Miah Gamduhla

I think so too. There was an interview with Yoshi-P where he says that RDM will be in Ul'dah, but he also says that those looking for SAM would be fine logging out in Ul'dah as well. I hoped that this meant that SAM would be at Vesper Bay or the ease was contributed to teleporting to wherever we wanted... I never thought we'd have both jobs in the same City State. At least they're not in the same sections.

This is wonderful news for Mateus! Very pleased to see it on the list. =) I do really hope that those unhappy with the state of Balmung find a great new home on Mateus and that they end up being a good addition to the budding RP community there. I may even have to make a new character there and check things out. Variety is good.

Have you seen Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice? It's being developed by Ninja Theory and is built around Scandinavian myth and legend (with some schizophrenia thrown in). I think its about Celtic myth and legend, but it does look pretty cool.

SotC Remake looks amazing. I'll probably buy it. Bethesda was a let down. I don't mind the paid mods really as long as they're really good quality and guaranteed to be compatible with other paid for mods. I'm mostly sad that there was no TES VI news. I loved FF15, but that fishing VR game looks like a total and complete bust. Who would buy that? Beyond Good and Evil 2s trailer looks nice, but I have no idea how its going to be as a game. I am interested in what they mean by seamless online world though. God Of War looks great. I'm not much of a blood and gore type of girl, but the story looks cool and I'm Scandinavian, so...

I've always assumed that worship of Thaliak revolved around the pursuit of knowledge, though I've never seen any canon mention on what that entails (ceremony and whatnot). While I wouldn't say that Miah worships Thaliak, her main drive in life is to gain knowledge on as much things as she can by experiencing them first hand, no matter how minute and insignificant the experience may be - something that she believes Thaliak would approve of. This is her own way of being devout while not belonging to a church like many who worship Halone would be. Thaliak is the patron of Sharlayan though, and its pretty safe to assume that much of their society (and likely that of The Circle of Knowing / Scions) is the way it is because of their reverence to him. "Knowledge Seeks No Man" is a line thats written on a slab of stone in Idyllshire, located in the Dravanian Hinterlands where the Sharlayan (the city state) was located before they evacuated. I hope that this helps.

Like others here, I would only move off of Balmung if houses/furnishings moved as well. Housing is such a huge investment that simply tossing it in the trash is out of the question. It takes so much gil and a huge amount of luck to get one. This extends to apartments as well. Then theres also the problem with how big of a gamble that moving will be. I'm sure that many would move, but I'm also sure that many will not. If you move, will you be able to find a group you mesh well with? You better be sure that you do because there likely won't be any going back to Balmung if you don't like the new server.

I feel kinda guilty for adding onto this list... it seems you have your hands full with so many people responding to this thread. I would really love to have some artwork of Miah though so here I am. Please forgive me! If you happen to decide to draw Miah and you want a better picture, just me know and I'll try my best! Thanks so much for offering this to the community. Your work is really good. =)

I'm one of those players who are IC all the time... by this I mean... well, I may not always consider where Miah goes IC until / if / when RP happens. I could be running around Ul'dah just going to the MB or picking up a quest or something and if someone stops me and initiates RP or I overhear something I might want to get in on, I will find a reason as to why Miah is there. I am always up for RP no matter where I am. I usually have trouble finding RP outside of my FC and my friends list. I know that the major RP hub on Balmung is The Quicksand, but its usually really crowded (which makes it hard for me to follow everything and my typing lag) and I'm not personally interested with the lewdness that's there (not that there is anything wrong with lewd stuff, imo). The other city-states need more RP love. It makes me kinda sad to know that there are other great places out there that don't get as much traffic for whatever reason. Every city-state has beautiful locations in and around them that would make great places to congregate at... but they're just not used frequently (or at all). Its a catch-22. Maybe eventually I'll look into joining a RP LS that isn't connected with my FC. I know that it'll open up a lot of RP opportunities for me. I'm already juggling a few LSs for other things though. ><

Miah and Tahla. :3 I have a few screenshots from their bonding ceremony but they're not very good. >_>

Balmung is home to the largest RP community in FF14 and we seem to have a lot going on all the time. However, I admit that I don't really know much about the other Worlds that have a RP scene - I started on Balmung at ARRs launch and I haven't played more than a few hours on any other World. Hopefully you'll find good people to RP with no matter where you eventually end up. FF14 is pretty great for RP and the community (RP or not) is generally outstanding compared to other MMORPGs out there, so I'm sure that you will. Have fun and best of luck!

7/28/2016 Our applications are open! If you like what you've seen and read about us, and think that we'll make a good fit you, please apply! And as always, we're pretty much always open for RPing with other FCs, LSs, or other RPers in the community. =) Have fun in Eorzea!

To me, soul stones are a shortcut to mastery and are not required (in most cases). Like... there is the normal, real-life way of learning and then there's the soul stone way where you learn at a much quicker rate (maybe like having a grand-master tutoring you every waking hour of the day?). Those are my thoughts on it anyway. I've considered having the MCH soul stone ICly because of its nature - its a new job and the stone itself isn't inscribed yet (according to the items text), but even though I main MCH, I haven't really put much attention on it in RP so I might just ignore it for now. Before HW, I mained BRD, but Miah was just an archer as far as RP went. I don't play BLM at all... so I don't have to deal with that mess.

"Better" is a fairly loaded worded. I'd say average characters are much safer/easier characters to play, for a variety of reasons, and that ease of play results in less skilled or experienced writers getting much better results instead of fumbling around with a more complex and extravagant character that would require more finesse to play to appropriate effect. The use of "better" rubs me the wrong way as well. I have characters that are products of unlikely pasts and characters that are just a Brume thief or Lominsian trade ship proprietor. Is the Garlean defector somehow less valuable than the history professor on her first teaching assignment? Or somehow offensive for having an unusual past? I don't believe so. I also don't believe either one is more of a challenge to write than the other. They present different challenges. The more generic characters require a lot of extra work to make them feel like an actual part of the world instead of something that could be cut and pasted into any environment, and the more uncommon characters require a lot of delving into lore and a huge dose of humility to not overplay them into some shounen fever-dream of power and uniqueness. "Better" is way, way too value based a word to use here, I think. And I'm sure it slights a lot of talented writers who've developed interesting characters that happen to have bombastic backstories. As I said, its a personal preference. For the most part, people who I've RPed with who rely on things that happen to them to sell their character rather than rely on their character to sell their character aren't as enjoyable for me to RP with as someone who does - therefore better for me. In reply to your example... a Garlean defector is 100% fine in my book and totally lore-friendly. I am sure that there are Garleans that aren't loyal to the empire and would defect - there are examples of this in the MSQ. I have no problem with that at all. What I'm referring to when I say outlandish are things like... characters who jump around back and forth from other dimensions, characters who are from some station of high influence and power and impose that on others (things like characters who are in the Heaven's Ward or play as some deity in disguise) and other things like that. Even then, a lot of this would be fine as long as it wasn't the main draw of their character - snowflakes. Please don't assume that I use the word better to slight others, give me the benefit of the doubt here. If I have slighted anyone, I'm sorry. I don't know if my word use hurt anyones feelings, but know that it wasn't my intention to do so. Everyone has things that they like more than others. I like plain cheese pizza better than pepperoni pizza. Does that mean that I dislike pepperoni pizza or that I think less of people who like that topping more than plain cheese? No. If I could only have one slice of pizza and my only options were cheese or pepperoni, would I take the cheese? Yes. People have different tastes and that is fine.

Personally, in most cases, I don't consider quickchanging armor to be an IC thing. When I need to change my gear/clothes/equipment for whatever reason during RP, I just excuse myself offscreen and change there (as if I went to a room and changed).

7/16/2016 We are not accepting new applicants at this time. If you would like to get in contact with us for any reason (networking, collaborative events, etc), feel free to contact me (Miah Gamduhla) in-game or through this website and I will do my best to reply and do what I can. If I'm not around here or in-game, go ahead and poke one of us who are online and they should be able to direct you to another member of leadership. Have fun in Eorzea!