I personally feel that class/job is too shallow a thing on which to define a character. Â It can be a central/focal point. Â But it should be one of many, at least for a compelling character. Â If that's your thing, than great. Â But my belief is it makes for a pretty dull character.
"Hello my name is Kain the dragoon. Â I'm from Ishgard and I train with my lance day in and day out. Â I'm all about the dragooning and dragoony things. Â I have a love affair with my spear. Â I hate Dravanians."
Yeah, it's neat. Â But a character should have more dimensions than just a job/class in my opinion.
Think of it in real life. Â I'm a computer technician. Â That's swell. Â But that doesn't define me. Â I enjoy spending time around the fire pit with friends and drinking hard lemonade/cider. Â I listen to prog metal. Â I love certain TV shows (omg Gotham is ossum so far!), I am a compassionate person, I enjoy a particular MMO. Â I am a creative soul who loves to write.
So... yeah... call me a computer technician if you want. Â Call Eva a priestess. Â You wouldn't be wrong. Â But there's more to us both than that. Â ^_^
EDIT TO APPEND: I think a certain amount of suspension of disbelief with regards to gear and such is acceptable. RPers will often disagree upon this point though. In short, just RP what you want and in the way that you want. I've known PLD's who have been RPing dual-wielding swords, for instance. Nothing wrong with that. Doesn't seem to me there's any force in Eorzea that would literally prohibit a character from using two hands to each pick up a sword. No, the game mechanics don't allow it, but... reasonable deviation is reasonable for the sake of realistic and enjoyable RP.
"Hello my name is Kain the dragoon. Â I'm from Ishgard and I train with my lance day in and day out. Â I'm all about the dragooning and dragoony things. Â I have a love affair with my spear. Â I hate Dravanians."
Yeah, it's neat. Â But a character should have more dimensions than just a job/class in my opinion.
Think of it in real life. Â I'm a computer technician. Â That's swell. Â But that doesn't define me. Â I enjoy spending time around the fire pit with friends and drinking hard lemonade/cider. Â I listen to prog metal. Â I love certain TV shows (omg Gotham is ossum so far!), I am a compassionate person, I enjoy a particular MMO. Â I am a creative soul who loves to write.
So... yeah... call me a computer technician if you want. Â Call Eva a priestess. Â You wouldn't be wrong. Â But there's more to us both than that. Â ^_^
EDIT TO APPEND: I think a certain amount of suspension of disbelief with regards to gear and such is acceptable. RPers will often disagree upon this point though. In short, just RP what you want and in the way that you want. I've known PLD's who have been RPing dual-wielding swords, for instance. Nothing wrong with that. Doesn't seem to me there's any force in Eorzea that would literally prohibit a character from using two hands to each pick up a sword. No, the game mechanics don't allow it, but... reasonable deviation is reasonable for the sake of realistic and enjoyable RP.
"One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth doing is what we do for others." Â ~ Lewis Carol
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