Skelace

Thanks for the answers, advice and welcome everyone! All of the above has been super helpful and the attitude makes me even more excited to sink my teeth into the community.

And aren't you all just a delightful bunch? At least you all seem that way while I was giving the site a quick look over. I have to say I'm super excited to join ever since I've seen all the detail some accounts are putting into their character(s). However; if I'm to be honest, I'm a little overwhelmed with it all. I'm a veteran RPer but absolutely new to this FFXIV thing. Ah but before I go into my questions stemming from this sense of overwhelming new stuff, why don't I tell you a bit about myself. MMORPG Background! I have roughly 15 years in NWN, mostly on RP servers. Aside from that I've dabbled in WoW, Runescape, and this other game way back in my youth that I can't recall the name of. Something about Alliances possibly? Anyroads, NWN has held my heart and the RP experiences I've had there for the majority of my life. But I've been looking to branch out and a buddy of mine expressed to me that FFXIV was pretty sweet some months back. So here I am to give it the good ol' college try. RP experience! So NWN may have taken my RP virginity but it is by no means my only experience. While playing NWN I've run the gambit from bumbling newbie character trying to figure things out, to the snarky loud mouthed smuggler, the vindictive and haughty noble who's schemes are server changing, to the heart of gold priest who is everyone's friend. I've played absolute loners, and led well established guilds through several arcs. Outside of NWN, I've expanded my writing skills through play by post and forum RP over a ten year period, and I've become the master of millions of characters while DMing my TTPRGs with IRL and Online friends. To wrap it all up, I've also done a little theater in high school and anyone who doesn't consider that roleplay can come fight me so I can beat them with the dumb dumb stick. Character ideas/info! Oooooh boy this is where I start running in circles because I don't know what I'm doing. If you can't tell I'm used to knowing the ins and outs of pretty much every aspect of a game. That's all from learning as I go however, I absolutely hate reading manuals. I'll do my due diligence and listen to the in game tutorials but I don't want to spend my precious free time reading through forums for hours trying to figure everything out. Hrmm.. that comes off a bit lazy but it's true so... do with that what you will! Anyroads, were getting off topic, I'm in the stumbling phase of my character ideas/info. I know virtually nothing about the world of FFXIV's world aside from what I've pulled from the NPCs on my currently lvl 7 Thaumaturgist. He's one of those tall lanky dark elf boys... See I don't even know the race names and that's embarrassing! I promise I'll get there but until then please don't run me out of town for tripping over the lore if we interact. As for specifics about Ambroise, he's a bit of a dandy that I'll flesh out more in another post... or somewhere on here or the lodestone later. At least that's the plan. How did I learn about this place? Google! And reddit. Well google led me to reddit and then reddit led me here. I was doing research into seeing if FFXIV had a healthy RPing community before I bothered downloading the free version of the game. What kind of roleplayer am I aiming to be? Oh boy I hope I can learn enough to make it into the Heavy RPing circles. I'll probably bounce about happily between there and the medium RP, but I typically prefer to stay IC and maybe make a joke here and there OOC. Of course reaching out to friends and chatting OOC is always welcome but when I go somewhere to RP it's because I want to get lost in character and play with other eccentric personalities. All the other stuff! My pronouns are he/him, I have an absolutely terrible sleep schedule due to working in a 24/7 shop for the US military. My play time will likely be erratic for that very reason. I live out in Hawaii so my connection to any and all servers is routinely labeled as poor despite the good internet connection on my side. I'm an avid dog lover, with cats holding a close second place in my heart (only because I hate dealing with litter). I enjoy long walks on the beach, I hate sand and prefer mountains and forests over the beach any day of the week. I'm a fairly open book, if anyone has any questions, feel free to reach out and chat me up! Questions! So I just have a few questions that I want to throw out there. - Is it expected to reach max lvl before you really start RPing? - Is it expected to get out of the beginner phase (lvl 20) before starting to really interact with your fellow RPers? - Should I level up a good deal before reaching out to a Free Company? (I assume the Free Companies are FFXIV's version of guilds?) - Does anyone have any advice on how to get into the swing of RP for those new to FFXIV? Or should I just reach out to people I find interesting and ask if I can play with them?