Probably a stupid question... - Printable Version +- Hydaelyn Role-Players (https://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/mybb18) +-- Forum: Community (https://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/mybb18/forumdisplay.php?fid=8) +--- Forum: RP Discussion (https://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/mybb18/forumdisplay.php?fid=13) +--- Thread: Probably a stupid question... (/showthread.php?tid=1971) |
Probably a stupid question... - Uther - 05-16-2013 This might get me the award for "dumbest question of the year" but I've been wondering this for the past few MMOs I've played. What is the etiquette on RPing in betas? Hypothetically, if someone in the RPC ran into someone else in the RPC during a beta, would they RP? Or is a game's beta considered universal OOC? In addition to this, if RPing were to happen, would it be considered canon or just a sort of practice RP session that doesn't count? Or do heavy RPers make separate characters for beta testing? Keep in mind this isn't just a FFXIV question. I've been wondering this for a while in regards to multiple games. RE: Probably a stupid question... - Kylin - 05-16-2013 The stance on beta RP varies from person to person. From what I understand, there was some RP in the first two phases, but not much. There are two major obstacles that one has to take into account with the current beta.
Open beta will, for many, still be considered the 'official start' for canon RP. That's not to say many aren't doing canon RP now of course. But open beta is technically the head start and progression is saved. So it makes sense to make things official from that point onward for many. RE: Probably a stupid question... - Arlon - 05-16-2013 Personally, I've always used the time in beta tests to get to know others who I will be Rping with and using that as practice, getting as much lore and story for my character hashed out as possible(Mostly how my character will look). RE: Probably a stupid question... - Uther - 05-16-2013 Both of you made great points. Somehow I overlooked the entire Bahamut attack thing. I guess I was pretty tired when I asked my questions. Also, the part about using beta to decide what a character will look like is another thing I overlooked. In every beta I've been in, I've spent almost the whole time making characters, running around with them to test their appearance, deleting them, and re-making them over and over to get them perfect. The only way I could RP that is "I'm getting a lot of haircuts and facial reconstructive surgery today." Maybe I'm just too excited to jump into RPing. When writing the thread, the 1.0 character integration was on my mind as well, and how that is going to play out in a beta where everything except those characters gets wiped between phases. I suppose it's different from a player-to-player basis, as most things in RP are. Thanks for the speedy answers! |