MizoreYukii

I see it now, but it certainly felt that way. :blush: The purpose of my asking for lore is to avoid any misleading information by word of mouth, as well as a chance to finally create my character, as I've felt I've hit a wall with her until I could gather more information. But I can see how my joke started the debate. I haven't been on the forums for months as I always forgot to get on, and I haven't been focusing on playing FF until now, but I bet if I had gotten on I would have known about the debate and either worded the joke better or avoid it altogether. >_< I just wanted to understand the race better since they don't provide much in game or on the main website. That, or I missed it somehow? Either way, the lore and insight in this thread will help me create my character better. I'm new to RP and FF in general, so I want to make her the best way I can without looking like an idiot. Or insulting anyone. o_o The debate would have happened either way, I'm sure. No need to worry yourself over it ^^ ; People are just afraid to let those opinions slip by for the previously mentioned reasons(I say opinion since it was unclear if you were joking... as is the case with sensitive topics, ahah). In any case, there's no glorified lore that you must adhere to. You don't need to adhere to any for that matter. If you choose a Seeker/Keeper name though then just be sure to find some connection as to why your character followed tribal naming conventions and you're sorted. Anything else is totally up to you. Most likely.... And it wasn't an opinion. I knew I didn't word what I said properly, but I thought it didn't matter. But it most certainly was a joke at the thought of the cats being this way, as people constantly talk about it as if it's true. I never knew what to believe, so went with the flow, but I did think it was slightly amusing whenever it was brought up. Alright, thanks for the reply! I'll surely think of something for her name, eventually at least. Alright, now I head to game. Thankies everyone. o3o

I see it now, but it certainly felt that way. :blush: The purpose of my asking for lore is to avoid any misleading information by word of mouth, as well as a chance to finally create my character, as I've felt I've hit a wall with her until I could gather more information. But I can see how my joke started the debate. I haven't been on the forums for months as I always forgot to get on, and I haven't been focusing on playing FF until now, but I bet if I had gotten on I would have known about the debate and either worded the joke better or avoid it altogether. >_< I just wanted to understand the race better since they don't provide much in game or on the main website. That, or I missed it somehow? Either way, the lore and insight in this thread will help me create my character better. I'm new to RP and FF in general, so I want to make her the best way I can without looking like an idiot. Or insulting anyone. o_o

This I didn't know. How would they keep the gene pool from lacking diversity then? Unless they choose a male for whenever they need a new generation? That or I'm missing something. Sorry if this post is messed up, I can't figure out how to work the forums for the life of me. >_< Edit: Reply if you guys want. I'm heading into game. Be back later ^-^

This is correct. I Just wanted people who are new, and possibly reading the thread that Nunhs are not pimps at all. They do not force any female to do as they wish. The structure of the soceity is all based off of favour. I get irritated because people cannot put aside their own personal cultural views to even accept the terms of FFXIV offical lore. So they slander it and insult those who do roleplay it as it was written. yes - a lot is left in the dark so a lot of common courtesy head cannon needs to be involved but if we look at human socities especially those of the pacific islands we can find similar cultural structures. Its not an alien society - people need to stop treating it as something vile because it clearly isn't. TLDR version: Yo dawg, go take a Anthropology 101 paper! Human variety! cultural difference, Yo, peace G! I wasn't attempting to slander the culture. I know these cultures exist outside of modern society, and I never said it was vile. Like I said, I made a joke about it as everyone else has been believing they were pimps all along. I thought it was funny. *Shrugs* Either way, if you want to correct this idea going around you might want to sticky a thread and talk to Gilgamesh players, as I've seen nothing but jokes (at least I hope they are...) on that server since I started playing. Anyone new doesn't automatically know of this forum's existence, and when everyone starts acting like Miqo'tes are having orgies all day, they get the wrong impression and won't learn the truth until later, like now. And as far as I can tell, there are far more Balmung players going on here than Gilgamesh (a lot of people didn't know of the ball yesterday). Soooo....yeah...Lack of communication going on here.... Anyways, it's past us. And thanks FreelanceWizard for more insight on the Nunhs. I enjoy my character so far, and I really want to develop her properly for RP. Sadly, I don't know what to do with her name since we can't change names yet, and at the same time I don't want to get rid of it. I'm not sure what to do....I was originally thinking that her name could be this way do to her parents combining different factors, like the Mi being a broad representation of both types of Miqo'te. Edit: Had the wrong person listed.

