Okay I'm late in the thread, I'll try to poke in. ^^;
Racism and prejudice in games vs in real life.
The post about character perceptions being altered by player perceptions and cultures made me smile a bit. I was one of those players in Rift who looked down upon those wanting to kill the other faction on sight... in civilian areas. Sure on the battlefield, it was kill or be killed and there was much at stake, but Defiants came to a Guardian RP hub (partly bcause Defiants had little in terms of RP hubs) to RP peacefully so my character considered them civilians from an enemy nation and treated them as such. As long as weapons were kept sheathed, she was polite. One time some Defiants came to town flagged and looking for a fight.. my character gleefully jumped in!
So, while today's society may influence our perceptions, I firmly believe our characters have a right, as unique individuals, to see things a bit differently. Or even a lot differently. Our characters are not the majority and don't have to be representative of the masses.
As easy as it is to forget that the world we RP in is different than the world we live in, I think it's even easier to forget that even if there's more players than NPC's in the FF XIV game, the world of FF XIV has a lot more people living in it than the game shows us (and probably a lot more towns and much bigger ones too). It's all a matter of perspective.
Now, that Duskwight LS.... I'm almost afraid to ask.. but what server is it gonna be on?
As far as my own Duskwight goes, I'm not one to do a ton of research on lore, if it's not readily available. I took what little I had and went with it. Which is, Duskwights separated from the other ones, went underground, and came back out some time ago. So kinda like Drow but without the evil-ness, black skin, spider-loving and dual-wielding gary stu. Okay!
So I kept it simple, since what I had to work with was simple, and decided her mother was a weaver and her father a thaumaturge, and didn't think further into the past.
Don't get me wrong, I think this thread and all the digging that's been done is awesome!
But the fact you guys had to do it is just bad. This kinda lore should be readily available straight from the developers, if you ask me. ^^;
Racism and prejudice in games vs in real life.
The post about character perceptions being altered by player perceptions and cultures made me smile a bit. I was one of those players in Rift who looked down upon those wanting to kill the other faction on sight... in civilian areas. Sure on the battlefield, it was kill or be killed and there was much at stake, but Defiants came to a Guardian RP hub (partly bcause Defiants had little in terms of RP hubs) to RP peacefully so my character considered them civilians from an enemy nation and treated them as such. As long as weapons were kept sheathed, she was polite. One time some Defiants came to town flagged and looking for a fight.. my character gleefully jumped in!
So, while today's society may influence our perceptions, I firmly believe our characters have a right, as unique individuals, to see things a bit differently. Or even a lot differently. Our characters are not the majority and don't have to be representative of the masses.
As easy as it is to forget that the world we RP in is different than the world we live in, I think it's even easier to forget that even if there's more players than NPC's in the FF XIV game, the world of FF XIV has a lot more people living in it than the game shows us (and probably a lot more towns and much bigger ones too). It's all a matter of perspective.
Now, that Duskwight LS.... I'm almost afraid to ask.. but what server is it gonna be on?
As far as my own Duskwight goes, I'm not one to do a ton of research on lore, if it's not readily available. I took what little I had and went with it. Which is, Duskwights separated from the other ones, went underground, and came back out some time ago. So kinda like Drow but without the evil-ness, black skin, spider-loving and dual-wielding gary stu. Okay!
So I kept it simple, since what I had to work with was simple, and decided her mother was a weaver and her father a thaumaturge, and didn't think further into the past.
Don't get me wrong, I think this thread and all the digging that's been done is awesome!
But the fact you guys had to do it is just bad. This kinda lore should be readily available straight from the developers, if you ask me. ^^;
