Forra

Really, really late but... >.> Character Name: Hana Pendant Gender: Female Species: Lalafell, Plainsfolk Age: 19 Role: Date-to-be-auction'd! Hana's a conjurer, studying under the Stillglade Fane and not long out of apprentice-hood. She's fairly pious, has an interest in botany and folk-lore/fairy tale.. 'Hopefully that's enough at such short notice? There's a link to her RPC wiki page on her name above!

Oh gosh nostalgia 'Was a date auction that really got me into RP on FFXIV back during v1.0X. I can't really think of reason for any of my characters to bid.. but I think I can come up with reasons for their going up to auction! I'll send a PM!

'Thief' has been stated by Yoshida as being part of the longer term considerations, but I believe the suggestion was it would be a Discipline, with Assassin and such like being possible jobs from it and.. yeah, very speculative. Among other things I particularly remember something like 'we do want to add dual-wielding, but we don't know if we want it to be a Gladiator ability or something for a future Thief class'. As for the job system.. well, it's pretty simple, but I'll not link since the details are - until the lodestone update they'll probably drop next week - rather scattered about. 'Long and short of it is it's a specialisation system. You get to a particular level (25-35-ish depending, I think) in the required Disciplines, then do a quest and get given a stone that you equip to activate that job, like how you activate a Discipline by wielding one of its weapons. Jobs don't have levels independent of their associated Discipline, but rather you do quests to unlock their special gear and abilities. They're much more powerful in their specific roles, but have little to no cross-classing ability as do Disciplines. The whole concept is pretty expandable, and the developers have suggested a few times there'll be more Jobs down the line as well as more Disciplines, more than one for each Discipline at that. Gladiator > 'Dark Knight' for instance seems pretty likely from the things have been said about it.

In reply to Oskar's asking about the graphics.. well, they're good. I'm not really sure what to compare it to, but I'd put them somewhere in the same league as Final Fantasy XIV, perhaps just a bit below. The developers started work on the Cryengine 2, and recently licensed and moved development onto the Cryengine 3. Not that I know much about the Cryengine beyond it looking pretty. Does it perform okay? But yes, I'd be surprised if Archeage isn't at least two or three years from an international release, maybe even coming up five.

I must admit, I am immensely excited for Archeage and I hope desperately it does well. It seems like the only MMO presently out or in development.. possibly aside from EVE - that's actually chasing the ideal of an online world. So.. yeah, hope ^^

(( Disregard former complaint, missed end of post =.= I'll try to turn up but that's 1am my time, so .. well, I'll do my best. I assume character level is irrelevant? ))

... So... the first RP event in yonks would've started at a convenient time is cancelled because people didn't..? I don't like to sound.. um.. bad or whatever word's better but.. oh well it's too late now. I guess I missed the announcing it with all this faffing about with the plumbers and caravans.. Bother.

Alright, sorry for jumping down your throat there Oskar. That said, when the reply responds solely, negatively to one element of a post without addressing its content - even if the poster does, in fact, feel positively about that content - it ought not be surprising when someone assumes the poster is being negative toward the post in general based on their seemingly wholly negative response; especially when the negativity is to something so innocuous as wanting to deliver the results of a discussion between friends in a single post. Whatever happens though, what very little I can contribute right now's been voiced I suppose and it looks like others have far more to lend the discussion than I do. So for now.. back to just reading.

Oh, sure, attack the post format rather than speaking to its concerns. You'd've seen me chiming in on subject beside Mnim's post sooner but for having to travel to my aunt's caravan for the night, what with the plumbers disabling the water/heating and all. Still, since adding a different voice is clearly unwelcome, I'll not join in the discussion and just leave my input on the subject at noting I also get a lot more out of open, unscheduled play and my characters' day-to-day than events, really fun though events may be. But then, since you only seem concerned about the fact the post wanted to add the results of a discussion as a single post, I guess the only bit would have mattered is that I want in on that detestable 'we', anyway.

Apparently, they will. To quote Yoshida in the post linked above:

Ah, good I suppose I had best remove the poll, hadn't I? Hopefully everyone will just.. not apply to transfer. And hopefully we're all right assuming Besaid isn't going anywhere -.-; Although come to think, I suppose it'd still be a non-issue, since as long as we don't apply to transfer.. we'll end up in the same place anyway, right? So we'll just have to worry about spreading the news about the new, unofficial world once the developers pick a name for it.. assuming a seperate RP server isn't suggested, officially. That could make things awkward x.x;

I admit, I read people only being moved if their server closes or if they're asked to as a possible interpretation too, and it's very much my hope that that is the case. I just can't be sure enough it isn't 'name the worlds but punt everyone' to not be really uncomfortable, still.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/14967-Translations-(JP-to-English)?p=548620&viewfull=1#post548620 Here, one Reinhart post link >.> I'll hold off putting that in the first post, for now, since he's only 'seeing if it's possible'. I must admit, however, it remains a flicker worrisome. If 'Option 2' happens and players are still going to be ejected from their servers and asked to pick again, there's a real possibility of being unable to rejoin Besaid.

