I'm not going to beat around the bush and I'll likely stir up a fair bit of controversy with this post but I feel it's well worth stating this outright: A lot of role-players on this site love to present themselves as being open to role-play, friendly and fun loving people and yet in-game they're incredibly arrogant, needlessly exclusive and have an allergy to anyone who doesn't fawn over their every word.
Not every role-player is a bad apple and it is possible to find great role-play within the FFXIV community but not enough is done to allow fresh blood to get involved outside of pre-planned events and Free Company membership.
Then there's the ridiculous idea and commonly held belief that every last little detail needs to be discussed in advanced. In almost every thread you'll see people spew out the idea that 'OOC communication is important' and yet when push comes to shove many of those stating it don't respond to prompts IC or OOC from anyone who does approach them in-game.
My advice? Don't let it drag you down. Like-minded role-players do exist and there's room for everybody, it just takes a bit of effort and you'll likely have to wade through a fair bit of arrogance and bloated egos before you carve out a nice little group of people to interact with who actually want to role-play and not just treat outsiders like dirt.
It can be a pretty major culture shock to try and get involved in role-play in this community if you've come over from certain other MMO's that aren't nearly as 'exclusive' in terms of role-play. If you see my character around, however, everybody is more than welcome to approach me and set something up! I love getting out of cities rather than just hanging around in the same old locations day in, day out.
Not every role-player is a bad apple and it is possible to find great role-play within the FFXIV community but not enough is done to allow fresh blood to get involved outside of pre-planned events and Free Company membership.
Then there's the ridiculous idea and commonly held belief that every last little detail needs to be discussed in advanced. In almost every thread you'll see people spew out the idea that 'OOC communication is important' and yet when push comes to shove many of those stating it don't respond to prompts IC or OOC from anyone who does approach them in-game.
My advice? Don't let it drag you down. Like-minded role-players do exist and there's room for everybody, it just takes a bit of effort and you'll likely have to wade through a fair bit of arrogance and bloated egos before you carve out a nice little group of people to interact with who actually want to role-play and not just treat outsiders like dirt.
It can be a pretty major culture shock to try and get involved in role-play in this community if you've come over from certain other MMO's that aren't nearly as 'exclusive' in terms of role-play. If you see my character around, however, everybody is more than welcome to approach me and set something up! I love getting out of cities rather than just hanging around in the same old locations day in, day out.
