Haldo!
Sorry about the overly dramatic thread name, I figured I'd try to start things off on Balmung with a bang!
I stumbled across these forums while browsing through some of the Lore threads in the FFXIV forums and, as I am wont to do, got super psyched up at the idea of RP in an MMO and readily hopped onto the bandwagon. While I had a character on another server I would've loved to have the RP experience with (might bring him over later), I instead decided to create that character's little brother and "start fresh" over on Balmung.
My background is... interesting, I suppose. I've played many an MMO (Everquest, FFXI, WoW, and now FFXIV), with my WoW period being one of endgame raiding and the hassles of being an officer in a raiding guild. I got pretty burned out from all that, but eventually got swayed into trying FFXIV through the Free Trial system. I made a promise to myself that I'd stick purely to playing casually and try not to turn the game into a "job" that I felt WoW had turned into. Of course, I'm currently halfway through collecting the Alexandrite for my Sphere Scroll over on my "main," so my success on that is questionable.
I'm not unfamiliar with role-play, but all of my experience with it has been of the tabletop and chatroom formats (often involving the rolling of many multifaceted dice!) plus a little bit of shared storytelling over forums. However, I do have a nasty habit of building a personality and story around my characters in my head when I play my vidya gaemz, so I'm hoping that helps some. Still, I must admit I'm both excited and a little lost.
I think I spent most of my first evening on Balmung wandering my little Lala around the Quicksand, listening in on various RPs before toddling off to get some levels and (more importantly) some outfits. And I have to say, all the extra interaction between players simultaneously makes the place seem so much more alive... and gives a bit of a "what have I got myself into" vibe that is a little daunting.
I'm eager to try, though, so please treat little Chachanji Gegenji with kindness if you come across him in your travels!
... Also, yes, being the massive nerd I am, I already have a bit of story and background all set to go for little Chacha (having used his older brother as a springboard), and am willing to blab a bit more if people are interested in that sort of thing.
Sorry about the overly dramatic thread name, I figured I'd try to start things off on Balmung with a bang!
I stumbled across these forums while browsing through some of the Lore threads in the FFXIV forums and, as I am wont to do, got super psyched up at the idea of RP in an MMO and readily hopped onto the bandwagon. While I had a character on another server I would've loved to have the RP experience with (might bring him over later), I instead decided to create that character's little brother and "start fresh" over on Balmung.
My background is... interesting, I suppose. I've played many an MMO (Everquest, FFXI, WoW, and now FFXIV), with my WoW period being one of endgame raiding and the hassles of being an officer in a raiding guild. I got pretty burned out from all that, but eventually got swayed into trying FFXIV through the Free Trial system. I made a promise to myself that I'd stick purely to playing casually and try not to turn the game into a "job" that I felt WoW had turned into. Of course, I'm currently halfway through collecting the Alexandrite for my Sphere Scroll over on my "main," so my success on that is questionable.
I'm not unfamiliar with role-play, but all of my experience with it has been of the tabletop and chatroom formats (often involving the rolling of many multifaceted dice!) plus a little bit of shared storytelling over forums. However, I do have a nasty habit of building a personality and story around my characters in my head when I play my vidya gaemz, so I'm hoping that helps some. Still, I must admit I'm both excited and a little lost.
I think I spent most of my first evening on Balmung wandering my little Lala around the Quicksand, listening in on various RPs before toddling off to get some levels and (more importantly) some outfits. And I have to say, all the extra interaction between players simultaneously makes the place seem so much more alive... and gives a bit of a "what have I got myself into" vibe that is a little daunting.
I'm eager to try, though, so please treat little Chachanji Gegenji with kindness if you come across him in your travels!
... Also, yes, being the massive nerd I am, I already have a bit of story and background all set to go for little Chacha (having used his older brother as a springboard), and am willing to blab a bit more if people are interested in that sort of thing.
