I've recently reached the conclusion of the main storyline in FFXIV and I've come to look upon the Garlean Empire with a mixture of awe and respect. I find them to be very intriguing and their motives aren't as flawed or questionable as I was initially led to believe - especially when one considers that each of the major city states present in Eorzea has a lot of blood on their hands. With that in mind the tensions between the inhabitants of Eorzea and the Garlean Empire can easily come across as being a case of shades of grey and well intentioned extremism rather than a situation of holier-than-thou versus outright evil.
You're probably wondering where I'm going with this, eh? Simply put, I'm looking for a handful of other like-minded role-players to invest in some Garlean role-play! This is the part where it gets a tad complex, though. I'm well aware that there's a handful of role-players already playing defectors of the Garlean Empire, though that isn't really what I'm looking for. What I'm seeking is people willing to role-play individuals who are currently devoted to the Garlean Empire. Naturally this isn't going to make our characters very popular and for the sake of realism we'll essentially be kill-on-sight should we wander close to pretty much any settlement in the game.
So this isn't going to be something that'll lead to a drink in a tavern or a bout of fishing in the comforting embrace of Limsa Lominsa. This'll be about survival, which leads me towards my next point - one that involves some pretty major spoilers for the main story:
This is all rather ambitious, though. So I suppose I'd best set down some ground rules:
- The Garlean naming conventions are pretty interesting. We don't know the specifics, but I'm sure we can piece together some suitable names. It'd be pretty cool for each character involved in the project to have a Roman or pseudo-Roman name.
- Since random role-play is going to be difficult and largely antagonistic I think it'd be best if people relied on their main character(s) to sate their desire for tavern and city role-play.
- It'll put us all on a similar playing field right off of the bat. It's likely that we'll all level at different paces and degrees of efficiency but if all goes well we'll be able to help each other out and tackle those pesky story dungeons together instead of waiting in queues for ages!
Right, I already said I'd stop rambling. So I'll do that! This is still in the early stages and I'd love to hear constructive feedback and ideas sent my way.
You're probably wondering where I'm going with this, eh? Simply put, I'm looking for a handful of other like-minded role-players to invest in some Garlean role-play! This is the part where it gets a tad complex, though. I'm well aware that there's a handful of role-players already playing defectors of the Garlean Empire, though that isn't really what I'm looking for. What I'm seeking is people willing to role-play individuals who are currently devoted to the Garlean Empire. Naturally this isn't going to make our characters very popular and for the sake of realism we'll essentially be kill-on-sight should we wander close to pretty much any settlement in the game.
So this isn't going to be something that'll lead to a drink in a tavern or a bout of fishing in the comforting embrace of Limsa Lominsa. This'll be about survival, which leads me towards my next point - one that involves some pretty major spoilers for the main story:
This is all rather ambitious, though. So I suppose I'd best set down some ground rules:
- It isn't any fun when people adopt a mentality along the lines of 'the good guys must always win'. For role-play to be truly interesting there needs to be losses and victories on both sides.Â
- Things need to be reasonably fair. I don't want to see any meta-gaming if the remnants decide to hole up in a secluded location and then suddenly half of the server arrives for no reason other than to treat us as fodder to fuel their characters' heroics.
- There's a lot of stuff we don't know about the Garlean Empire and it's people. We'll be striving to do our best to work with their lore as it is depicted though we'll need to take some liberties in order to fill in the gaps. I want this to be done in a way that doesn't feel contrived or immersion breaking.
- This isn't about ranks, titles or being the next Gaius van Baelsar. It's about the intrigue that arises when individuals fighting for a cause they feel strongly about are forced into hiding. This may include a power struggle, rivalries and even doubt towards the methods and motives used during the campaign in Eorzea.
- If suitably disguised we may venture into some of the smaller settlements in order to acquire information and supplies, though this will be a very rare occurrence with a strong chance of things backfiring for the sake of realism.Â
- The Garlean naming conventions are pretty interesting. We don't know the specifics, but I'm sure we can piece together some suitable names. It'd be pretty cool for each character involved in the project to have a Roman or pseudo-Roman name.
- Since random role-play is going to be difficult and largely antagonistic I think it'd be best if people relied on their main character(s) to sate their desire for tavern and city role-play.
- It'll put us all on a similar playing field right off of the bat. It's likely that we'll all level at different paces and degrees of efficiency but if all goes well we'll be able to help each other out and tackle those pesky story dungeons together instead of waiting in queues for ages!
Right, I already said I'd stop rambling. So I'll do that! This is still in the early stages and I'd love to hear constructive feedback and ideas sent my way.
