Thank you, Hornet, for making this thread. It's something I've been struggling A LOT with over the last couple of months, being a very reactive RPer myself. And a thank you to all the folks that have responded so far.
I do have a couple follow-up questions on some of the great advice presented so far. And for a bit of perspective... I'd describe myself as a reactive tabletop RPer trying to transition into an active MMO RPer. With most of my MMO RP experience being more casual/tavern style rp until FF14's launch. So I don't have much experience at being in MMO RP plot arcs.
How do folks here determine when an NPC (or badguy/antagonist) is important enough to warrant creating and dragging through the tutorial (and potentially lvling further)? Or do NPCs generally stay written but not seen?
Can I get a few more tips on how folks here (particularly those that run the Group Driven style plots over the Character Story arcs) juggle finding time to actually run your 'main' between directing story/playing npcs/badguys? That's actually one of my main concerns... I'm quite fond of Jaques(and my alts) and don't want to feel trapped in playing weeks and weeks of not Jaques(et al).
I do have a couple follow-up questions on some of the great advice presented so far. And for a bit of perspective... I'd describe myself as a reactive tabletop RPer trying to transition into an active MMO RPer. With most of my MMO RP experience being more casual/tavern style rp until FF14's launch. So I don't have much experience at being in MMO RP plot arcs.
How do folks here determine when an NPC (or badguy/antagonist) is important enough to warrant creating and dragging through the tutorial (and potentially lvling further)? Or do NPCs generally stay written but not seen?
Can I get a few more tips on how folks here (particularly those that run the Group Driven style plots over the Character Story arcs) juggle finding time to actually run your 'main' between directing story/playing npcs/badguys? That's actually one of my main concerns... I'm quite fond of Jaques(and my alts) and don't want to feel trapped in playing weeks and weeks of not Jaques(et al).
