Oskar:
While I have a RP background in other games, my experience in FFXIV has been limited.
I attended TALE's first Masquerade Ball in Limsa Lominsa (back in Nov 2010) with a few of my LS mates. That was tons of fun! I was /facepalming at my husband, whose character had a bit too much to drink and was wandering around the ship in basically a subligar and his mask. But it turned out he made an amusing impression on several people and they didn't mind his antics (there was later talk of 'the drunken Elezen'). Julianne Regina (who is quite the extrovert) was doing her best to get us all to socialize, and was chatting up some new LS members. We made some new friends that night and a great time was had by all! It is still one of my most memorable experiences I've had in this game.
I also was recruited into a story that had some great potential. We had an awesome opening session, which left me really excited about it, and was given a pearl to keep in touch with the rest of the group. However, most all of them ended up quitting the game shortly after the mass exodus and the LS eventually went silent.
My other experiences have been too few and far between to mention.
To be honest, I had believed a great deal of the RP community had dwindled along with the rest of the population and didn't make much of an attempt to build up my character history or reconnect with other RPers. I just played casually, crafted, and tried to keep my non-RP linkshell together. I became frustrated with the state of the game, myself, and took a break. Okay, a few breaks. And I didn't sub in January.
However, the server merge fiasco and talk of finally pushing for a designated RP server was something that was important enough to get me to subscribe and make my opinion heard. Officially putting a RP server tag on Besaid could really help breathe life back into the RP community by finally getting us all in one place. But that groundwork needs to be done before 2.0 when the game gets its second wave of new subscribers. In fact, now is the perfect time. With Yoshi-P going with server merge option 2, we would not only be able to direct new RPers to Besaid, but give RPers that got scattered to other servers the chance to move and join the hub.
Anyway, to answer your question? I'm yet another casual RPer, but I care deeply about the RP community's ability to thrive in this game. One day, I may even find myself coming back to the fold.
While I have a RP background in other games, my experience in FFXIV has been limited.
I attended TALE's first Masquerade Ball in Limsa Lominsa (back in Nov 2010) with a few of my LS mates. That was tons of fun! I was /facepalming at my husband, whose character had a bit too much to drink and was wandering around the ship in basically a subligar and his mask. But it turned out he made an amusing impression on several people and they didn't mind his antics (there was later talk of 'the drunken Elezen'). Julianne Regina (who is quite the extrovert) was doing her best to get us all to socialize, and was chatting up some new LS members. We made some new friends that night and a great time was had by all! It is still one of my most memorable experiences I've had in this game.
I also was recruited into a story that had some great potential. We had an awesome opening session, which left me really excited about it, and was given a pearl to keep in touch with the rest of the group. However, most all of them ended up quitting the game shortly after the mass exodus and the LS eventually went silent.
My other experiences have been too few and far between to mention.
To be honest, I had believed a great deal of the RP community had dwindled along with the rest of the population and didn't make much of an attempt to build up my character history or reconnect with other RPers. I just played casually, crafted, and tried to keep my non-RP linkshell together. I became frustrated with the state of the game, myself, and took a break. Okay, a few breaks. And I didn't sub in January.
However, the server merge fiasco and talk of finally pushing for a designated RP server was something that was important enough to get me to subscribe and make my opinion heard. Officially putting a RP server tag on Besaid could really help breathe life back into the RP community by finally getting us all in one place. But that groundwork needs to be done before 2.0 when the game gets its second wave of new subscribers. In fact, now is the perfect time. With Yoshi-P going with server merge option 2, we would not only be able to direct new RPers to Besaid, but give RPers that got scattered to other servers the chance to move and join the hub.
Anyway, to answer your question? I'm yet another casual RPer, but I care deeply about the RP community's ability to thrive in this game. One day, I may even find myself coming back to the fold.
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