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Welcome to the RP scene! Definitely check out Sounsyy's Lore Compilations Index. It answers many questions that come up when creating a character background.

Welcome to the RP side of things! Always looking for new contacts to RP with and expand my character's universe.

ahh found it. Looks like my memory was off, it wasn't a tavern it was Whispered Wish. Unfortunately, they are not active on RPC, however they do participate on the discord Tregarde linked. Ugh, trying real hard not to go off on a rant about Mateus RP'rs not using RPC.

*shrug* If that's the RP the OP wants to do....

Best of luck with finding a good fit. IIRC one of the public taverns has a singles night, but it is escaping my mind right now. I'll try to find the flyer for which tavern it was.

Welcome to RPC and RP! It's refreshing to see another Matues player use this site. There's a good number of merc FCs on Mateus. Biggest difference between them is probably alignment choice. Although most of them are only active in Discord Best of wishes to you and all of your characters on both servers.

IMHO, VR may be too much detail. The closer you get to a representation of reality the less imagination / creative thought there is for the players to experience. Even in D&D, miniatures and landscapes can be overdone / detailed to the point where it disengages the player's mental imagery of the scenario.

Welcome to the RPC site and Mateus community. Dad of light is a good watch, I enjoyed how the 'players' treated each other even though they weren't RP'ing.

For whatever reason, majority of Mateus RP folk don't use RPC. I wish they would.. Most of the OOC interaction takes place in discord.

Welcome to Mateus. Good fortune to you in finding a good fit for a long term RP partner. The snipit almost draws out the white knight must protect mode.

Welcome to RPC!

Welcome to RPC and Mateus! both great communities to have a blast in. I'll echo Unnamed Mercenary, play through the story line at least once. The 2.0 story can drag on at points, but by 3.0 it is in full swing. It's just not the same going to the inn to view cut-scenes.

No date as of yet, still working on the little things like menu and what not.

Is Y'raemha available for hire Bard performances? Our FC will be hosting grand opening events soon and we are looking for guest performers for the event.

Omega is in the European datacenter and has a decent sized RP community.

Welcome! There is a wealth of information here. Sounsyy's Lore Compilations Index is a good primer

Welcome to the fun! I'm somewhat new to Mateus myself. So far, I have been met with a welcoming RP community. Unfortunately, it is like pulling teeth trying to get the Mateus crowd to utilize this site. (glory be the day when they do) If you have Discord, here's some links for ya: Mateus RP Hub: https://discord.gg/Bq2wvGG Mateus RP Community: https://discord.gg/XsBTbZv 1) I try to be IC as often as possible, and make an effort to visit public events if my RL schedule allows. My character tries to pick out the Wall Flowers at public events and start up a conversation with them. 2) Go with what works for you and your character. I certainly wish I could be more descriptive about my characters actions, but I usually end up with one liners. As your comfort level grows and your familiarity to your character improves, you'll notice changes in your text. 3) Feel free to add Dagny Dalr.. New RP contacts are always welcome.

I don't see why Grindstone would be a reason to not hold an event on that day, unless the event organizers participate in Grindstone. On Balmung, my characters don't go to the usuals (QuickSand, Grindstone, etc). They just attend FC/LS events and random events posted on the BalCal. Attend them often enough and it's the same people that generally show up. Which does present the perception of a lack of new faces, however it is merely a side effect of failing in to the same loop as the other regulars of those events. On the other server, I have to roam around and actively (IC / OOC) seek RP events. In doing so, it makes it seem like the other server is more alive / fresh (even if it is false). It tastes that much sweeter, due to the additional effort put in to acquiring it. On the bright side, RMT spam is almost non-existent on Balmung.

Getting informed about new events is harder than it sounds. Especially if you're new to the server like me. I actually went down the road of creating a new Google calendar and Tumblr before I was made aware of the existing calendar. I may keep the 2nd calendar around for a bit, but I'd rather just offer that time up for assistance with the existing calendar. So far, I've just been grabbing events from the Mateus Discords that I've found: Mateus RP Hub: https://discord.gg/Bq2wvGG Mateus RP Community: https://discord.gg/XsBTbZv Mateus Server (All Purpose): https://discord.gg/YJfdGxR I wish the Mateus RP Community would be more active on RPC. It can be a bit tedious going through all of the discords. Partly, because I am attempting to stay active with Balmung people as well. P.S. There is a "View Source" button next to the print icon in the editor that should allow you to get rid of unwanted quotes.

Yay! there is an existing calendar for Mateus Google calendar link: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=p7lt19migtpcugcttm72o6cr2o%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago Tumblr: http://mateusrpcalendar.com/

^This is the largest issue for me in the prolonged Balmung server lock. I ended up transferring a character to go play with friends who are new to the game, and help them get off the ground. Every time I log in I have to chose which friends are getting ignored (Friends new to the game vs Friends on Balmung). Although, cross server chat helps mitigate it somewhat, it is not the same as being on the server with them.

I regularly use the Balmung Event Calendar to find public events. It is rather handy to be able to go to the page on the fly and see if there any events going on. Is there a similar calendar for Mateus?

Jenova's on the preferred server list for NA at the moment. That should help bring in some new blood.

What are your thoughts as a Balmung player about the Lockdown? I wish SE would get it over with and do a forced split. I've been wanting to recruit friends to the game, but can't. I know I won't be able to play with them, and they'll miss out on the RP that prompted me to invite them. As large as the Balmung RP community is, it seems most primarily RP with their FCs and linkshells. Public / Event RP is the fall back plan. For me, this is because of my wild work schedule. I pop and grab the first RP I can get, which is usually guild RP. Do you feel like at some point you might just drop RP activity until they open the gates? No. I try to get RP whenever / wherever I can. The lockdown has definitely limited my possibilities. Do you think Square should just update their server capacity already to accommodate more than 50k characters? Eventually, adding hardware reaches a point of diminishing returns. It is possible we are already there. Distributing Balmung players across other servers new/existing is likely more effective.

Wow, I'm a bit shocked. My experience has been almost the polar opposite. I guess I just got lucky? Or maybe it is because I stay away from Drowning Wench and QuickSand. That isn't to say my characters haven't run across an IC jackass here and there. *shrug* that's IC tho.