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Server: Balmung Character Name: Mizuki Hagane Time Zone: GMT -4 Additional Char Info: https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Mizuki_Hagane

Welcome to our newest members! Just as an FYI, AW-RP will be closing for membership on Friday June 19th until further notice. We will be taking this time to get to know our newest members and enjoy Heavensward! If you are interested in joining, please submit your application to the FC website before this coming Friday. Thank you!

Whoaaaa! Lots of applications in for AW-RP! Since this is the finale for our story arc, please bear with us as we conclude our group RP until after the expansion releases. Thank you for your patience. Welcome to several new members, as well! Sorry you're coming in on the tail end (and some ensuing IC chaos...hoho...But plenty of RP and OOC shenans await! I just wanted to thank everyone in the FC and out friends in other FCs for the wonderful RP I've had in this game. You all are what make me and the other officers keep doing what we're doing. <3 Thank you for being amazeballs. HEAVENSWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD

Welcome, Alexis! Thanks for joining us.

Updated the "About Us" portion a bit to reflect our current size as an FC. Though still family-like and inclusive, we are up to roughly 30 active members! Wooo! Thank you so much, everyone, for being amazing people. Being able to do large raids and dungeons ICly is an absolute treat. <3

Welcome to the fold, Razler! So good to have you.

I'd like the echo the sentiment that people and FCs alike are really feeling the pre-expansion slump. Not to say that any real problems have come of it, but several people within my FC, including myself, have both experienced, seen, and felt the lack of 'oomph' in both RP and PvE, lately. And to that I say, "meh!" It happens. We can't be all GO HAM! all the time. It's natural for interest to ebb and flow. For me, my interest about three months ago was really waning. I didn't want to RP, dungeon, or anything. It wasn't due to anyone or anything about the game. I was just uninspired, same as you. I forced myself to RP on occasions and it was not very fun, but as a leader, I felt I should set a good example. When I noticed that I would rather lay on the couch and play with my phone all night than hang out with my good friends in this game, I knew I had to do something. So, for lack of a better idea, I picked up my zodiac weapon quests again. I was only on the Braves Books, so I had a lot of catching up to do in a short time. I will say that having a 'tangible' goal really, REALLY helps me stay in an MMO, as well as good RP. In GW2, I could just buy anything I wanted with gold, and so the PvE aspect quickly dwindled. In this game, you have to WORK for your shinies. The Zodiac weapon or [insert expensive/time consuming in game thing here] might help you get back on the FFXIV horse and stay on, so long as you still have something to work for. It has worked so far for me and a few of my FC mates. It's more fun to work on something together, if at all possible. And if you don't get it done before Heavensward, so what? You can say you tried and just come back to it later. Or maybe something else better will take precedence. It's all about fun, after all! But if none of that is your cuppa, taking an actual hiatus from the game might refresh your attitude. It could be a few days, few weeks, or even until the expansion. Anything that helps your mind! I wish you the best of luck.

AW-RP applications are no longer on hold and are fully open. Thanks for your patience!

Welcome to Mike, Drew, Noodle and Jo! Thank you so much for joining. IMPORTANT! For now, applications for AW-RP are on hold. We are still accepting them, but we will not be doing interviews for a while. Thank you!

Welcome to the FC, Jo! Can't wait to meet your char!

Another newbie~! We're so thankful to have you, Ferai!

Welcome to the fold, Christian! <3 It's gonna be a good time!

Welcome to another new member, Crystal! Thanks for joining in the fun! :3

Thanks for a lovely TNRP, folks! Next week, IC ST~! +_+ Fun!

Welcome to our newest member, Becca! We look forward to meeting your character. <3

Glad you guys had fun. <3 Always nice to hear. Also updated our biography and our rules page!

I'm honestly a little dubious that a robust reading system consisting of six cards will be provided, especially since the astrologian's exact skills fall more under 'attuning oneself to the stars to change fate (via healing/buffs/damage)'. Of course, we won't know until we do the job quests! That being said, I like the vast array in Tarot but I don't intend to actually call it that ICly. The card names fit easily into the setting as well! I understand the concern and I'll be working to meld them convincingly into the world. Given the significant European influences in Eorzea, I think it'd fit in excellently, along with any other fortune telling styles people care to use. That said, I'm very curious to see if the job quests address the cards' in any detail. I agree with both of these sentiments! Basically, I'm just holding out for more information. If constellations/star attunement plays more of a role than the cards themselves, perhaps another form of divination is more appropriate for my character. But maybe not! It'll be fun to see how everyone takes the information given. Collaboration on meanings of [insert card/method here] with other players could be really enjoyable.

I am very excited for this aspect of RP! I've never actually given readings to others before, but it is a long term interest of mine. I have a few books on the subject I'll be picking up closer to release to refresh myself. My only personal caution is to wait until we actually see the cards Astrologians receive? Unless I've missed the lore somewhere, I don't think there is any mention of full tarot decks in the game. (Please feel free to correct! I'd love to read more about the in game lore given on fortunetelling/astros.) I'd imagine that the cards we'll be using will be far more limited than IRL. I know of some others that are just using full decks at the moment, and that's fine too! I guess I just want to see what is available lore-wise, firstly. :3

RP meeting had a fantastic turnout! Thank you, everyone, for coming. Tomorrow's RP night will be just as faboo~

Tonight AW-RP will be having an in-game meeting around ~8:30 Eastern Time for Company members within the estate. Any and all are welcome to come and lamp to see some of what we're about, and what we're currently tackling as the 81st Foreign Levy. Mist > Ward 6 > Plot 30 (The Medium house on the very bottom right, on the map!) If you're interested in membership to the FC or looking to making RP connections, please send us a message! We'd love to branch out and hear from you. My in game characters are Rhesh'ir Zhwan and Trisselle Rondelet. :chocobo:

AW-RP is OPEN for new member applications! Click here to learn how to join! (It's easy.) Click here to fill out the new member application! (Please create an enjin account, if you don't have one already. Thanks!) We look forward to seeing you and your characters! <3

My Au Ra character will an astrologian/fortuneteller/crystal healer type, so I would definitely be interested if this becomes a linkshell.

You are indeed mistaken~ ;3 AW-RP is quite active, just not recruiting at the moment. We'll be opening applications back up in about a month or so.

AW-RP is, for now, closing applications for joining. Thank you to everyone for being amazing, and we will likely re-open applications before Heavensward drops. See you then! :cactuar:

I am also rolling a fresh Au Ra character. My original thought was to be a refugee working with a hyur alchemist upon arriving to Eorzea. Though she isn't exactly the academic sort. I see her as more a healer-mercenary who is just doing what she can to make her way in a new place for the time being. I was going to wait on her creation in game until 3.0 so that I can have access to proper naming conventions. I don't really want her to be from Doma either, as at this point I am thinking her main class will be Astrologian/Conjurer. It's a bit difficult to come up with details when we only know so little! But retconning isn't too out of the question for something like this, I suppose. I'll keep an eye on this thread to see what you guys come up with. I am all for having past relationships and such, so count me as interested. (: