Kailia

This linkshell still out there? I am looking for a linkshell to join that will hook me up with other RPers

My character recently ICly arrived in Kugane, she's seeking a shinobi to take her as a student. She'd been training most all her life in stealth and use of daggers, even learned to use aetherical runes to augment her dagger fighting with unique elemental attacks. But she's realized recently, she's not fast enough and with no master to train her, her training has stagnated and she is unable to progress her skills on her own. I am looking for a long term RP. She's young, but she's got spirit. No relationship beyond student/teacher. I love the FC I am in, and no way am I ever leaving them. If interested, message me in game. I rarely come to this site. My char name in game is Kailia Greenheart.

So thought I'd put this out there, but quite often my char is out exploring the shroud on her own or even making visits to Gridania. So if folks spend a lot of time around there, they are welcome to RP with me because when I am RPing, I wear the roleplay tag. Now that being said, my char is in need of an education. She learned "outsider" words from her Vadajiit (In her clan language, that means master), but she has no idea the translation of the word master to eorzean. She also only knows how to count only to around 20 and she doesn't know how to read or write (she usually has someone read to her). So if your character teaches youngsters, they are welcome to teach Kailia.

Small update to the clan events tab, I had misslabeled a few of the dates, and corrected them.

Just thought I'd add some clarity. The clan is seeking to improve relations with Gridania, not looking for a wailer themed FC to war with.

The Morbolvine Clan sits at the heart of the shroud, and the clan's history has a lot of bad blood between the clan and the wailers. One thing I'd like for our clan is to get together with a wood wailer themed FC, and arrange some cross-fc rp. Feel free to contact Kailia Molkot in game usually in the evenings around 5pm PST is when I am most active.

Will be updating this thread sometime soon with more details

http://styles.guildlaunch.net.s3.amazonaws.com/0/0/2/2/502200/QPCfhq7.png[/img] [align=center] --- Introduction ---[/align] [align=center]In the deepest shadows of the miqo'te heart stirs a longing for the clannish. The culture and tradition... the path and the purpose. Since the yesteryears of our ancestry, trailing herds of wild beasts across the frozen ice swathed in furs and steeped in the old ways; our people have known what it is to move and act as one. Some have forgotten the path. Been born outside of it or torn from it by conflict and calamity. Whatever the case may be, all is not lost...[/align] [align=center]For those that would seek their roots and to fill that longing, there is a drumbeat within the heart that guides them to a vine-swathed manor nestled at the far end of the Lavender Beds. It is here the tribal totem of the Morbol beckons... join us.[/align] [align=center] --- Purpose ---[/align] [align=center]Morbolvine Clan is a heavy RP guild seeking Miqo'te Keepers who are interested in adopting tribalistic, clan-based culture and lifestyle. Our mission is to preserve the Shroud and keep our way of life strong in an ever advancing world. Style-wise, we are a bit “slice-of-life” RP with over arcing story lines, GMed events, monthly religious observances, allied FC event attendance/interactions and more![/align] [align=center]--- Availability --- [/align] [align=center]Our group is multinational with some members from EU/AUS as well as members from across the states with various time lines of availability. We are most active after 5-6pm PST and remain so until 12-3am PST, though there can be members on before/after those times as well. We also have active alliances with other guilds to provide additional RP contact outside of CLAN once established.[/align] [align=center]--- Ideal Membership --- [/align] [align=center]We prefer to take on Keepers, as this is a very traditional miqo'te clan. However, this doesn't mean we won't consider exceptional outsiders who have useful skills as employees for Morbolvine. For the sake of being transparent for those considering this path, it is worth noting such individuals may potentially be excluded from some traditional observances by the clan. Beyond this, we are very welcoming and involving.[/align] [align=center]We are experienced in creating RP for players both seasoned and inexperienced. New to RP and being a Keeper? No problem! We are here to help provide you with an amazing RP experience if you are willing to embrace it.[/align] [align=center]--- Basic Rules ---[/align] [align=center]Standard expectations of respect and professionalism in RP are to be followed. IC is IC, do not take RP personally and so on. We expect for there to be consequences for actions and for characters to acknowledge punishments for wrong-doings. Good conduct ICly and OCly is preferred to maintain a positive reputation for our FC within the community. Our officers are always open, available and willing to work with members through any questions and concerns, but are not against the removal of persons with repeat or singular severe infractions of these basic Golden Rule tenets. We are passionate about our guild and the wonderful, helpful group of people we have within it. So please do unto others as you would have them do unto you.[/align] [align=center]Our RP is creative, but always tries to flow reasonably and respectfully with lore. We are not looking for characters that blur the lines of acceptable “lore bending” too heavily. If you are concerned that your character may not mesh in this regard, please confer with officers prior to any official introduction RP so we can assure you one way or the other. IC rules are listed on our clan website. Members are asked to keep IC journals to help maintain some understanding of what is going on within the clan's RP. [/align] [align=center]--- Taking the Plunge ---[/align] [align=center]ICly, we do not hide our existence. Any who would seek a traditional keeper clan might have heard of our existence and learn where to go to seek us out. If you would prefer a more focused RP introduction for whatever reason, you can contact our officers in-game to see about setting up the scenario. We are always happy to make meaningful and RPable allied connections with individuals or groups as well.[/align] Officers: Kailia Molkot (Matron), Zola Bhakhiri (Clan Priestess), Riella Blackthorne (Clan Advisor) Website: http://morbolvine.gamerlaunch.com/ [align=center]Thank you for your consideration and we hope to hear from you soon! ~ Zola/Sinjhi'ra[/align]

