Maril

Don't ever hesitate to shoot me a /tell asking if I'm up for it. I tend to idle about a fair bit, my time between nailah and thala'to is split 50/50 almost these days. Cause a certain company is making me do all of the story on 3 characters >.>

Updated post with additional names that can now be contacted for invites I am going to start planning the first even here during the weekend, to be held sometime after next weeks end.

RL stuff: Absolutely nothing. Intentionally did ALL of the things today, so I can do nothing but relax & nurse my injuries from the traffic accident I was involved in last Monday. Car vs. Bicycle, I was on the bicycle, miraculously I escaped with some scrapes, bruises and a wrist that isn't broken but definitely hurts. Reflexes had me "cushion" the blow with my hands, because apparently I think my hands are made of soft. RP stuff: I need to get planning on a mercenary event via MercWork, otherwise I just need to like, do all the RP. Cause I haven't had much last week cause work. I already stocked up on energy drinks too.

We also get a lot of applicants who are WHM/BLM icly - But I can almost say that the applicants we get that do this are all exclusively new to the game. We're talking maybe they've played for a couple of weeks, and for someone who hasn't played for a couple of weeks there's almost no chance of actually realizing that parts of the community doesn't roll with this. It's not like the WHM quest starts with a disclaimer We've had success with having several people redo their stories (a perk of them mostly being new means that they likely haven't even mentioned it icly) but we have also had our share of people who go "but I wanted to be special!" and choose another way - which is fine, I'd much rather that people do this than try to fit in, only to end up miserable when the guild doesn't do or offer what you were looking for. I always encourage people not to use the jobs icly - even though some are possible via tweaks - as the classes work a whole lot better across the board, and I do not see why someone should be the very best at something when being good at something gives pretty much the same effect and leaves room for improvement in ways where you do not have to boggle your mind to stay within the limits of lore. I'm more on board with Maia there, there has to be a very good explanation behind things that are quite extraordinaire or unique to the world (and I think it's fair to expect, especially in Heavy-RP guilds) ---- As for rules vs. guidelines.. I do not believe in not having rules. Whilst most of our things are guidelines - Like, for example our interpretations of the lore - we do have some things penned down that is not going to stand out as a bright thing if anyone breaks. It usually includes common sense rules, like don't bitch at people in the FC, but we also expect people to behave when they're interacting with the community. So if we find one of ours in a big troll-shout match in Mor Dhona, we won't be so impressed, because that is not what we want to be associated with (and one person can do a lot of havoc to the reputation of a guild). We've also got various rules/expectations in the field of RP penned down, meta-gaming is one of the bigger ones here. We would absolutely kick someone who metagames intentionally, but fortunately we have never had to. And I think that is also a part of the point I'm trying to make here - Our rules topic is ridiculously long, but most of the rules have never been enforced. Simply having them there ensures that people know exactly how not to behave in the FC. Obviously other guilds are more relaxed and, also some guilds are quite small. There's a big difference in what you need to do and have in place when you have to be a leader for 7 people vs 25-35 people. Likewise, if one is for example a light-rp guild, there's chunk of the RP rules from the heavy side that doesn't get used, because it has it's focus on more easy-going fun. Not saying that heavy-fc's do not have fun, but what we find fun takes more regulation to achieve. Also not saying that light guilds are worse in any way what so ever, just in case anyone gets that thought - I treat the terms as what they are, a way to define playstyles (Like PvE and PvP), not as a way to rank people's ability to immerse and RP.

