Vryn

I'm just about to update the original post with this info now we've got it - but with Omega transfers now open, we've made the RP Community Linkshell (Entitled: "RP Network"). Come find us!

You are not alone, either in suffering clock-related inconvenience nor wishing for EU RP! Look forward to meeting you!

If you have any reluctance to transfer your main and leave friends or accomplishments behind, don't do it. I'd wholeheartedly endorse making an alt, exploring the RP scene on Omega, get your level 30 alt-bonus incentive while you're milling around. Then if it's not for you, you haven't lost anything. But if you enjoy it and want to bring your main afterwards, then you've at least done it with an educated decision.

Ace! See you there.

Sounds great! If you're not against making some new ones too, I'll see you there!

I suuuuuck. Sorry! https://discord.gg/EB4F9x Glad to hear it! Look forward to seeing you there.

There isn't (I think?) - BUT! There is an FFXIV EU Roleplayers Discord with a *ton* of people declaring their intent for Omega. EDIT: FFXIV EU Roleplayer Discord - https://discordapp.com/channels/315085611503583233/315085611503583233

Perfectly understandable. With a new server/new community, it's all speculation until go-time. But it's great to hear you'll be keeping an eye on it all the same!

It's not about how much you can RP - more that you do when you want to and let Omega host you! Give in to the temptation, come join us on Omega, and net yourself some of that sweet level 30 bonus money!

I've had similar conversations on here regarding Balmung, as I'm an EU player - so I completely understand. Thanks for your well-wishes! o/

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Thanks for the welcome! After meeting such helpful and lovely folks and hammering out a concept, I've decided to get stuck in. See you guys in Eorzea!

Alrighty! Reading people's responses and deriving what recurring themes I can get from them, it'd seem as though there were a decent number of people at Cartenau flung forward by Uncle Lou. Allowing for a measure of speculation, it's fair to say that not all of these people needed to have necessarily been particularly special - after all, while many were cast forward, only a few (or one, if the ARR plot is to go by) ever aspired to a reputation worthy of a 'Warrior of Light'. Similarly, if it's not unreasonable for unexpected circumstances to throw the spell off and for someone to go a little off course, it stands to reason that it wouldn't be unfair to have a character from back then appear now rather than with the bulk that came five years after zee calamitee. Chuck in a hefty dose of irreversible memory loss, and you've got a suitably ignorant nobody who remembers nothing and is remembered by no-one, to whom the significance of his neck-paint is lost - a perfect blank slate with which to begin re-learning Eorzean culture and history through IC interactions. And a fantastic cover for an OOC scrub who wants an excuse to learn stuff while roleplaying. Unless anybody has any flaws I've missed (or possibly mistakenly overlooked in this thread) with the concept, I think I might go with this! My sincerest thanks again to Warren Castille, Sounsyy, L'ohba Tia and Virella for contributing to the discussion and helping make an ignorant lore-newb construct a concept with the tools he's got. You guys are ace.

Ahh, well - that seems like a simple enough detail to mistake. Thanks for the clarification. First - Hi! Thanks for replying. Second - I'd heard you were the local lore guru, and you didn't disappoint! Thank you very much for these in-depth explanations and cited resources. This helps a ton and clarifies a whole bunch of stuff I didn't quite comprehend fully. I also saw your Lore Compendium, which, uh - I haven't read through entirely yet. But thank you for putting it together all the same, its ace. Yo again! Yeah, the importance associated with the event is likely to carry connotations - ones I hope to distance myself from. Honestly, part of my 'clean slate' concept was to essentially obliterate the expectations, developing more of a 'how can some nobody with amnesia be anything other than what he is now?' philosophy. I don't want to use the symbol to infer any superiority - good grief, with as little knowledge of the setting I know I doubt I'd know how to conduct myself as being any better than anyone else if I tried. Though frankly, the notion of being 'relevant' on the global stage because of some stupid neck tattoo is troubling - I just want to use it as an excuse to know nothing! Were there really so few transported? The impression I got was that there was loads of folk at that battle shot forward. Perhaps that was my OOC side creating a false perception, though - I concede to rationalising it a little bit as 'but all those characters people have from 1.0 have it, so surely there couldn't have only been a handful teleported, right?'

Hey! Thanks for the reply. Forgotten by everyone in your old life? That's rad! Also sad. Rad-Sad? Either way, it's a pretty cool trait for something that depressing. Your reward for being at the Battle of Carteneau is being thrust forward in time and erased from the memory of everyone who ever knew you. I imagine there's more than a few people who hate Lou for that - especially since Bahamut was dealt with and it all seemed a little redundant (from a perspective, anyway). Also, thanks for clarifying the circumstances and origins - the wiki doesn't distinguish a whole lot on the nitty-gritty. Welp, this seems straight up confusing. So, Squeenix have stated on a couple of instances that it wasn't a group, but a person? But then other instances (like the cinematic) that it was many? Somebody over at FF HQ needs to get definitive. Especially a shame is for that fellow you just mentioned with the criminally tragic family situation, that sounded ace. I'd read that book. While I appreciate the complexities of the FFXIV lore and the reasons you mentioned for not wanting to get overly convoluted, part of the reason I was considering this option was ironically for it's simplicity. I mentioned in the OP that I was curious if there were any instances of Lou not 'quite' nailing the spell, or it having unintended results due to unanticipated circumstances - I'd hoped to be able to spin that while the character was teleported, he was flung a little too far, and with no real recollection of what exactly had transpired. A 'clean slate', as it were. No past, no present, only a blank canvas with which to absorb information and lore from others and forge onward from there. And since I had the legacy mark, I figured that could be suitable cause. I completely agree that you can have plenty fun with characters of humble origin, and that it's not necessary to be a part of the core lore in order to be interesting or provide validity to your character. And I promise, I wasn't planning on using it to lecture people about the Sixth Astral Era or present myself as a time-travelling demigod! Ultimately though, as you say - I am pretty new. If this idea sounds unfeasible, then I'd like to know. I wouldn't want to be that guy who rides the clearly flawed concept because it's super cool or some nonsense.

