Guess what? Another n00b! Fortunately I'm not completely hopeless, I do have a couple decades experience in table-top. I recently moved, and my local options are basically zero so I've been looking at online RP and I think Final Fantasy XIV has many of the attributes I am interested in (plus I've played the game before, so I know it's fun).
I'm decently experienced with MMO's, had a good long run with WoW and dabbled in quite a few others of the years. Never really caught the MMO bug the way that some did though; that said, I'm a rank amateur when it comes to the why, hows, and where's of online RP. I am of course reading through the wiki's and have contacted one of the Mentors so this is more just a big hello. I haven't settled on a server or character or anything yet.
The local group I played with (and sometimes still on Skype/Roll20) was pretty serious about role-playing and I love the dynamic, collaborative nature of traditional RP. Having a GM who knows when to help/hinder party and PC goals is the real art, and it seems that would be impossible (or much more difficult) in an MMO. I'm not sure how that works out in an MMO sense. It seems better suited to individual scene's and interesting dialogue (which I love) rather than long term directed story arcs. That is of course my side-lines perspective, I'm sure I could be completely wrong.
My own play style tends toward the more serious. Story wise I like high-stakes, emotional journeys; epic quests, grand designs, terrible secrets, all of that. Pretty typical gamer fantasies actually.
Character wise, I kind of wander all over the place, but have traditionally been fond of redemption arcs or tragically heroic characters. Of course all of this is on the table-top side of things, so I'm not sure how that type of thing translates here.
That said, I'm not quite sure what aspect I'll end up enjoying in this scenario. So rather than me talking I'd love to ask those that are willing to share, what's your favorite aspects of online RP?
P.S. Who's got the SAO style Nerve-Gear, and where can I get mine?
I'm decently experienced with MMO's, had a good long run with WoW and dabbled in quite a few others of the years. Never really caught the MMO bug the way that some did though; that said, I'm a rank amateur when it comes to the why, hows, and where's of online RP. I am of course reading through the wiki's and have contacted one of the Mentors so this is more just a big hello. I haven't settled on a server or character or anything yet.
The local group I played with (and sometimes still on Skype/Roll20) was pretty serious about role-playing and I love the dynamic, collaborative nature of traditional RP. Having a GM who knows when to help/hinder party and PC goals is the real art, and it seems that would be impossible (or much more difficult) in an MMO. I'm not sure how that works out in an MMO sense. It seems better suited to individual scene's and interesting dialogue (which I love) rather than long term directed story arcs. That is of course my side-lines perspective, I'm sure I could be completely wrong.
My own play style tends toward the more serious. Story wise I like high-stakes, emotional journeys; epic quests, grand designs, terrible secrets, all of that. Pretty typical gamer fantasies actually.
Character wise, I kind of wander all over the place, but have traditionally been fond of redemption arcs or tragically heroic characters. Of course all of this is on the table-top side of things, so I'm not sure how that type of thing translates here.That said, I'm not quite sure what aspect I'll end up enjoying in this scenario. So rather than me talking I'd love to ask those that are willing to share, what's your favorite aspects of online RP?
P.S. Who's got the SAO style Nerve-Gear, and where can I get mine?
