Ranor

Ah, sweet. That'll be around mid-day for me (UK), thanks for the tip, was worried I'd have to wait a few days or even weeks! Has happened before in older MMO's.

So I finally got XIV, and while I will be maining with my friends toons on Odin I want to make an alt on Balmung, but as of this time of writing it is not accepting new characters? An odd mechanic, how does it work exactly? When will it be available again?

What's this? An XIV community where I haven't been harassed or told to stay away from the game?! I am shocked! Now to just convince my friends to re-roll on Balmung from Odin...

I've always enjoyed roleplaying in MMORPG's, namely WoW. Am I going to get shot for mentioning that game? The official forum/reddit explodes the second I mention it or don't say XIV is the bestest thing ever, as a result I have mild concerns that the same elitist attitude carries in-game, but I digress! This forum seemed much more friendly so I figured here would be a suitable place to ask newbie questions about the game and so on. But of course, roleplaying. I enjoy it, as mentioned, but I've barely touched any FF game before, I own VII but not gotten very far in it and I never played 1.0 (Especially after hearing what a trainwreck it, allegedly, was) so I'm a newborn when it comes to FF lore. That being said, I played the beta and generated an outline of a character in mind; a miqo'te (yes, another one!), who isn't following the stereotype trend of being overly cute or flimsy, instead I hope to have someone who actually looks quite well versed in fighting with one of the more 'grown up' faces I stumbled across in the beta that I became very fond of, as it caused me to stand out from the millions of :3 faced cat-people on the server I was playing on. In time I hope to have him more fleshed out in terms of backstory, already thinking of a name (His last name will be Tia, of course, as the lore states it ought to be. Don't like the idea of him being a breeding male, so, yah) and I think I've settled on the Marauder/Gladiator class in any case! One small problem remains however; I live in the EU. And while I'm aware of attempts at an EU RP server, as far as I know they either failed or they're SO small in number on a server they're constantly harassed or it's kept in private, which I dislike. Is time zone much of an issue on either RP server? Are there plenty of EU folk around with their own event timings and the like? I'd rather not miss out on large-scale RP events because I have to succumb to sleep! That being said, I hope to buy a copy of the game with a free trial after christmas, until then any advice or info is appreciated!