That's a weight off my mind. If this was any other game, I'd suck it up and just play, but this is the only one I've encountered (other than Wildstar) that uses positioning quite as prominently. If it's as you say it is, then I'd be prepared to give it a shot, at least. Thanks for the heads up, Oyuu!

Hello! I'm Vryn, seasoned RPer but new to FFXIV RP. I had a question pertaining to this symbol on the back of my character's neck and the events surrounding it before I considered using it in RP or not. Now, by my understanding, it's a delightful little symbol to indicate that my character was at the Battle of Carteneau and then catapulted into the future after Louisoix saved my bacon. Is that correct? I assume it's irrelevant other than saying 'this guy is technically five years younger than the calendar (which reset) would dictate'. What of the ramifications of the event, though? Am I right in thinking the rest of Eorza was fine after Bahamut's escape? I mean, there were obviously people about who maintained the cities in that five year space, and Bahamut ends up being 'defeated' shortly after Louisoix flings the survivors into the metaphorical DeLorean, doesn't he? Are the people there just basically saved from death by being given a temporal shunt, or is there other significance I don't quite understand? Moving on from actual facts to creative ideas - was there any implication anywhere that this magic used to fling folk wasn't entirely predictable, or stable? Would it be unreasonable, say, for certain unforeseen factors (honestly not sure what to suggest, ideas welcome) to result in other people getting launched further forward than others? An idea I was mulling over was that theoretically my character could've shown up more recently, as opposed to when the others landed. What about possible side-effects of the jump? Did anybody end up coming out with something akin to scars or some kind of unusual trait-imprint of the spell other than the Legacy Mark? Enlighten my naive mind, experienced players!

Thanks!

Awesome. Much obliged!

This is great! My thanks to Sounsyy (if she's reading!) for this piece and to you for pointing it out to me, Virella. If I had any questions, would it be cool to ask here, or is there a specific person/place to go?

Well, while it sucks there aren't any roleplaying communities on Chaos, at least there's confirmation of the european roleplaying presence in our timezone. Thanks for the heads up, Virella! Hi Kilieit! Thanks for the detailed reply. Regarding your points: Paying into Balmung: Well, while I'm not in love with the idea of having to pay for something I figure I should have access to anyway with my subscription - you make a fair point, it's a one-time investment for unlimited use. Plus the community sounds ace - so there's your value. People wouldn't be paying it or suggesting it if it wasn't worthwhile, right? Legit Gameplay Latency Concerns: This... bugs me quite a bit, especially with the news it stands to become an even bigger problem. While I'm primarily interested in roleplaying, I enjoy participating in OOC shenanigans from time to time with roleplaying buddies too. Not to mention that I find the difficulty in most class duties and dungeons tends to come in the time-sensitive AOE attacks that should be fairly easy to evade if you're not lagging out. This removes a dimension of the game, even if it isn't the main one people are primarily coming to Balmung for. I do appreciate that you can engage in most things from level 15, though the lack of glamour for character appearances and low-level gear looking real mundane is a bit lame. The inability to take RP to higher-level zones for a change of scenery for fear of mob chewing on you also suuuuucks. Have any EU players actually levelled start-to-finish on Balmung? How hard is it by comparison? Finding EU Players: First, that Tumblr is ace. Great resource, and really reinforces what Virella was saying - there's a definite EU presence that meets regularly, which alleviates a lot of the fear of paying into Balmung only to find there's not much to merit the entry fee. Second, good advice. Thanks man. Thanks a ton for the help, Kilieit! Hey Maril, thanks for replying! I had seen the EU directory, but I wanted to check that there was still a prominent EU presence regularly before I considered coming on over. But given you're endorsing it, I can't imagine it's out of date or anything. Thanks for pointing me in the direction! Thanks again for your help, guys. There was one other thing I wanted to ask - I'm not massively up on Eorzean lore, and I have a few questions about things I might need to know that would probably be pretty trivial to you experienced folks. Is there anywhere/anyone I could be directed to for a few enquiries?

Hey Guys! I'm Vryn, a roleplayer from other games interested in exploring the FFXIV RP options - just wondering if you guys could help me out with an enquiry before I start with the full introductions, profiles and trying to find folks to roleplay with. So, I'm located in Europe, and play on Chaos. I've seen from a fairly extensive investigation already that the big communities are chilling on Balmung. That's cool, but - honestly, the fee just to get in via server transfer is a turn-off and the latency issues via distance for actual gameplay shenanigans/AOE evasion isn't that appealing either (my internet connection based on my address isn't ace). While I've seen there's an EU directory for roleplayers on Balmung, the bulk of the players are naturally going to be NA and working out of NA time zones. Are there any roleplaying communities on any of the Chaos Data Center servers?