I get you with the whole feeling isolated thing. My time-zone doesn't help this one bit, but in general I actually despite everything, find it hard to break in to RP if you would - I go to the quicksand now and again on both of my characters, and then I show up at events but that's about it. Anyhow, one of the most important policies is our stance on events. Having lead guilds for the past four years, I've gone away entirely from having one big story-line that involves all of the guild at any given time - It's a lot of work, and I've seen so many officers burn out over time, and officers are just really important and hard to come by, I find. I also do not believe that the responsibility of generating RP should be placed on just a few roleplayers - We are all here for the same thing, so we should all be equally responsible for making it happen. So we have a policy where we encourage people as much as possible to make their own events, storylines and suchlike - involving parts of the FC, in whatever way is possible. It removes a lot of stress from my shoulders and of the ones that help me. Of unpopular policies, we have a strict view of the lore. I like to follow it as much as possible, and I find it's very hard to mix different views. I'll just briefly say Fantasia and I'm sure enough people will know the debate. I like to make sure everyone is on the same page, so we do not get conflicts over it. This comes off as really restrictive to some, and we've lost people because of it, but at the end of the day it's something I do not want to go down on. Our 18+ policy has been bashed at before as well, mostly by people younger than who feel discriminated. Which is not why we have that rule - We simply want to ensure that we don't have to think twice about cursing, violent themes and other such maturities because someone around us is not old enough to deal with them. What we offer.. * Active website, we're a part of a community which also has a guild in Rift. Said community is 4 years old. * As much guides, lore and information about XIV as we can find/write up. * Help with event creation, fleshing out backgrounds, etc. * Optional skype chat * Optional TS server * Optional Minecraft server * Optional OOC ls. We don't however, have people solely being a part of the LS. We've tried, but it is much too hard to make sure these people get as involved as the rest. * Guildmeetings every 14 days, larger events whenever inspiration comes up for them. Communication goes through IC ls, fc chat and on the forums. We also have an IC board, but the trick is to get people to check the forums daily and post there as need be. Lots of people aren't as into forums as they are to facebook for example.. I'd say that we're newbie friendly to some extend, but we can't offer people mentors because very few people have the time to take on a mentee. At the same time, it's not always easy for someone who is new to RP, to start off in a heavy-rp guild - again, it can feel very restrictive as opposed to being a challenge on ones creativity. What I appreciate in membership.. *People applying with characters that fit our theme. To this, our theme is loose and everchanging depending on what people want to do, but it will never make sense to join with certain character types. Rebels are very shortlived, because they can't take orders or keep to a code of conduct, and as such end up getting fired icly. *People who are honest. Again with our 18+ rule, if someone says they're 25 when they're not, we usually find out eventually. A lot of lies gets unraveled in the end, and I'm tired of being presented with the truth after a while. *People who read about our FC and is fine with our OOC standards. Sometimes people get very surprised we don't have a big storyline, usually down to the fact that they didn't read our description. In general, I like to have people interested in what we actually do, and not just apply because we are one EU guild out of a few choices. *People who keep themselves informed. I can't personally whisper all news to everyone. *People who are fine with our guildmeeting being mandatory. In the sense that, if one is online during our meeting, you show up to it. We make a few exceptions, but it's the only time we actually require people to come RP. *Asks officers/GM for help when it comes to drama, so it doesn't escalate. We have a low tolerance for drama, meaning that we'll make a few attempts to resolve it, but we're not shy of kicking both sides of a conflict if it doesn't get resolved. In our 1½ years as an FC this has fortunately only happened once. There's loads more I could say about a lot of things but I am running short of time. As a closing note, I'd like to encourage people to give your resident FC leader a hug today. It's a hard and often thankless job - a little hug for appreciation goes a long way to motivate

I'll bring Thala'to Should be fun

Hey! I'm GMT+1 too. Check out the European Directory - We've collected some information and there's a list of players in the timezone that wants to have more RP. Feel free to hit me up anytime as well

My keeper, Thala'to, is a recovering drug addict who kinda.. Like. Relapses, now and then. Wouldn't be unlike him to have contacts of suppliers or people that know suppliers. I am however EU, save for weekends it'll be another week before I can stay up late, so I do not know if our schedules will match up. If they do feel free to prod ^^

Title says it all really. How does your character react when they lose at a game? Are they cool with it, or do they flip tables? What if someone cheats, and your character figures out they're cheating? I've never thought about it much until this popped into my head. I think that Nailah is more the type that gets surprised when she actually wins something. She'd not be shy of playing games, even betting money - and might even be good at losing so as to sway people when making deals with them. If someone cheated, I don't think she'd get angry ry the way, but would more be the kind of person that plots a small revenge like, spiking a drink on the next occasion or paying someone to dump paint on that new white outfit of theirs.

