(01-28-2015, 07:30 PM)Harmonixer Wrote: I shouldn't have to feel guilty for wanting something because I'm worried that I might not be exactly to someone else's liking or set up rules. I should however be respectful and understanding of others on their decisions when it comes to RP.
This! I agree with this!
This is the precise reason why I am more of a lurker than forum poster these days. I've been burnt back in WoW where there is more solid lore than (personally) I find FFXIV to even have. I find the lore battles exhausting- particularly the Miqo'te ones. I guess I've been looking in all the wrong places for FFXIV lore, but I've found much of it aside from the main storyline from 1.0 to 2.0 to be vague and oft times contradicting.
Others and myself certainly shouldn't feel guilty or afraid to create a character because they're worried that they won't meet someone's skewed standard.
To say that you are playing a character that happens to be X race and therefore expected to act a certain way is enough to ruffle my feathers. That's like saying: "Amelia. You're from Northern Minnesota, so that means that you're going to sound like you came out of the movie 'Fargo' and be overly polite, reserved and mild-mannered." (ie: "Minnesota Nice.")
There are threads of lore that say Seekers don't really do much of the tribal life anymore and many have moved into the larger cities. Other threads of lore will inform you that tribal culture is still very much a major and relevant part of what a Miqo'te even is.
To say that most Miqo'te characters that one may run into are simply 'Hyur in cat ears and a tail' hardly seems fair. I agree where others have stated that such things can be said about each and every race in this game. Why push players and their characters into stereotypes?
And how much about that character do you REALLY know about? Did you just RP with them for two minutes and call it a day? Are YOU really just taking them at some face value so you can smugly categorize them into some pile of unworthy RPers?
Reading over this now, I notice that this sounds pretty... irritable. I guess it probably is mainly because this sort of thing gets under my skin in FFXIV.
I swear. Whenever it comes to lore in this game, I'm constantly getting that over-anxious feeling that I didn't finish my homework or study as much as the next person for the big exam coming up.
Starting to have college finals flashback... -shudders- All those long nights...
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