ramdragn Wrote:{I wonder if we will have POL}
No, SE has said FFXIV will be separate from POL. You'll more than likely manage your FFXIV account through Square Enix's website.
As for cliche RP elements, I didn't really get to know FFXI's RP community very well, but I've seen my share in other communities. The Drizzt clones, the furries with massive persecution complexes, the teenage boys who make female characters solely for the purpose of having them strip at any given moment, the people who's class and alignment define every aspect of their personality, the pity magnet, the practically perfect in every way Mary Sue, etc. There's a massive list of roleplaying cliches somewhere on the internet, but I can't remember where I saw it. Did these sorts of characters ever become popular in XI? I don't think I remember seeing a single furry stereotype in the short amount of time I was involved in XI.
On another note, one thing I've noticed about roleplaying on MMOs is, you get far less powergamers and rules lawyers and the like. The people who care more about exploiting the system to make the most uberpowerful min-maxed characters they can possibly get away with. I guess you could say that the majority of MMO players actually fall into that category, but from what I've seen it doesn't carry over into the roleplaying communities quite as often. Was it the same in XI?
