Kylin

I see this problem all the time. There are always people, usually newcomers, who struggle to "find" RP. There are a lot of reasons for this and I have a wall of text post I could make here, but I don't want to take your thread in a direction you may not want to take it. So do you want me to post my wall of text advice post here, or in a separate thread? 8-)

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During the gala, a myriad of music was played throughout the evening courtesy of our live stream provided by Olofantur. Special thanks to Kaln for also being prepared to help! Here's the music list for those who either missed it, or heard something they liked: Dinner music (was looped): Transition music (played during dance competition preparation): Dance competition track #1: Dance competition track #2: Dance competition track #3: Shuffled tracks (played after dance floor opened up): -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Thank you all for coming! I know it was hectic at the start there. And a number left in frustration at the size and chaoticness of it. 200 people is a LOT for a RP event, more than any event in XIV to date (including 1.0). Next year will likely be more tame when population levels out a bit, so please look forward to it!

Sorry guys. 200 people is just an insane and unmanageable number, especially considering half of the people who committed to helping bailed on me. It's equally difficult when people don't follow instructions ><. So I have had to improvise and I know a lot of people left due to the overwhelming turnout. So I apologize for that. But the show must go on and things must flow IC as they would/should!

Sorry guys. Odin is currently crashing the party >.>. So there's a high volume of traffic right now.

Yes, and yes.

There appears to be a bug with the sidebar. The event is not today guys. It is SATURDAY. Edit: Not really a bug I guess. It just starts using "today" after the 24 hour mark.

This is in less than 24 hours! Zomgbbq!!! Again, emphasizing rules for the event above all else if you're not going to read the full OP: Most importantly, have fun and get your character out of his/her comfort zone! Use this to get to know people and start up some awesome RP for the future. Looking forward to seeing you all there! If you show up late to the event after everyone is seated, please seek out Elza Ashfen IMMEDIATELY (IC or OOC) so you can properly be seated.

>.> <.< -.-

Anything could likely pass as "formal" as long as it's not underwear, swimsuits, costumes, or subligar :lol: A reminder to all that this is in two days! Please please please read the original post if you haven't yet (and even if you already have to familiarize yourself with the rules again). For those who can't read it all for whatever reason, lemme repost the most important parts here, and I'll do so again tomorrow. Event is 100% IC. Please keep OOC chat to a bare minimum. My character for this entire event is Elza Ashfen. All questions should be sent to her via tell. Upon arrival, STAY at the gate. There's more than 1 gate into Fallsgourd Float. A guard will be at each one and you will receive further instructions from there and onward. Please assume the guard is 'blocking' the entrance. We have no way of knowing who every RPer is and who's just a regular player passing by. An event shell will be utilized for the duration of the event. It will be used ICly for an announcement/PA system, though OOC talk is fine on it (just keep it all in parenthesis and to a minimum please). The shell will be discarded after the event concludes. If unable to take the extra shell due to being 8/8 linkshells, please make me aware of this immediately. Disband all parties upon arrival. If you have a date, still disband, but let the guard know (either IC or OOC). Initially, after everyone is seated, 90% of the Rp for the first portion of the event should be contained in party chat with your assigned table. Like it or not, this is a rule in order to create intimate RP sessions between small groups and not leave anyone out. It also, more importantly, prevents chat box chaos from erupting and making it impossible to keep up with things. If it's not something the nearby table would hear (loudly talking/shouting, etc), keep the RP in party for the start of the event.

At the time of this writing, both Gilgamesh and Balmung are open. Also, merging this with another Lamia thread.

This thread has run its course and hostilities seem to be growing. Locked.

There are a few posted alternatives, though I'd wager that almost all NA/EU servers are facing this problem right now anyway. All the people clamoring for alternatives do need to consider long term consequences though. Three months from now, a lot of these "alternatives" will be largely dead in terms of RP activity. That's a fact. People are going to go to new MMOs, like always. Population will drop. And the few RPers that stay behind for the long haul will be left alone. So one really should weigh what's more important to them in the long run: a healthy a vibrant RP community to pull from for years to come? Or progression/gameplay? There's no right or wrong answer. But I swear if I see posts on these forums 2-3 months from now about people crying that they can't find RP, I will literally play the "I told you so" card without hesitation >.> That said, it's perfectly natural to want to play right now. Temporary alternatives are obviously something people will turn to, with an eye on server transfers coming in mid-September. But I'd give a lot of caution to anyone who looks beyond a temporary resolution and tries to make a permanent one. The RP community WILL take a nosedive in numbers within the next few months. It's natural for every MMO ever made. Everyone will be impacted. But the main RP servers, Balmung and Gilgamesh, will likely be the only ones who will stand practically unharmed in the long run. Just keep that in mind. Hopefully your alternative will be just temporary, depending on how focused you are on RP. Also, as there are tons of these threads, I'll be merging this one with one of them shortly. Forums are kinda getting out of control lately with the duplicates.

