Aevarra

Thanks for the advice! I'll look into the Grindstone tournament and see if I can give it a visit :). Would help to see how people RP in this game a bit more before I jump into it myself ^^

This is great news for me, thanks so much for all of the help. The switch between RP communities has been really jarring and made getting started a bit intimidating but I feel I can create a much better character now without doing anything too "out there", which will definitely help me along with things

It helps a lot, thank you! I haven't read your link on Aether yet, about to do that now. I did read through the racial one though! Or, specifically, the parts about Miqo'te. The Seekers of the Sun seem rather restrictive based on what I'm reading. Their naming conventions always involve the first letter of the tribe they're from, followed by an apostrophe, then their given name. It says they tend to originate from patriarchal miqo'te tribes with a single breeding male that has formed a large harem, etc. How closely should all of this be followed? Would a Seeker of the Sun who doesn't have a name like this be common? Would a Seeker of the Sun from having a single mother raise her on her own like the Keepers of the Moon be at least a little common? If not, would people bat an eye if I roleplayed my Miqo'te as the opposite clan I created her in? (Don't exactly feel like buying a name change or character re-customization and all that because I was ignorant when I created her so long ago, hah). Anyway I really appreciate the help so far ^_^. The replies I've gotten from you two have definitely swayed me away from some of the ideas I had in mind, and they're replaced by new ones which I assume are a bit more realistic and common in FFXIV's setting :). In WoW the large majority of RPers you come across are going to be strictly RPing as their in-game class or at least something very close to it, so I was a bit stuck in that sort of mentality coming into this. I certainly am not very interested in her being a ninja after what I've heard about them. If "Rogue" specifically means someone who has had ties with the Rogues' guild then I'm not sure I want her to be that either. Probably going to go with her learning knife fighting and all the things that come with it from a less structured environment instead ^^, though maybe she could have taken enough of an interest in conjury to give THAT guild a visit, for reasons I haven't exactly thought up yet.

Is that so? If that's true then it's good to know, thanks. A ninja without ninjutsu is more or less a rogue anyway so that's not a big deal for my character concept. I'll change that, just changes the flavor just a little bit ^^. I figured it was fine because when I briefly looked up conjurer lore I remember seeing it brought up multiple times that white mages shouldn't be RPed as because that's something only the Padjal and the Warrior of Light (which you wouldn't RP as) are. So when I read that I kept taking it as sort of softly and indirectly implying that the other post-30 jobs were fair game. Or, most of them anyway. I'd imagine any that follow the same "You are one of the only one of these jobs in the world" jobs would be absolute no-nos. I'm glad that misconception's been corrected, I suppose if the other post-30 jobs are that uncommon then it being looked down upon would make sense! Are there any post-30 jobs that you'd consider fair game at least? I don't know much about most of them but one that jumps out right away as 100% okay would be bard. Are there others? As for the rest, I thank you for the time . It seems the times when it's appropriate to walk-up is sliiiiiiiightly more strict than WoW but not by a whole lot, I could get used to that :). The idea of making a wiki for your character is especially foreign to me, is this a common practice? I'll definitely be looking into that!

Hi there! ^^ So, I'm a very experienced roleplayer, I've done it in WoW for years and years. So the typical things about "Go to RP hubs, find an RP FC, don't god mod" etc are already learned Thing is, I'm totally new to FFXIV roleplay. I've never really been into the final fantasy series beforehand either to be honest. So I do have a massive lack of knowledge of the lore of the ingame world, and I've an ignorance to most of the differences between WoW and FFXIV roleplay. So, I do have a main question that inspired this post, and it has to do with who I plan for my character to be. So, she's a Miqo'te, but the main aspect about her that causes me to wonder is her profession. I had a sort of "Ninja/Conjurer hybrid" thing in mind. She started off as just a ninja, but due to her inability to learn how to properly do Ninjutsu later down the road, she decided to work on something else entirely to augment her current skills, and felt conjury was the most fitting and useful to her. I'm somewhat attached to this idea, since I very much love both of those classes. The thing is, from my experience in WoW RP, I've had a few contacts within that community that would definitely consider having two combat classes to be a huge sign of your character being a Mary Sue. I have no idea what the RP community climate is like here in comparison, is that something many people would bat an eye at? That's my main concern, and would love to see it answered. A side (sort of) question that fits into that, any tips or advice for RPing someone like this? I have almost no knowledge about where one would have to go to learn to be a ninja, or how the magic of conjury actually works, or the racial history of Miqo'te or anything really relevant to the character idea like that. A couple more brief and general questions; - What are some of the good RP hubs? The only real place I've seen RPers in great number is at The Quicksand, are there other locations that are good? I haven't seen the other city's adventurer's guilds be nearly as active here on Balmung. - How necessary is joining an RP FC when someone wishes to RP? Are walk-ups common? I see people sitting alone in Quicksand sometimes, do I just walk-up and say "Hi"? Or? - Lastly, are there any tips you would give somebody like me? I mainly ask because it's easy to miss crucial information. In WoW, we have mods or "add-ons" you can install that alter your game, and having a roleplay add-on that lets you write a custom RP profile others can see, and this add-on was CRUCIAL for WoW RP. Thing is, I didn't learn about this until years down the line, and it felt like I had severely missed out for all that time before I had it. Maybe not an RP-addon specifically, but is there anything that might seem obvious that is important for someone to know early on? I know this was a loooottt of text I apologize ;-; . I thank you in advance for any help!