(12-14-2013, 02:37 AM)Olofantur Wrote: Greetings and welcome to the RPC Sona!Thank you! I think I will probably make some alts and poke around. I read over that info and will definitely be passing it along.
Good to hear you've got a group of people to roll around with! While I wouldn't presume to say there is no RP on Phoenix, Balmung and Gilgamesh are the "Hot spots" as it were. I'd suggest rolling alts on either (or both maybe.) and taking a look around here on the site to see what one you might want to reroll on, or transfer to.
But anyways! onto the usual blurb of information. You've likely ran into most of this if you've been poking around, but who knows, maybe you'll share this with the brother or the SO.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/misc.php?page=welcome
That ^ is a welcome post to the RPC that outlines a lot of the resources that are here for you as well as give you a bit of information on the RPC itself.
If you have experiance in RP the following link will likely cover a lot of what you already know, but there is a great deal of information the pertains to FFXIV in particular as well as Eva simply doing a fantastic job of outlining a lot of concepts, providing examples and viewpoints.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1770
While a bit lengthy for a casual read, I still highly recommend it if you have some down time from studying.
But onto the communities! lets say, hypothetically you use a server transfer service, or you reroll, or maybe just have a few alts. There are a couple of key communities between Gilgamesh and Balmung that I think help people get to know whos out there.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1902
"Intermission" on Balmung is and Out of Character hub for roleplayers, serving to get people in touch, keep communication open, and help you get to know the people behind the characters.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=3116
"Coalition" on Gilgamesh is much like Intermission in serving to get people from across the server together in an OOC context.
But maybe you just want to run some dungeons and plug away at the story..
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=5045
"Balmungs Finest" is a great example of one of a few PVE linkshells that exist to help coordinate dungeon runs. I think that keeping the parties amoung people of the server and only resorting to duty finder when necessary both helps to reduce the queue time for poor lonely DPS, as well as strengthen the ties between the players themselves. That and people are less likely to drop group after a single stumble!
I hope this helps give you a bit of information about whats out there, and though theres not much evidence I have of roleplay on Phoenix maybe a lurker or two will come along and prove me wrong.
As always feel free to ask any questions you might have, raise a concern or two, go party it up on the forums. I'll be in Eorzea!
^_^
