Well firstly I'd like to say welcome back to the RPC! I've only been here a few months so I haven't seen you before. But I'm sure that the people who you RP'd with aren't angry at you for any reason. Everyone here has been so nice and understanding about anything that comes up. I really don't have much of a place to speak about that though since I don't know the situations so I'm going to shut up.
It's a good thing you came back now since the new patch is about to drop! We just got information on the vanity system and how that is going to work. Plus we're getting new dungeons and hopefully new gear sets from those (not sure what level your character is). That's what I'm most excited about at least. I share your feelings about the game as a whole, I've jumped around many MMOs and everything about FFXIV screams perfection. The graphics aren't forced realism but not too cartoony. The controls are amazing (except for tab targeting which could use some fine tuning). I do plan on taking a break to try ESO that's coming out in a few weeks but if that doesn't work out I'll come back here in a heartbeat.
As for what to do with yourself, I can't really answer that much since I don't know you very well but I can tell you what I did. I jumped around worlds quite a bit until I managed to catch Balmung unlocked to character creation. When I finally did I deleted those other characters mainly because the community here has been so amazing compared to those others. I got myself into a leveling/PVE FC and filled my LS list with a ton of RP LS's then posted a forum looking for RP and went from there. I managed to get in contact with someone who was really similar to my own character and we bonded over that and began pulling people into our RP. If you have trouble making connections IC through random RP try making connections OOC with people who don't mind creating history and making your characters "instant" best friends or something similar.
My social anxiety has been a bigger problem IRL so I don't have many tips for online. When you're sending someone a tell that you've talked to the previous day about RP you could always start off with "Hey hope I'm not bothering you" or something like that. Maybe that's just my problem but I'm always worried that I'm bugging someone. The biggest thing though is don't let that one rude person get you down and ruin your day. I know it's easier said then done but it's true and if you can learn to shrug it off and forget about them you'll be a lot happier.
I don't know if anything I said helped you but I hope there was at least something in there that did. If you ever want to talk feel free to send me a PM on here, in game, or ask for my Skype name. I don't promise I can say something to help but I can listen (or read, whatever). Alternately I'm always willing to RP in game or on the forums.
It's a good thing you came back now since the new patch is about to drop! We just got information on the vanity system and how that is going to work. Plus we're getting new dungeons and hopefully new gear sets from those (not sure what level your character is). That's what I'm most excited about at least. I share your feelings about the game as a whole, I've jumped around many MMOs and everything about FFXIV screams perfection. The graphics aren't forced realism but not too cartoony. The controls are amazing (except for tab targeting which could use some fine tuning). I do plan on taking a break to try ESO that's coming out in a few weeks but if that doesn't work out I'll come back here in a heartbeat.
As for what to do with yourself, I can't really answer that much since I don't know you very well but I can tell you what I did. I jumped around worlds quite a bit until I managed to catch Balmung unlocked to character creation. When I finally did I deleted those other characters mainly because the community here has been so amazing compared to those others. I got myself into a leveling/PVE FC and filled my LS list with a ton of RP LS's then posted a forum looking for RP and went from there. I managed to get in contact with someone who was really similar to my own character and we bonded over that and began pulling people into our RP. If you have trouble making connections IC through random RP try making connections OOC with people who don't mind creating history and making your characters "instant" best friends or something similar.
My social anxiety has been a bigger problem IRL so I don't have many tips for online. When you're sending someone a tell that you've talked to the previous day about RP you could always start off with "Hey hope I'm not bothering you" or something like that. Maybe that's just my problem but I'm always worried that I'm bugging someone. The biggest thing though is don't let that one rude person get you down and ruin your day. I know it's easier said then done but it's true and if you can learn to shrug it off and forget about them you'll be a lot happier.
I don't know if anything I said helped you but I hope there was at least something in there that did. If you ever want to talk feel free to send me a PM on here, in game, or ask for my Skype name. I don't promise I can say something to help but I can listen (or read, whatever). Alternately I'm always willing to RP in game or on the forums.
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