I'm a bit late with the intro, since I've been playing Final Fantasy XIV proper for a week and a half already-- more like gunning it because I must try to get that Bohemian's Coat!
Anyhow, it's been an enjoyable return to Gilgamesh thus far. The server was where I played through some of the PS3 beta test prior to the release of the game and the decision to make it the secondary RPC server (I remember reading through the discussions back on the test forums), though now I'm using an actual computer for the real thing. My current character, Kroemgarr Hollborgsyn, is essentially my 2.0 of the character I used for beta.
Now, for the thing you're all probably most interested in: my RP experience. Truth be told, while XIV isn't the first MMORPG I've had the ability to play, it *is* the first of such I've been hands-on with in the traditional fantasy genre. Most of my online activity in terms of gameplay and RP for the past five years have been in superhero games like City of Heroes (before it closed down, mind), and Champions Online, where I've enjoyed creating a wide variety of original (thematically-appropriate!) character concepts. I also previously hosted several forum roleplay sessions on Kingdom Hearts Ultimania's clan forums-- though MMOs have largely killed my desire to play-by-post (or rather, any kind of substantial writing) these days.
As for XIV, it's difficult to say for the moment how involved in RP I want to get because of how different this is to the environment I'm used to (where more or less anything goes if it's comic-worthy). And perhaps I take some things related to RP and theme a little too seriously these days.
Can't deny I'm itching to find Kroemgarr's voice at least. Perhaps I can catch some people around and put it to use for a little while!
Keep fighting, adventurers!
Anyhow, it's been an enjoyable return to Gilgamesh thus far. The server was where I played through some of the PS3 beta test prior to the release of the game and the decision to make it the secondary RPC server (I remember reading through the discussions back on the test forums), though now I'm using an actual computer for the real thing. My current character, Kroemgarr Hollborgsyn, is essentially my 2.0 of the character I used for beta.
Now, for the thing you're all probably most interested in: my RP experience. Truth be told, while XIV isn't the first MMORPG I've had the ability to play, it *is* the first of such I've been hands-on with in the traditional fantasy genre. Most of my online activity in terms of gameplay and RP for the past five years have been in superhero games like City of Heroes (before it closed down, mind), and Champions Online, where I've enjoyed creating a wide variety of original (thematically-appropriate!) character concepts. I also previously hosted several forum roleplay sessions on Kingdom Hearts Ultimania's clan forums-- though MMOs have largely killed my desire to play-by-post (or rather, any kind of substantial writing) these days.
As for XIV, it's difficult to say for the moment how involved in RP I want to get because of how different this is to the environment I'm used to (where more or less anything goes if it's comic-worthy). And perhaps I take some things related to RP and theme a little too seriously these days.
Can't deny I'm itching to find Kroemgarr's voice at least. Perhaps I can catch some people around and put it to use for a little while!
Keep fighting, adventurers!
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