with a good reason for travelling. Hopefully it'll still be okay and not make anyone roll their eyes when they see yet another Au Ra wandering up the street.
I daresay that's going to be the issue that all Au Ra are going to run into.
RE: Heavensward Jobs, and Au Ra Lore now available - Hyrist - 04-17-2015
(04-17-2015, 12:09 PM)K Wrote: It's not about origin, it's about it being made extra difficult to have a creative story as to what you are doing here and why. It's not about my own characters or Clover's for what matter(whose is the initial point I was trying to explain), but rather explaining away this sudden influx if Auri appearing all of a sudden because "something happened and we needed to travel!", "I hail from the XXXX tribe and to determine the worth of these lands" or even "I just felt like exploring".
For me personally, while I'd love to incorporate as much of the lore as possible into my story, I'll have to see how that will work with the original concept I had. I'm not really worried for myself. I was just wondering what's going to stop any of my characters from asking themselves why a ton of people from a particularly isolated race suddenly got struck with a potent wanderlust.
That depends entirely if a person states that they're just suddenly arriving to Eorzea.
But there are a few things that may attract them.
First, Doma is gone, Garleans are a larger threat in the west with the underground suppressed by the destruction of an entire nation. Encroachment into tribal territory could be one reason a larger group of them can come in.
But again, that's assuming that everyone floods in at the same time.
Also those who are more Nomatic may be drawn to Ishgard opening their gates to Adventurers, wider breath of field means more work available.
With the paths to the north and the west opening, the possibility of reaching the former Sharlean lands can draw out the Scholars from the Raen, seeking perhaps information about their linage that may have been lost to their own line.
And not everyone is going to agree on arrival dates. It behooves roleplayers to not make a sudden reaction to the OOC arrival of the Au Ra as a thing, so much as make a comment of "I've heard they were about, this is the first I've seen of them."
There does not need to be a universal reason for the influx. There are plenty of reasons to bring in new cultures into a prosperous land. It's the "it's all happening at once" that everyone seems to be sticking on, which can just be ignored as that's OOC causing IC conflict. There's been plenty of IC time since the arrival of the Domans for the Au Ra to start filtering in.