Firae

To be fair you really are not missing much mate! As the servers are all screwed up anyway. Don't despair though as SE is on the case,and Working their asses off to help us get back in the game. Though i do hope you can sort out the code so you can at least get all your bonuses!

Welcome to the forums,and the comunity! Sorry your stuck in the 3102 hell though with enough patience i'm sure they will eventually fix all the issues.

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I. Basic Info Characters:Firae Elric Primary character:Firae Elric Linkshells:Balmungs Finest, Intermission 2 Primary RP linkshell:U naffiliated with all RP linkshells [*][*][*][*] II. RP Style Amount of RP (light, medium, heavy):Medium to eventually heavy. Views on RP combat and injuries:Hmmm not really sure what to say as i haven't encountered any RP Situations involving injury's or Combat yet. Views on IC romance: I honestly find it quite acceptable to have an IC romance. Views on non-romantic RP (family ties, etc): Nothing wrong with having Brothers,Sisters,Fathers,and Mothers in rp. Views on lore: I honestly quite like to try and work the lore into my RP though im still learning it though. Views on chat functions (/say, /linkshell, etc): hmmmm not quite sure what to say on this matter,but i'm sure ill think of something eventually. [*][*][*][*][*][*] III. Other Info Country:United States Timezone:Central Standard Time Contact info: PM if your need it. [*][*][*] [align=center][glow=blue]~Special announcements can be found in the posts below~[/glow][/align]

First, just because something isn't the worst, doesn't make it bad. This is bad. Secondly, though I wasn't there for WoW's initial launch and I don't play SimCity, D3's launch was not all that bad. There was a day of excessive lag that not everyone experienced, and the biggest problem (the log-in issue) was solved within 24 hours. Rift's launch was fairly smooth as well, save for queues on the most populated servers. Aion's launch was ridiculous with 36+ hour queues, but at least you could play the game when you got in. TERA's launch was relatively smooth as well; there were some server queues and such but not much else. Squee's been working on these same bugs for weeks. Weeks. That's the problem here. They should have this worked out by now, but they don't. Weeks? These issues didn't rear their ugly head untill P4 ,and Early access. All the other beta phases were extremely smooth. So as stated officially it's because there are far more people then expected >.<. Which on it's own isn't much of a excuse,but considering they didn't expect this game to sudden;y be so popular I'd say it still holds water. Second off i never said it wasn't bad. Trust me it's bad,but i wouldn't abandon it yet.

Honestly as far as MMO launches go this still isn't the worst i've seen plus from what i've heard WoW,Diablo 3,and SimCity were all far worse at launch >.< I really don't think the pitch forks and torches need to be pulled out yet. Plus they are working their asses off to make good on all this. So honestly i'm no longer,and am gonna wait it out. It's the only action most of us can take,and the most mature. Raging isn't gonna fix it, Or do anyone good on either side.

And I can't even see the world list now Well they will have this sorted out eventually. I'm not gonna let all these issues ruin my experience cus i know it'll all be good eventually.