Whilst not exactly a skill-set.. Nailah is an alcoholic, Thala'to is a recovering drug-addict and I have no experience with either. To the point where I haven't even been drunk IRL before. I've watched documentaries about both subjects, partially because I wanted to know more due to the fact that I bring these things up in RP - but if it hadn't been because I am a big fan of watching documentaries in general, I don't think I'd have gone quite to that extend. When it comes to wielding the bow, in Nailah's case for hunting purposes but with past characters for killing-people purposes, I've got the benefit of having attended archery classes and competitions for a number of years during my time as a teenager (I placed 4th in the Nordic championship and placed 1st nationally). I used a compound bow then, but I have also shot with simple longbows and such, so I know some stuff about it and I have a feeling of how strong you need to be to pull it off etc. I've made an attempt to look into some videos explaining old-timely combat with bows, but honestly it never was so helpful. I think overall, I'm mostly thorough with lore - everything else comes along when I feel like I need to know more to pull it off in a manner that won't make people go

Welcome

Updated with a new FC I sighted when I was snooping today, 3 events & a link to the time converter I use the most

Welcome!

I will come on the behalf of The Kindred (KinRP). We are EU based. In terms of time, my schedule is going to be a lot more flexible in 2 weeks time since the temporary job I have will be over by then. In terms of day, Saturday or Sunday works best for me, Wednesdays will never work. Time-wise, something around 21-22 GMT would be ideal if not sooner.

Welcome

Same as Bryn, if it's at a sane EU-hour I'll be there for sure.

Highlanders are my all-time favorite, both when it comes to looks and lore. I made Nailah be the smallest a highlander can be, and it's been a bundle of fun to play with - she has been called a "shortlander" among other things, which always gives some fun reactions. I like roegadyn ladies, but I don't think I could ever play one myself. Though it's not so much looks that deter me as it is their lore. I just don't find it as appealing.

I'll try to catch you all for invites as soon as possible

[align=center]MercWork[/align] [align=left]MercWork is a linkshell created for people who: * Have a desire to run mercenary/sellword styled contract-events [/align] [align=left]* Are interested in helping events by playing as an NPC * Have a character that is a mercenary/sellsword and wishes to roleplay more on this lifestyle * Have a character that is likely to send out contracts now and then, and wishes to roleplay more on this aspect. MercWork is not a Free Company, and all events will be open to all that fit the bill, regardless of which organisation they might come from. MercWork will operate in both EU and NA time-zones, depending on who is creating the event. [/align] [align=left]With MercWork, the vision is to make creating, aiding and partaking in mercenary events as easy as possible, through several means: - Linkshell chat: For brainstorming, feedback and organizing events. General chitchat is also welcome. - Google Docs: A great way to collaborate, with google docs we hope to establish a list of players who can be contacted to play NPC's (as well as noting which kind of NPC theyre comfortable with playing), a list of event-types that can be used for inspiration & information about ongoing events. [/align] - This thread, for announcing events and obviously for picking up people who are interested. Rules and guidelines: [align=left]Events: - Should always be announced in this thread by one of it's organizers, with all relevant information or a link to a google docs that compile it. - Should seek to establish which fighting style will be used in any of the events combat situations, such as freeform emoting, roll-emote or a third type. - If there's a limit on how many people can sign up, this must be noted. Linkshell: - Be nice and respectful towards other people - Leave drama at the door - If you sign up for an event, try to be there on time and give a notice if you can't make it, if this is at all possible. - If discussions heat up, take it to whispers. [/align] [align=left]- You may join the LS on your alts too, but if it gets too full you may be asked to drop an alt out. Interested? Leave a message here or contact: [/align] [align=left] Nailah Quill/Thala'to Relehna Jikam Constans [/align] Vrimala Verrik N'velhi Tia Y'lani Kalihd

I had a similar thought recently. I'd love to see it done, if it's placed an an EU friendly time I would be able to help as well, with whatever might be needed.

Welcome!

They look very nice

This is why I dont play alt. I usually do not, but of all games this is the one where my brain decided to spark a dormant case of altitis to life >.

I have two alts at 50 that needs to do /all/ of it.. Granted I have 3 months but that's a soulcrushing amount of hours. I also have to gear both of them up so they can even do the stuff the MSQ requires So its not just completion hour, its also hours put into farming gear on characters I have no desire to progress in PvE, because they're there for RP and nothing else. I get the game is alt hostile but geeeez. That's just OTT.

Ten minutes! Hoping to see as many as possible there