Personally, I tend to favor "everyday" type characters - the ones who aren't a super special snowflake, the ones who don't have some huge array of capabilities. Just the sort who are ordinary people. They probably have some things they're pretty good at doing, some definite strengths, but they also have weaknesses and flaws that make them feel real. They probably haven't slain dragons and primals, they probably haven't personally saved Ul'dah from some beast tribe invasion, and they probably aren't a legendary prodigy in their field of expertise.
On the other hand, I generally avoid characters who are essentially trying to "be the Warrior of Light", or whose players write with the philosophy that their personal PVE activities (including quests completed, dungeons finished, main story progress, equipment items, and even sometimes as far as claims like their level or their stats) strongly affect their characters' roleplay (and, they often argue, so do yours - so if your character doesn't have the best item level in the game and theirs does, they'll assume this means their character is ICly better than yours). But, that doesn't necessarily mean they're wrong, it just means they roleplay with a different philosophy than I do, and those philosophies are generally incompatible.
On the other hand, I generally avoid characters who are essentially trying to "be the Warrior of Light", or whose players write with the philosophy that their personal PVE activities (including quests completed, dungeons finished, main story progress, equipment items, and even sometimes as far as claims like their level or their stats) strongly affect their characters' roleplay (and, they often argue, so do yours - so if your character doesn't have the best item level in the game and theirs does, they'll assume this means their character is ICly better than yours). But, that doesn't necessarily mean they're wrong, it just means they roleplay with a different philosophy than I do, and those philosophies are generally incompatible.
Lydia Lightfoot ~ The Reliquarian's Guild «Relic» ~ Lavender Beds, Ward 12, #41
This player has a sense of humor. If the content of the post suggests otherwise, please err on the side of amusement and friendship, because that's almost certainly the intent. We're all on the same team: Team Roleplayer! Have a smile, have a chuckle, and have a slice of pie. Isn't pie great?
This player has a sense of humor. If the content of the post suggests otherwise, please err on the side of amusement and friendship, because that's almost certainly the intent. We're all on the same team: Team Roleplayer! Have a smile, have a chuckle, and have a slice of pie. Isn't pie great?
