Symphony

Fascinating! I've never heard of those categories but those are pretty useful. And thank you!

Yeah, I can understand that, and I'm with you on how long it's been since I've dived deep in a RP. I see people here and there walking around ICly outside of the Quicksand so hopefully I find a group of them. I'm looking at a potential FC at the moment.

I'm basically referring to what you described as self RP. I was asking what the common term for that is but it looks like there is none and everyone calls it something different. Being immersive doesn't restrict you from chatting OOC. It's just that doing too much of it in the middle of the scene breaks the immersion. I don't see why it would be a problem outside of RP though?

For sure. I'm not totally against the idea of having characters that are strictly characters and I'm even entertaining the idea of having alts for that exact purpose (if I can ever establish my main character somewhere QQ), plus as an actor I immensely enjoy roles that are very different from myself. When I say immersive/self insert RP, I don't make my character 100% a mirror image of myself. It would defeat the purpose because, like you said, you would miss out on chances for backstory, not to mention it would just be boring. I don't live in a world of magic and beastmen in my real life and I have no idea how to use a bow or a sword so I'm already a character being in the game's world. I have a backstory for my character that is something I have never experienced but generally my character's personality and behavior reflects my own. It's true that people can get hurt if they aren't careful. Keeping a level head and remembering not to take things too personally are important.

For me, I assume the more rigid IC/OOC separation unless I know that the player is a jerk too lol.

I find the tumblr cliques gross myself. And yeah, I've been on the lookout for FC's that might be of the same mindset. Thanks for the suggestions!

Thank you for the suggestions! I'll be sure to take a look. Yeah, having a villain character would be a sort of half(?) exception since no one (at least I would hope) would want to actually evil towards someone on purpose. And I agree, RPing in a dungeon with a PUG would be disastrous, lol.

There is a similar thread about this subject but it was from half a year ago so I decided to start a new one. I'd like to hear people's thoughts on something I've been struggling with since I started RPing in MMO's. I have been roleplaying for many years on different mediums, although it's been quite a while since I've been an active part of any kind of RP due to a lack of time and people to do it with, and it's always been fine and dandy until I started venturing into in-game RP. I'm the type of MMO player who sees their character as themselves rather than something they control, so when I want to RP in-game I want to immerse myself in the world and the lore and for the most part my character is speaking and acting as I would and with that there is a bit of blur between IC and OOC which I thoroughly enjoy. This goes against what has become the norm of RP (at least from my perspective because I seem to be unique in that I have been part of multiple RP's where that type of RP was common in the communities I have been part of) where players are basically authors and the characters they play are completely separate entities from themselves that they develop on paper ahead of time and plan scenes for and have tumblrs for. While I don't see anything wrong with this type of RP and practice some of it as it is a basic part of roleplay, I don't see my character as some type of puppet I manipulate since my character is basically me. So my question is: what is this type of RP called so I can find like minded people who would like to do things like quests and dungeons ICly? Or am I in the wrong business altogether? ^^;;

Bump! Changed my character's name since I last posted and did a minor tweak to her origin but I still haven't developed much due to a lack of a FC or LS or any RP interaction in general which I'm still on the lookout for!

There are not really requirements. As long you can work with Mercenaries/adventures. And not have anything crazy off lore stuff. Other then that, you can join whenever you want :3 Great! Who do I need to contact?

Are there any requirements? How does one go about joining?

Bump! I've returned! :moogle: I'm trying to catch up with Heavensward so I can be ready for Stormblood and I'm currently looking for a LS or FC or even just a band of adventurers I can quest IC with. I have looked at the list of Linkshells and Free Companies but don't really see what I'm looking for so any help would be appreciated~

I'm back from a long and unwanted break and hoping to get into RPing for the first time (in the Eorzea realm) as I had no luck in the past. Hopefully this LS will help. Name is Aria Bellerose.