well if your character spends any time in the shroud, look for Kailia Mewrilah. Chances are he could find that little druid girl roaming about . As for FC, currently the only one I could suggest is the one I am in, as I don't have experience with many FC's. But despite being a miqo'te FC, Morbolvine Clan does have a few non-miqo'te as employee's.

Reading this thread, I think it is safe to say it isn't the players causing the server to always be locked. Nor is it SE's fault. The fault lies completely on the RMT people. They set up a system that absolutely hammers the character creation to get 50-100 bots created in 1 sitting. Ideally, if SE and we as a community can come up with a way to permanently block access to the game by RMT, we'd see the restrictions grow far far more lax. But there in lies the problem. These same RMT's, they love using every internet trick they can think of, to mask their IP, or just outright change their IP. Blocking regions, would only harm innocent people. There is something that SE could do though. Make the people creating the characters, prove they are human. Add some sort of security measure in the character creation screen that requires input of a code or something. Because the way bots are made right now, with how fast they are made, and the exact timing, chances are the entire system the RMT are using, are automated to randomize character look, pick the same namesday, same guardian, same class, and input random gobblygook for names and create the character. But, if the naming process required a unique code for each person creating a character, the automated system would be screwed, leaving the window open for legitimate players to make their alts/new characters. Might be something to propose to SE.

As the title says, my character Akayuki Tsutanaiyari, is seeking an armourer to restore and refit some sixth astral era drachen armor she found in coerthas western highlands. So if you play such a character, feel free to send me a tell in game.

I roleplay a 15 year old au ra. She's right now in Ishgard IC though. But she will be making frequent trips home to her adopted mothers place in lavender beds. She passes through Gridania when going home. Her name is Akayuki Tsutanaiyari. Feel free to shoot me a tell sometime.

So I have a little au ra I created, she's right now, becoming my most played character. Really enjoying her. That being said, there's 2 types of contacts I'd enjoy getting for her. This is her: Her Wiki: https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Akayuki_Tsutanaiyari 1) A Dragoon teacher. I used to know a few IC Dragoons, but they have since left the game. I think it could be an interesting dynamic for her to become a dragoon, especially with new lore on soul stones that can be made. So if there's any IC Dragoons that would be interested in training young Akayuki, look me up on her. 2) Potential family. Right now, she's orphaned. She only knew her grandparents and watched them be killed by the Garleans when they attacked Doma. So would be interesting to get her some form of family that isn't work associates. I basically want to broaden my IC Interactions. Right now, I've only ever RP'ed with my FC. I'd love to meet new folks

So I got lucky. When the entire server 90k'ed I quickly loaded my benchmarch char into char creation and lo and behold Balmung was opened! I got my alt Now the only thing frustrating is error 2002 and the "You are 91 in queue" and refreshes that same number for 30 mins or more till it finally loads in.

To say I am annoyed is an understatement. 2am, I login. Lobby server error. Tried again, lobby server error. Again, finally character selection screen! bam, lobby error. Okay once more! Got to character selection screen, so far so good. Clicked create character, load up my raen. Select the namesday, the guardian, class. Oh look! Balmung is open! Enter name... "Unable to obtain world data" what?! It doesn't remove me from that screen, it shows the world still open and my name is still in there. I just try again... same error. 6 more times then I start thinking "Don't tell me..." click refresh world list. Balmung is closed. I'm sorry but this is just unacceptable. A company that right now, ranks only slightly above EA Games, called Activision-Blizzard, recently had an expansion launch for their crap game World of Warcraft. Far as I know, it went off with no issues. But one thing they do have, and have had forever, is if you already have a character on a server, you are allowed to make alts on that server regardless of the server being closed. SE wont even do that! Then come to find my characters on the lodestone are missing. Lovely. What is SE thinking?! When it comes to game developers they are way above the 2 big nasties in the industry, yet they don't put money they most definitely have, into making sure the launch allows people to make their characters let alone actually login?! Just so infuriating that they may actually force me to make my alt on another server and fork over $18 just to transfer the character to my home server. Ridiculous!