Entry 1: A day in the shrouds. Today marks the day i begin to log my travels,and as such will continue to do so daily if possible. As of today my travels have brought me quite far from the city of Ul'dah as I had found my self lost deep in the Black Shroud. It seemed like hours before I found a nice outpost that pointed me in the direction of the beautiful forest city of Gridania. On my there I found my self quite enthralled, and mystified by the beauty of the Surrounding areas, Though not for long as i was chased down by a odd scorpion like creature that I personally never laid eyes on. In my mad dash i finally found my self in Gridania,and it was a sight to behold! Eventually in my own wandering about of Gridania I came across a nice little place by the falls to rest my weary legs. Why i was there though i happen to meet about 3 rather interesting people there,though i'm getting ahead of myself. The First 2 i met through over hearing their conversation ,and the third seemed to just walk on in on the 3 of us having a nice chat. The First of the people i met that fine evening was sweet miqo'te lass by the name of Tirramei though i called her Tirra for short. She was rather awkward at first, though can't say i wasn't a bit awkward at first either,After all i'm not exactly the best with the lady folk's. Apparently she wants to be a great healer,and help others,and it warmed my heart to know there is still kindness in hydaelyn. She was rather cute too,though had quite the sad tale to spin as it seems she lost someone in the war. I completely understood how she felt as i too had lost someone in the wars as well,and i did try to comfort her but to no avail sadly. Over all though she was a nice sincere lass,and i hope to cross paths with her again. The Second of the people i met that fine evening was a Moonkeeper bard in training by the name of Kyrio. I must say his appearance was rather jarring at first as his hair color, and style were quite outlandish to put it lightly,though he seemed like a nice enough person. His over all goals were to spread joy and music across Eorzea. Which was quite a good cause, though his voice needs some work over all. He sung a rather nice ballet about romantic walks in the Twelveswood, but his voice was a rather off key, and i spoke my mind with out even realizing it, and offended him by accident. I was quite swift to apologize, but instead was challenged to do better to which I then sung a nice ballad about Ul'dah, Though not being much a singer my self I only did slightly better. He was a nice fellow over all though,and I hope to see him down the road sometime again. The Final person I met that evening was a mysterious woman by the name of Kiana. Why i didn't talk to her as much i found her equally as interesting. She seemed to be hiding an accent, Though it might just been my imagination, though if she was then it sounded quite familiar. It seems she is a lance for hire,and quite the wanderer like i am so i will more then likely cross her path again in my own travels. I don't really have much to say about her though as our time chatting was rather brief in comparison to Miss Tirra,and Kyrio. Over all it was quite a nice evening,and i do hope to seem them all again,But anyway from there I remember i had business in Ul'dah once again,and bid my newly found friends a fond fairwell. From there i rented a chocobo from the porter,and began my ride, although about half way my chocobo ran off,and I was forced to make quite the tedious journey back. Eventually arrived,but found i was out of breath so i stopped to take a nice rest in the golden court where i met another person by the name of Dustyn. Dustyn was an inspiring young bowsmen who seemed to having quite the hassle trying to get home to her house in Limsa Limosa it seemed, though i didn't quite understand some of the details. The conversation over all was short ,and i quickly made my way to the things i had to attend to. With that final passage I say i've done enough writing,and shall retire for the evening. It's been quite the day though i must say.

( Consider me impressed! This is actually a pretty good little summary,and a lot better then anything i could come up with as far as travel logs,and journals are concerned. So kudos!)

Keep in mind that the jp server's don't have such a heavy load as our servers >.

And now i can't log in at all go me ! welp oh well least they will fix it soon.

for crying outloud the instances still won't work....bleh...

Ah your having issues too huh? I think it's the second maintenance most likely as a lot of people are having issue's with the instances. Also has anyone told you your freaking adorable ?

hello! and welcome it's a pleasure to meet you,and glad that you think so!

what an awesome intro! welcome to forums! you are my polar opposite in terms of quest's as i'm attempting to be a traveler and gain mastery of the dark art's.Maybe one day we shall cross paths.

i want to be in this but its full....we need a second version

hey! the server's are back up! my in game name is firae elric btw so give me an add

Your quite welcome! anything to make a new comer feel welcome in the land eorzea!

welcome to the forums! if your in ul'dah feel free to give me a shout! ill be chilling out there for the most part and wandering the world. for FF 14 lore i myself am still wraping my head around it as well so yeah no worries on not knowing the lore! most of us are still going through it.

Yeah im quite liking the lodestone as well! as it's quite well designed and such. hmmmm wonder if you can add people with it though

Yeah i had that issue for a bit as well but i eventually was able to enter....though it makes me wonder if we should consiter a server other the Balmung as our main consitering how crowded it is constantly.

Yeah, I'd want a break too, if I got up to get in at 2 am / 5 am! But I decided to sleep in until 7:30. Now I regret not getting up with the rest of you all. Man that sucks you did all that planning only to fall into issues :< welp on the bright side least all the current issues are most likely being fixed.

Hmmmm by the way when the server's are up can someone add me to the OOC link shell in balmung? in the mean time im gonna web surf and take a nap

Well i'm not gonna rage or be disappointed...least they are fixing the issue with instances right away.

ah thank you! ill be sure to join into that