Why are so many of you focusing on the negative aspects of this?
It isn't proposed to being the only way one should RP, only as a way to develop a shared story.
I myself have done this many times and rarely encountered any troubles in regards to other RPers outside of the "party".
Seeing as FFXIV's storyline will most likely play out like FFXI's with heroic NPCs doing all of the killing and your character only assisting in their endeavours, it is possible to be a witness to some of the grand events without having done anything of a spectacular nature.
When RPing one has to be able to adapt, as the shared stories aren't something you've prepared together (Mostly).
It isn't proposed to being the only way one should RP, only as a way to develop a shared story.
I myself have done this many times and rarely encountered any troubles in regards to other RPers outside of the "party".
Seeing as FFXIV's storyline will most likely play out like FFXI's with heroic NPCs doing all of the killing and your character only assisting in their endeavours, it is possible to be a witness to some of the grand events without having done anything of a spectacular nature.
When RPing one has to be able to adapt, as the shared stories aren't something you've prepared together (Mostly).
There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue. - Erich Fromm