Eh......I didn't meant to start a debate of over the lore.....Anyways... I understood that a Nunh sired children with many women, but I didn't know why they were required to. A simple "strong male chosen by the females to breed strong children" is better than a whack over the head for being new to the lore. This is why I asked in the first place. I wasn't going to talk about Miqo'tes and the lore ICly until I actually knew what made each tribe different, besides what was given at character creation. I didn't assume that they whored around, but everyone in chat and at RP sessions made it seem so. That doesn't mean I went as far as to believe it and act like it's the norm. And please, if you're so tired of it, take the effort to tell people through your FC's, LS's, and RP sessions, and don't take your frustration out on a person who even bothered to ask about the lore in the first place! I say a joke and suddenly it's like I claimed to steal everyone's cookies. :frustrated: Regardless, thank you for the input and the links. I can finally start my background and her reason for even existing now. :roll:

One. A Nunh is not a pimp. Please. Roleplayers need to get this concept of Nunhs being womanizers out of their heads. That is not how the society is supposed to be. In a comical way - yes, I suppsoe so but in a socio-anthropolocial way? No. Nunh's are just a term used for a man who essentially has 'multiple wives'. With the gender ratios - and how it is lorely portrayed in game - it is not uncommon for Nunh's to even exist. It has happened amoung human culture before where men are allowed more wives than not just to keep strong blood and a healthy population booming. For if a people go extinct there is no culture. If you visit the U' clan in the story and listen to some of the NPC dialogue, all bar one of the huntresses respect the Nunh. They think he is powerful and worthy of their duties. They have ceremonial names for 'mating', they dont need to love him to forfill their duty. Ehh...Sorry...Was just being funny....I knew the basic purpose of his position, and your post helped me understand it a bit more, but still....Tough crowd. :dazed: Didn't mean for anyone to get riled up over a silly comment. Thanks though.

Whoops. Double post.

Ohhh! This is a big help. Thanks everyone! I have been a little clueless with people throwing the word "Nunh" around, but then I realized it's just a word for pimp basically. I'm glad to finally know what exactly they did and which group they were from. I kind of want her background to be noticeable, so I'll have to take a look at the naming conventions and go from there, but there's not much I can do right now as their isn't a way to change your name without deleting your character. Thankfully I still have the fantasia if I need it for altering her looks.

Hello everyone! So I've run into a little problem creating my character, and it's that I don't know the miqo'te lore very well! Before I can actually finish her background and everything (I have yet to make a wiki page for her) I need some pointers on the lore. From what I've picked up on so far I've taken what I can and applied it to her background, but it's not enough at the moment. I'm afraid that if I just type in "Miqo'te lore" in Google I might have stuff popup that isn't all that truthful or not relevant. But if anyone has some useful websites, tips, or even time to write up something is greatly appreciated. I'm especially interested to hear how a crossbreed of the Seekers and the Keepers would be interacted with by other miqo'te, as mine is (if that's even possible?). Edit: That's her in the picture by the way. Which group does she seem to belong to more (I clearly made her with the Keeper selections, but I wish we could mix the breeds)? I plan on having her raised with the Keepers due to her dad, with her mother being a Seeker.

A family type system, you know, where there's the mother, father, siblings, etc. It would add more to the roleplay, imho. Also, if this won't be added immediately, a way for spouses to share housing (or even family members if they add the above). I would love to buy a house, but I'm going to feel lonely with a giant house all to myself but can't share it when the marriage system comes in. Also a way to combine glasses and hats. o3o

Is this in Balumng or Gilgamesh?

I keep receiving a lobby error.....

Ready, get set, RUN TO THE SERVERS! *Takes off*

I tried sleeping earlier so I could practically stay up all night.........couldn't do it. I AM SO READY FOR THIS ALL-NIGHTER!!

I'm so excitedddd! I'm going to make my last rp character on Gilgamesh (already have my main there), then make the characters on Balmung as well, so if I need to I can do both worlds! Unless the servers are still on lock down....After I make them I'm going to go back to lvling my main. Due to that duty bug I was never able to continue the story-line.