Oh boy. It's not just WoW, you know that, right? (Though you seem to think I have some sort of love affair with that game... I haven't played it in... 3+ years.) Every other MMO I've touched out there manages to run their servers better such that any creation restrictions that may ever come up are not nearly so obnoxious and pervasive. That you think XIV is so very much more "advanced" than WoW (or any other MMO... many of which are much "bigger" than XIV) is rather funny, though. This game doesn't even have high resolution textures, and it's certainly not the only MMO out there with smooth, realistic models. You're not using the "space" of 12+ characters, though. You have a bunch of gear in your inventory. That is NO different than someone in any other MMO who keeps a bunch of gear in their inventory. Are you concerned about the storage space of, what, your spells? Say hi to Rift! There's really no reason to try and excuse SE. They've got crappy servers. That's pretty much it. They need to invest in better ones. Well honestly, out of all the MMO's out there, FFXIV, and SE, have proven themselves to be the best in my opinion. And honestly, you do often come off as pretty hateful of SE. There are plenty of developers out there that deserve a lot of harsh criticism, such as EA, who has been making a habit of nickel and dimming their customers and releasing extremely buggy, half baked piles of dodo feces. And Activision-Blizzard, who have dumbed down their one MMO to the point of laughability, and for the price of 3 expansions, you can bypass all the other content to be near the end goal. In fact as a whole, the gaming industry is heading for a crash on a scale like the 80's. But I feel Square-Enix, will be just fine. Games like WoW are hemorrhaging subscribers. ESO is shifting into a Free to Play as have many other american based MMO's. But FFXIV? We seem to be getting pretty popular, and as the worlds fill up, we end up with these restrictions. SE isn't perfect. Their handling for example, of the hundreds of black mage bot squads is a good example of a failure. And it is them bots, that is contributing the most to server restrictions. But still, they are not as bad as many American based developers, and it quite frankly, is American based game developers that are dragging the gaming industry towards the inevitable crash.

Yeah and I thought WoW's forums were pretty toxic. Just about every post in my thread is someone bashing on roleplayers, and blaming us for the server being restricted all the time. Nope can't be the hundreds of thousands of bots, or the people who sit afk for days. Has to be us roleplayers who have more than 1 character we rp with. So yeah I've learned myself a lesson. I'm not going to post on the official forums again, only go there to check out the dev tracker. Doesn't seem like SE does much moderating on that forum for so many people to get away with flaming people because they don't play how they feel we should.

So I checked my thread on the official forum, and apparently asking for the server to be open for folks to make alts, is considered flame baiting?! Some of the people can be downright nasty for no good reason. Oh and apparently I am super evil because I made an alt instead of having only 1 character *rolls eyes*

Maybe because a few of us from this site, went on the official forum and kept asking for Balmung to be open so we could make alts or get our friends into the server.

Here's a little something I captured from the live letter. You are welcome Left - Limsan Middle - Ul'dahn Right - Gridanian And keep in mind this was just a preview of what we can get. I am still hopeful that we can get the dress used by Gridanian NPC's.

Well server is open as of 3:53 AM PST. So it looks like I was just trying on a bad set of days (Weekend and monday lol) and looks like mid-week at a time when the sun aint even thought of coming out yet, is the best times for people to make chars. But regardless, it's going to be hells making an Au Ra in the expansion, unless they do something.

Just got done making my alt Aelina Steele. Later this morning after I get sleep I have a char to gear and level.

well unfortunately last night I was in bed asleep. 3 days running trying to get the alt made, left me exhausted. Tonight though, I hope is the night that the server opens up again.

If the server was hitting some kind of storage cap, people wouldn't be able to even transfer characters. Character creation is on its own lobby server anyway (as evidenced by how you don't even pick your server until the very end), so I am not so sure the problem is some sort of Balmung population-induced cap. I think the blame falls on their horrendous login/lobby servers, which would make sense considering those were the things that have ALWAYS caused the worst of the game's connection problems. This whole thing just smells really fishy to me. If Balmung was hitting its population cap, they'd shut down transfers too. But oh, wait! Transfers earn them money. Yup. That's why. Honestly, Square-Enix is no where near the level Electronic Arts is (EA for short lol). If anything, I have a far far greater appreciation and respect for Square-Enix, than I do for companies like Activision-Blizzard or Electronic Arts. I am convinced though that the reason the server is now locked 24/7, is because of all the RMT bots. I could stand at the entrance of the Sunken Temple of Qarn for 1 hour, and will see about 500 black mage bots appear out of thin air, talk to the npc, then poof out of existence. I don't know what SE is doing, but these bots have been super bad since 2.5 came out. Until 2.5, I didn't see bots like this. But after? They are everywhere. However, FC mate told me how we can mess up their programming. Open a trade window with the bots then close the trade window. Apparently it breaks their programming cycle and they will sit there afk unless killed by mobs. It's why we see so many in ul'dah's aetheryte apparently. People messed with them by opening a trade.

Properly moderated they can be (CoH had some really good forums, I think), but the official XIV forums, much like the official WoW and EQ forums, are... not. :cry: Yeah I mostly goto the official forum now to read the dev tracker posts. But given I been trying to make a gladiator alt for 3 days straight, and am not getting enough sleep cuz getting up every hour to try the server, I thought I'd make a post on the official forums. Some of them people on that forum, can be outright vicious.