LiadansWhisper

I have ENDLESS QUESTIONS about many things in this game. Don't get me started about religious belief and practice!

There's an ENORMOUS gap in our knowledge of what exactly is going on in Ishgard, and even how the city-state functions at this point. I don't see why such things couldn't exist in RP. If it's not defined, it's honestly up for grabs, imo.

I don't see why they wouldn't be able to hold territory in Coerthas after the Calamity, but I'm not sure the territory would be in any way useful at that point.

You know, I think @Sounsyy probably has the best resources to answer this.

*snorts* Y'all taking an Ascian's word as gospel truth. I can't even with y'all. SMH.

It's locked until they unlock it. It was briefly unlocked at the start of Stormblood, but has been locked ever since. With world visit coming up, though, you might be able to get along with a character on another server in Crystal, just porting it over when you want to play on Balmung. That said, if you really just want to be on the server where all your RP is, I'd recommend Mateus if you're looking for a server with an activity level close to Balmung. I'm not sure what the situation is on the other servers that will be in Crystal, but I've been playing on Mateus and it's definitely quite active. Good luck!

Yes, BUT....

There's actually a whole group called Roll Eorzea who participate in DM'd storylines with character sheets and everything. If you're on Balmung, I highly recommend them. Realistically? Pretty careful. I say this because some people really enjoy tearing other people's concepts apart, while others freak out over the smallest thing. You have only to look at the Tomestone Cellphone Debacle to see that in action. lol

Your other option is to transfer in. I was able to verify that it's possible to transfer in as recently as last week, so it should still be an option.

Most people seem to acknowledge the MSQ one patch behind current. So, they wouldn't make mention of the most recent developments in the patch from last week, but might know about the events prior to that. I generally keep RPing, as my RP doesn't depend on what goes on with the MSQ. But, it depends. This time I may run straight through the MSQ because I have a raid character to get leveled.

Mateus is only locked during peak hours. You can still make characters there during off hours. I would recommend Mateus over the other server options. Unfortunately, Balmung is not likely to be unlocked anytime soon.

Welcome! Easiest way to tell is to check out the Linkshell Hall section and see if there are any listed for Ragnarok. However, you're most likely to have better luck on Mateus, as it's the largest RP server you can still make a character on/transfer in to.

Hey, welcome back! I don't think I ever interacted with your character when you played before, but it's nice to see an old player return. I hope you find lots of RP this time around!

Hey, welcome back! I think that the pending datacenter migrations may shake things up, as I know of several groups that are planning on leaving Balmung to transfer to more raid-friendly datacenters.

Welcome!

Honestly? If you're worried, I'd transfer now. I think it's only like $8 or $10 for all of your characters to go in one fell swoop?

I don't play, but this was a nice find the other day:

Well, there's the usual, "look through the FC and Linkshell sections to see if anything appeals to you." I've observed that there's often RP at the Drowning Wench on Mateus, as well as at the Quicksand. There is a Discord, if I'm not mistaken, but I don't know the link. I know it's somewhere on the boards tho...perhaps a Mateus person will chime in!

Hi! Welcome! I think you're going to enjoy FFXIV quite a bit.

I really have trouble with walk-up RP, too, unless I know the people involved. Thankfully, I got involved with Roll Eorzea and have gotten to have a lot of fun participating in storylines there.

Hello and welcome! You didn't mention which server you are on, but given that we should be getting world visitation sometime next spring (hopefully), that's probably a moot point. I highly recommend checking out the lore section on this site. There's a lot written about Dragoons and whatnot. It might be worth it to take a look.

While I can't point you at a particular guild, given that my character operates out of Gridania, I could see the two having a run in at some point. I'm glad to see you back playing, Kylin.

Except we know that people without the Echo have fought Primals before - both Ifrit and Titan were faced by companies of adventurers without the Echo. And yes, the attrition rate was very high, but they still did it. Because the Echo just plain isn't common enough (or, perhaps more accurately, not enough people realize they even have it, since it manifests in rather varying ways) for groups of just Echo-users to take on the job. We also know that the actual Warrior of Light can physically protect people without the Echo from being termpered (see Lakshmi). But, again, you still have people facing Primals who don't have the Echo - even with the Warrior of Light at times.

Hello, welcome! Hope you get settled in quickly. There's usually plenty of people willing to RP, just have to poke them about it.

I'm not entirely convinced that the only people who fight with the WoL are people with the Echo. It seems like Primals have to very deliberately set out to temper someone - Garuda never does it in combat, only afterwards. Lakshmi may or may not be doing it in the middle of the fight, but you're using the Vril to block it. She does, however, attempt to temper people before and after the fight itself. Shrinryu doesn't appear to try to temper anyone, unless I'm misremembering the fight, and neither does Bismark, Ravana, Susano, or Ramuh (Ramuh does temper some Sylphs, but only because they beg him to). So I think it's perfectly plausible for normal soldiers/warriors to fight Primals even without hte Echo. It's just, they run a much higher risk of never coming back.