Aysun

...Lore-changing as in introducing the dimension-hopping deal as canon. While it is implied through various other games as you're so eager to keep mentioning, it is not something that is currently spelled out in the lore as legit. My point, and my opinion is simply that I hate it. I don't want people showing up from Vana'diel and Ivalice and ughhghg. Just don't like it.

This guy clearly has no idea what we are rioting over. It has nothing to do with the outfits. It's just clothes. I don't want Lightning, the character in XIV. If she's just a Hyur girl in a quest line, fine. But straight up dimension-hopping is lame, and much different than giving a nod to a popular character (or summon, or other famous franchise things) by having a look-alike in XIV. I'll cross my fingers that that's all it is. Fortunately, this seems almost like it's going to be an "event" rather than some legit canon lore-changing deal, so I'll be happy to ignore it.

Luckily I didn't play XIII enough to associate these outfits with characters. So it's just new gear to me. I haaate crossovers, so I hope that's all it is.

Headlines-worthy? Can mod move plz?

Wicked.

Oh, it's been going on since like March I think. We're actually still working on it. There's a survey up now, actually.

I will be recommending Balmung as the unofficial RP server and Gilgamesh as an alternate server for those who do not want to play on a legacy server.

No seriously, check out the census! XDD It's like this!

Another reason we utilized in repeating things like primals was an easy one: the damn things just kept getting re-summoned by the beast tribes. We hoped that everytime we took one down it would be like a thorn in the beast tribes' side that the would have to re-summon them. As for the dungeons and such that were repeatable.. that was more of a treasure-hunting/exploration type situation. The big beastie at the end was always the same, so obviously we never managed to kill it, and it was ready for another fight if we ran into it again. Just ideas if anyone else needs any for how you can handle some content in game.

Kaoru's correct. Minions are purely for shits and giggles. You can however have your chocobo fight by your side. I believe a quest is required.. plus you have to have gotten your chocobo (I think that's a Grand Company quest still in ARR). And summons will not be cosmetic, obviously.

:love:Abai~ So lookin' forward to your other projects too!

This might be of interest to you.

Thiiiissssss :love:

I understand your brand of RP and why you likeit, but I'll just point out; when too many things happen to any one individual or group, I completely lose my suspension of disbelief, and can no longer enjoy what I perceive to be over the top drama. It has nothing to do with me being upset OOC, and everything to do with my ability to believe in the story. My preferred brand is not for everyone tho. Its why RP is so great, its limitless and boundaryless Well of course. It can't be forced drama. Just naturally occurring things that the characters have to deal with. That's where the gritty real part comes in for me. I'm not talking about curses and dark terrible pasts. Just consequences for actions, naturally progressing RP that isn't driven towards a happy fun adventure all the time, that's all! There's a lot of overlap, as well. Good things do happen. Adventures still happen. Specifically what has happened to me in the past has been people upset that I can't force my character to be friends with theirs forever. Something happens that drives a wedge between them and their character can get over it a lot faster than Aysun and they are upset OOC when our RP does not return to friendly again. To me it's about treating these kinds of situations realistically and dealing with the consequences of our IC actions, whatever they may be.

That type of RP is indeed pretty confined to small niches in XIV. Mostly it is due to the pace of RP in XIV. We go FAST. Which is AWESOME. I come from somewhere where "Para RP" is the gold standard, that is, very story-tellingish with longer posts. So when I came to XIV it was a rude awakening that we didn't post like that anymore. While I still engage in this type of RP in 1-on-1 and very small settings with like-minded individuals on Skype, doing it in game is very difficult and I happily abandon it in favor of shorter, more direct emotes and dialogue. Speaking from experience and one who was really devoted to Para RP, you can still RP in XIV at this faster pace and enjoy the crap out of it without long, deep emotes, trust me!

Once and adventurer always an adventurer. I did repeatable content dungeons and primal fights IC in 1.0 and enjoyed it quite a lot. Hope that I can find my way into a LS that will do things like that in ARR when Aysun gets her shit together. :roll:

What is fun for one person is not fun for the next, though! It's all a matter of finding those players that have like-minded attitudes of what is fun in RP. Personally, I don't like when there is always a happy ending. Happy endings are boooring to me. I like drama, and real feeling gritty RP. It can be depressing. It can be cruel. Adventure should just happen, not be forced. Things like that. But I know for a fact that some people really don't like it when RP is dramatic, or emotional, because it is upsetting to them OOC. Those people I just can't RP with, because I can't provide the happy RP they need. That's where finding the niches is helpful. In the end we're all RPers, and we're all here to have fun. We just have different ways of having fun.

I win, tektek. Except for the stripey tail. You win that round..

Oh good. Phase 4 is even better!

Yep. One time name change and appearance change!

Launch, to my understanding. Can't find my source though..

No, those will be deleted. Phase 4 characters should transfer, however.

:dazed: That's a loooot. More need to stay in game!

Tektek is discriminating against heterochromia so I have rage. PHOTOSHOP WILL SAVE THE DAY. -goes to play-