I seeee you talkin' about me! *Snaps fingers* But with all seriousness, the server seems to have....calmed...in a way. However, I was an idiot and logged out, now I can't get in.....I have to wait till the normal people get sleepy and I can get on again.....You are all getting veeery sleepy.....<_< >_>

You didn't log out for it, did you? You are/were still allowed to play while they worked. *Running around killing trees* Omg. My sound has DIED. Once they started working my sound went caput. R.I.P sound. T-T Edit: Whoa! Now it's going on till 1 am! 2013/08/18 00:09 Several Worlds Emergency Maintenance (Aug. 18) At the following time, we will be performing emergency maintenance. During this period, the Worlds listed below will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. [Date & Time] Aug. 18, 2013 from 12:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. (PDT) * The completion time may be subject to change. [Affected Worlds] -Typhon World -Ultima World -Hades World -Ramuh World -Atomos World -Ridill World -Anima World -Alexander World -Titan World -Fenrir World -Ifrit World -Tiamat World -Garuda World -Carbuncle World -Tonberry World -Mandragora World -Bahamut World -Aegis World -Durandal World -Gungnir World -Masamune World -Chocobo World Except I think those are all JP realms. :-\ Balmung isn't on the list, and it's still giving me the error. Then again, maybe I'm misreading the wording. It's strange to me because what it sounds like is that the servers aren't properly releasing sessions when someone logs out/gets disconnected. Plus, if you're doing active maintenance to a running game...I know you can hotfix some things, but usually you do have to do a restart to make things kick in. Oh, you're right. O_O Huh. Well, I still haven't received a message in game saying that maintenance has stopped. So I don't know. Or maybe they just don't do that type of thing. It doesn't help that the beta forum is down. Dx

So, what would happen if we went back in? Would that recognize that we went through, and then allow us to finally leave? Nope, it won't let you back in. You'll keep crashing and getting error 9000 or 3102. I'm skeptical that the emergency maintenance that they're doing will be successful. I mean, it could be, but it doesn't involve server restarts, so... And what all this sounds like, honestly, is that the servers aren't letting sessions go correctly. The servers are conspiring against us. Yesterday we pretty much broke them with the overflow of people, and then everyone stalked them just to get in. :C

You didn't log out for it, did you? You are/were still allowed to play while they worked. *Running around killing trees* Omg. My sound has DIED. Once they started working my sound went caput. R.I.P sound. T-T Edit: Whoa! Now it's going on till 1 am! 2013/08/18 00:09 Several Worlds Emergency Maintenance (Aug. 18) At the following time, we will be performing emergency maintenance. During this period, the Worlds listed below will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. [Date & Time] Aug. 18, 2013 from 12:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. (PDT) * The completion time may be subject to change. [Affected Worlds] -Typhon World -Ultima World -Hades World -Ramuh World -Atomos World -Ridill World -Anima World -Alexander World -Titan World -Fenrir World -Ifrit World -Tiamat World -Garuda World -Carbuncle World -Tonberry World -Mandragora World -Bahamut World -Aegis World -Durandal World -Gungnir World -Masamune World -Chocobo World

So, what would happen if we went back in? Would that recognize that we went through, and then allow us to finally leave?

That sucks. I received the 9000 error in the party itself, then the 3102 one, then was able to log in and now I'm stuck in this party. Whyyyy didn't these come up during the first few betas. >_<

Okay, so I went into a group for Sastasha, and then we were kicked from the instance with the 9000 bug, and now my group and I are stuck together... Has anyone found a way to remove this bug? Everyone seems to have stopped talking about it in shout, nor has anyone replied to me, so I don't know if there's an easy fix or if everyone just stopped going into dungeons in general. Other than that, how is everyone's day in FFXIV going?

Woot! I'm finally in. I'm in Gilgamesh, Gridania. I'll see if I can find some people.

Omg. Are you freakin kidding me!? I left to get food, and as soon as I do the server comes up.

And then get booted off again tomorrow when everyone else joins....>_< Gilgamesh and a few other servers already have log-in restrictions. The lock is only on character creation - I haven't had any issue logging into character already created on the server Hmmmm. It says log-in restrictions, and a few above that post it says character creation blocking. Either way, this is going to get so much worse... http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Test/threads/100415-The-beta-test-server-status-for-Aug.-16/page2