(03-14-2015, 11:26 AM)Seriphyn Wrote:(03-12-2015, 07:17 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: It's easier to just wear white robes and be a conjurer, but for some people folks see the title and latch onto it, as if that in and of itself means anything in roleplay.
I agree, and the inverse of this is what I've never understood. Why -must- you have the title if having it means all sorts of lore diceyness?
I look at it like this; you wouldn't try to break the lore and game rules at a tabletop session, so why here? The lore sets a consistency for all interactions, otherwise we might as well play Second Life.
I think wanting to call your character 'white mage' has nothing to do with wanting to be special or strong or important or different.
I think it has everything to do with the fact that it is a series staple and people have always been roleplaying what their classes are ever since I started RPing in MMOs.
At end game level, you are not a conjurer, you are a white mage. You don't run around without a soulstone because that would gimp you. I think tabletop is an excellent example here so I will run with it, but to make the opposite point. In tabletop, unless you're house ruling, what is on your character sheet is what your character is. Roleplayers often will roll say, a rogue, not just because they want to play as one because they want to RP it too.
Certain folks, not me, don't prefer to divorce game mechanics from their RP. I know this is not the majority of RPers but it is absolutely the playstyle that would RP as a white mage. There is no right or wrong way. RPing a white mage isn't lore-breaking, it's just a different interpretation on the lore.
For example, my interpretation of the lore differs in that I view the game as very literal minded. Frontlines, primal extremes, housing, dye and glamour system....FFXIV has an explanation for all the game mechanics. The lore reason for Frontlines has to be the most ridiculous stretch for pvp I have come across but there it is in the lore, technically. In this same style of storytelling, it makes sense that there would be hundreds of Warriors of Light running around. No one's really mentioned the fact that it was said in a lore questionnaire that even though there is only one White Mage taught by the Elementals, there are other ways to become a White Mage. I believe then that it is canon that there are actually a bunch of White Mages running around. From the game's point of view, I think it's meant that YOU are always the person who did the story and the rest are your allies and friends who had their own unique, but powerful adventurers. (Some may say that isn't very RP friendly and that is fine. You can choose to ignore that. But if others want to RP it....it's just a different style of RP. I choose to ignore anything regarding Frontlines because I think the lore behind it is insane)
I realize that it's an unpopular opinion but I wanted to speak up for the other side on this. There are always different perspectives and RP styles that you may not know about or understand. You can speculate a person's reasoning for wanting to RP something but you can't know it for sure.