I. Basic Info Characters: Silene De'lune Primary character: +points up+ Linkshells: Balmung RP Hangout, Open RP, RP Central Primary RP linkshell: Suggestions/invitations welcome! II. RP Style Amount of RP (light, medium, heavy): I'm somewhere in the medium area. I love the lore and having plots but prefer to have my character grow through experiences and relationships. My character is basically myself as my style is more about immersion and interaction and a splash of storytelling. Views on RP combat and injuries: Totally kosher as long as no godmoding or anything takes place. Views on IC romance: I'm all for it for everyone else, but since I don't really see my character as a completely separate entity from myself I personally would rather not engage in RP romance unless the other person is of the same mind and intends it to go beyond IC. Views on non-romantic RP (family ties, etc): Yes please! Views on lore: Moar lore. I am by no means an expert and have forgotten many things during the breaks when I couldn't play but I love learning about the lore through quests and went out of my way to watch videos and read what happened in 1.0. Views on chat functions (/say, /linkshell, etc): I'm comfortable with any written style of RP but I prefer paragraphs. I don't write huge ones unless the moment calls for it and typically write a few descriptive lines as I like to focus on interactions. I'm working on learning all the emotes still. RP makes most sense in /say and /linkshell when communicating via linkshell. /yell only seems right if you're actually yelling to a person in the distance. /shout doesn't make sense in RP. /party I don't mind if the party is all together in one place and they want to keep it more private. /tell is good for just doing something more personal/one-on-one and of course the more intimate interactions. III. Other Info Country:United States Timezone:Pacific Contact info:Feel free to send me a tell or mail in game, send me a PM on here, or find me on Discord at Symphony#3602.

I figured less clutter would be appreciated so I found my original introduction thread. And thank you! Hope you can make into the game soon!

I suppose I'll reintroduce myself? I stopped playing for a good while for various reasons but now I'm back! (Hopefully for good but there's a chance I won't be able to continue my subscription after it runs out ._. .) Slight name change has happened since then. My name is now Aria Bellerose and I want to get into roleplaying again...although I never really got into it in the first place due to lack of a FC or LS or any friends really. ._. My friends that I play MMOs with didn't start FFXIVARR until a few months ago and none of them RP so they found a PvE centric FC that also does PvP and some RP but...it's not one I would have chosen and I don't really care to interact with the people in the FC. Don't get me wrong, they're very nice people, I just don't feel I mesh with them I guess you could say? And I feel obligated to stay because of my friends which is why I've been considering looking for a RP LS. Anyway, I've been focusing on leveling up and going through the storyline and would love a group of fellow adventurers to do quests and duties IC together. I'm a level 50 Bard on my way to 51 and I'm about to start the Still Waters quest line.

I'm glad I looked here before posting anywhere because I recently came up with a very similar idea of creating a performing troupe except for mine I was thinking less of a circus and more of a theater/music/dance group and it would simply be a LS. Perhaps we can combine our ideas in some way?

Character is Arya Rose on Balmung~ Feel free to add me and send a tell!

I'll have to do that when I eventually get there. Oh, you're one of them GRIDANIANS. Or LOMINSANS. Augh. AUGH. Well excuuuuuse me! Guess you don't need an archer/conjurer buddy then.:chocobo: Who the heck would level both Archer and Conjurer? *looks at own toon* Oh. Among other classes. o3o Thank you!

I'll have to do that when I eventually get there. Oh, you're one of them GRIDANIANS. Or LOMINSANS. Augh. AUGH. Well excuuuuuse me! Guess you don't need an archer/conjurer buddy then.:chocobo: I kid, I kid. Paladins always need more shooting buddies or healers. :'D :3

I'll have to do that when I eventually get there. Oh, you're one of them GRIDANIANS. Or LOMINSANS. Augh. AUGH. Well excuuuuuse me! Guess you don't need an archer/conjurer buddy then.:chocobo:

I'll have to do that when I eventually get there.

Thank you! I will next time I'm on!

Hello everyone! Another figurative noob here. I'm far from new to RP but quite new to FFXIV ARR. I didn't have an opportunity to play 1.0 so I've been going around and watching what videos and reading what articles and posts I can to learn about the 1.0 lore without spoiling anything for ARR since I haven't gotten very far (my highest character is a level 13 archer). I initially wanted to make my main character on Balmung to join a friend of mine who is in a RP company on there but I ended up making it on Tonberry to play with some other friends who I thought would be actively playing. Lo and behold, one or another either lost the desire to play, are too busy, or has a time zone conflict. So I went ahead and made another character on Balmung with the intentions of making it my RP character, except now I don't know what to make my character! I have a general grasp of the 1.0 lore but I know there are many details I have yet to learn that might serve as a better starting point, but there's also the option of being a new character altogether so I'm a bit lost and overwhelmed. ^^;; (Hence my lack of an avatar too...) In terms of my roleplay style, I go more for immersion where my character is basically a version of myself so depending on the RP I'm involved in (and how creative I'm feeling) I typically only have one character. I like to start with a basic foundation and develop over time through interactions and experiences rather than preconceive everything although there's nothing wrong with that either, I even do that myself to an extent from to time. I'm comfortable with both paragraph style and actions/emotes so I usually just use the style that my partner/group prefers. Umm...I think that's all I can think of that's relevant here. Yeah. ^^;; Nice to meet you all! I hope to make some friends here and stuff. X3 Any suggestions and advise are welcome too!