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FreelanceWizard · **06-24-2013, 10:24 PM**

(06-24-2013, 09:56 PM)Viper Wrote: I don't believe for an instant anyone here was purposefully trying to insult anyone else. Â I do think however that the more we role with the thread the more likely it is to become a war of sorts.

Everyone has their styles, their likes and dislikes. Â I love spicy food, my wife doesn't, this doesn't make either of us right. Â We merely enjoy a food differently. Â FFXIV is basically a gamers buffet, let everyone have the dish they want, the best part is, we can all still sit at the same table and eat.

I thinK i've gone too far with the food thing..

Nah. Food analogies are always good. Smile

They're the car analogies of the RP world. Or something. Smile

Seriously, though, I think the most important thing is for no one to take a negative stance towards characters that don't match their preference. FFXIV is a world with a lot of dark elements (Ul'dah, in particular, is pretty scummy; Limsa Lominsa has a dark past and people who seem to want to hang onto it; and the Empire is... well, they're just ridiculously wicked and full of style and panache to boot) and a lot of light ones. There's room for both the grizzled, scarred, battle-tested and battle-worn Roegadyn hefting her axe in her calloused hands just as much as there is for the stylish Elezen wearing the finest robes with his silver hair billowing in the breeze as he rains fiery destruction down. Both have support in this setting in different ways.

Personally, I'm likely going to focus more on the psychological scars on my characters due to the cataclysm -- loss of loved ones, ways of life, and the like. For me, that's a function of the existence of magical healing in the world, which is a completely different and often equally explosive topic. Smile

[split] Pretty characters in a harsh world.

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