Summoner was always Kylin's main IC class/job, even in his FFXI incarnations. I was disappointed that I was forced into black mage in 1.0 due to summoner not being released yet. That said, it irks me that the class is so insanely popular. It just kind of kills the novelty of it all for me personally. I actually boycotted playing it since early access for that reason :lol:. I only recently said screw it and started leveling it, finally realizing that I didn't want others deciding whether I had fun or not. The other thing that irks me on the RP side would be the ones who use Carbuncle as a "pokemon. Just a personal thing though, and I wouldn't write off anyone playing the whole "Carby is my living breathing pet" angle. But as a warning, if Kylin sees that IC, he WILL make a snide comment about it being just an aetherial construct/tool :angel:

Time to make it official. Due to the ongoing server issues and inability for numerous RPers to join the event, I am pushing the event back a week. I will edit the calendar and original post/flier soonish to reflect the change. By next week, SE is planning to upgrade servers to help alleviate the problem. In addition, many of the people playing for free may decide by then to move on, thus alleviating servers further. Sorry for the inconvenience. Hope to still have a good turnout next week! Addendum: I will send out another wave of mass pms to volunteers to continue attempts at organizing ourselves. The number of guards (helping as mods) for the event seems quite high at this point. However, I only had one volunteer for the livestream help and I worry if that individual will be able to make it or not. So I would greatly appreciate anyone who wishes to volunteer as a backup streamer. Music will already be provided.

Not to be a downer, but that ship has long since sailed. People on Balmung have long since made it clear that even if SE designated an official RP server, the majority would not leave at this point due to OOC friendships and connections forged with non-Rpers on Balmung. The same may be said for Gilgamesh at this point as well. Long story short, Rpers aren't transferring out of those servers at this point. The official RP server concept has been beaten to death (especially on the beta forums). And SE has largely ignored it recently. Given the toxicity of the current official forums and the primary current focal point of SE, I don't think this effort would get anywhere further than it already is. In addition, it doesn't sound as if SE is adding new servers anyway. Their announcements sound as if they're simply bulking up current server capacities instead.

Third attempt at a staff meeting and a third no go :lol: If server issues persist through Thursday, I may very likely push the event back a full week (the following Saturday). I hate pushing it back yet again, but I really want to ensure everyone has the equal opportunity to attend. I'll have a decision for sure by Thursday evening most likely.

[align=center][/align] Original link: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/7ff4410ffb5eef0c621012a43204813522366069 Game is now considered officially launched. NDA is completely gone (though keep in mind copyrights still).

We'll try ooooone more time tomorrow night at the same time :lol: . If not enough volunteers show up (3-4 would be enough), I'll just mass PM the details and we'll have to assume the RP meeting happened. I wouldn't mind backup volunteers though just to be on the safe side. Particularly for live streaming. I only had one volunteer so far, so if he is unable to do it, we're hosed for music for the most part >.> As for pushing the event back...I'd like to avoid that at all costs. However, we'll see for sure in a couple days whether the servers are reliable enough to go forward or push it back.

To clarify, the RPC will not now or ever support a third Rp server (unless SE themselves designate it). I understand this may not be what some want to hear. But the RPC has to consider long term consequences over the short term ones. This decision is final, whether you agree or disagree. Sorry. I understand this is frustrating, but know that the problem exists with ALL NA/EU servers. I can't even login to the game myself right now and have created a temp character on a JP server just to run around, so I understand people are frustrated. But again...long-term consequences > short-term consequences. That being said, there's nothing stopping those locked out from uniting amongst themselves for either a temporary or permanent solution. But that ball is in their court, not mine or the mods or anyone else's. Just be forewarned that the RPC will not itself strongly advocate other servers going forward beyond Balmung and Gilgamesh.

In response to the numerous PMs I got, the preparations event for the gala staff scheduled for today has been cancelled due to server issues. I'll send out another PM wave when I decide on the next attempt (you'll likely hear within a day or two).

The older Intermission from 1.0 was dissolved at the start of phase 4 beta and a new one took its place. It filled up rapidly to max capacity within 2 days time. I believe there's a second Intermission now with go-betweens in each one to help with communication until the population evens out. As for older OOC shells (Mog House, Backstage, etc), they are basically considered inactive and can be dropped once you get the new pearl. The only reason I have pearls from the old ones still is just in case old players return and have no knowledge of the new one.

Just a reminder to the staff volunteers that we're meeting tonight to go over things, as per the PMs sent out~

I may know someone interested (game, not early access), but I won't know for sure until tomorrow sometime. If you're still looking for someone by then, I'll get in touch with you tomorrow~