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Welcome aboard, Audritus! I hope you have a great time RPing in FFXIV.

Sometimes the server locks free up during different times of the day. For example, as I type this all of the servers are open for character creation. So if you have your heart set on Mateus or Balmung you could check back every so often to see if their status has changed. That being said, Faye put it best in that the server visit option means you can always join RP events that are on your Data Center.

Hi there, Werns, welcome to the RPC Your experience in text based RP will help quite a lot since we're mostly RPing through typed posts in chat. Sometimes emotes are used to help convey something but that also involves typing (unless a hotbar key is used). There are social events posted on this site which you can join to get a feel for the flow of RP interaction in game. You could also swing by one of the RP hot-spots such as The Quicksand (Adventurer's Guild) in Ul'dah to observe the ebb and flow of RP.

Welcome to FFXIV and to the website, Kathias! Mateus is a good server to be on for RPing, plus you can visit other servers on the Crystal Data Center like Balmung which is another RP heavy server.

I humbly greet you, Great Rimin Megukka of the Omega Server! I hope you enjoy your time here.

Hiya, Andi! Welcome to the RPC I don't see anything wrong with an Elezen growing up in Ala Mhigo. There's little else I can say that isn't better received by playing through the Stormblood quests.

Welcome to the RPC, Patch! And congratulations on your college graduation!

Hiya, Angie, and welcome aboard! You could check out some lore videos on YouTube or grab one of the lore books sold by Square Enix, but just playing the game and talking to NPCs will provide you with plenty of information about the setting. The Job quests and crafting and gathering quests also help flesh out the setting. Even minions, mounts and the very items used for crafting have little tid-bits of information that tell us more about the people and places of FFXIV. ^.^

Pleased to meet you as well, Hani, welcome to the RPC website! I can relate to dealing with RP rust, I hadn't RPed in ages when I started playing FFXIV.

Welcome aboard, Anthony! I hope you have a great time RPing in Eorzea and with FFXIV in general.

Greetings, Nadia Bellerose, and welcome to the RPC! Your character looks wonderful and I love the carrd you've made for her!

Greetings, Grey Ezra, welcome to the RPC! I like your character ideas! I hope the crafting quests further inspire your imagination and make you a bit of gil.

Welcome back to FFXIV @KieairaKitty ! Always good to see a founding player return. Things were pretty rough for this game in the beginning but I hope the improvements help you to ease back into FFXIV.

Some recommend completing main quests in MMOs to help the player get a grasp of the basics of the setting as well as some of the relevant details like varying cultures, politics, physics and important story points which affect the world. Some also suggest main quest completion because they don't want new players to have the story spoiled for them by accident, and FFXIV has some of the better story telling among the MMOs of its release period. I haven't really come across many spoilers while RPing but it's a definite possibility if characters start talking about current events, important figures or even an innocent mention of travel routes to areas cut off in the early game. That being said, Stormy Bell is absolutely correct in that you can start RPing whenever you like. Heck, someone can start RPing in Discord before they even play the game and long after they're done with it.

Welcome back!

Welcome to the RPC @LyriFaun and welcome back to FFXIV! I know how you feel concerning alts. X) MMOs with decent enough character creation tools and an inspiring setting make it easy to start daydreaming characters and their stories. I look forward to seeing some of your artwork!

Welcome to the RPC, ShinyBoots! It's always good to see another bard in the game. The instruments and performance tools that Square Enix added just for archers/bards display a level of commitment to class fantasy that I haven't seen before. Definitely one of my favorite FFXIV jobs.

Sorry about the typo, I've been fighting them off all day it seems.

Greetings and welcome to the RPC! I wish you all the best as you carve a path in Eorzea, o7

Welcome aboard, Rym! I hope you're enjoying Stormblood and I can't wait to see some of your drawings! ^.^