I just realised - choices open March 1st, not March 27th - that's the lock-in date. As such I've modified the poll to close on the 29th of February - 20 days from now - so we've a day's leeway before the choices open. It'd be a bit of a sod for us to be polling still, while the servers are busy filling up without us >.> ... Four replies in the time it took me to write that, good lord. Anyway, said it a few times, so .. obviously we oughtn't be inflexible. But as above, just as everyone else is charging off deciding things.. I don't know it seemed the right choice setting off a poll at the time. God knows I'm watching and likely prioritising the rest of the community,though.

Definitely I agree - thus my mentioning in first post the threads on the official forums related to the matter and their apparent start, although I admit I only listed the ones mention roleplay rather than every topic related to Besaid. At best being 'RPC's way or the highway' about it would be kinda rude and ungrateful in many ways, and at worst it could send RP'ers in multiple directions instead of gathering them. But I agree, Besaid has been a remarkably nice community.. it'd be horrid if we lose that.

Good idea.. did people really do that back then, too? Oh, say.. I don't like to sound too jumped up or anything, given I set the poll and all but.. would it be a good idea to make the poll's thread a bit more prominent? If not a front page bit, then, maybe sticky'd? Or maybe link to it in this new item about limiting the registrations some? Sorry.

I'm sorry Kylin; that's what I originally thought as well. Unfortunately, it isn't so - read over the message, again, particularly the part that says that everyone has to choose a new server: It doesn't matter if Besaid remains, we're being removed from it and asked to choose a new server blind. EDIT: Post-Kylin's edit: Right.

Another concern I've seen raised: Whichever server we choose as the new Role-Play Server, what's the best way to deal with old threads about the RP server being Besaid and the danger of them misinforming new-come RP'ers? A 1-in-10 chance of us coincidentally choosing to go to Besaid is pretty poor, so having a plan would be a good idea. Should the old threads claiming Besaid is where to go be deleted/edited, and RP linkshells and communities be asked to do the same on their own forums?

Thanks Gospel.. But you're right, that really is the worst part, this'd all not be so bad if they could just tag characters for re-assignment at some point down the line. I wonder if something is stopping them doing so. Still, at least we've a few weeks to get organised and we're off to a good start.. Not that I wouldn't kind of like the excuse to 're-roll' for my own part, but.. obviously I'd very much be in the minority with that.

Reassessing the Merger of FFXIV Worlds (02/13/2012) - The world merger plans have been changed. It does not look like there is any danger of the RP community being split up so long as none of us elect to voluntarily apply to move to another world. A large portion of this first post is no longer relevant. There is, however, still discussion of persuading the developers to officially suggest a roleplaying world. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/37276-SE-please-designate-a-Role-Play-friendly-server!?p=560925#post560925 - A community representative has confirmed that a roleplay server will be available come v2.0. Lodestone Reference: About the World Merge and Character Transfers (02/09/2012) Obviously, the fact that we won't know which server will be Besaid until after the merger - however likely it is that the name Besaid will be sticking around - means if we're going to be keeping Final Fantasy XIV's role-play community together, we (the community at large, rather than the RPC alone of course) are going to have to pick which server the majority of us ought be trying to gather on and be advising everyone else to try and gather on as well. That is, assuming Square Enix don't go back on this silly plan and pre-emptively announce the world names. In which case, well: no harm no foul I suppose. Everyone who's willing, do please make everyone aware of what's happening, and of this thread, that you can? Thanks! Threads on the official forums taking into account the need for a Role-Play Server: Reassessing the Merger of FFXIV Worlds (02/13/2012) - The world merger plans have been changed. It does not look like there is any danger of the RP community being split up so long as none of us elect to voluntarily apply to move to another world. SE, please designate a Role Play friendly server! - Thread requesting this opportunity be used to designate an actual roleplaying server. Server Mergers (Designate an RP server a la Besaid) Server Merge Solution: How we, as a community, can resolve this dilemma World Merger Organization? There appears to be something of a consensus starting to form on the official forums that the unofficial role-play server/'New Besaid' ought be New World 9. Whatever the result of this poll, it's probably important that we take into account the prevailing decision there and consider if we ought bow to it, given the official forums are the more widely viewed community. EDIT: Poll removed after a day with no-one suggesting reasons not to. New World Merger plans have negated the need for it, leaving it up would only risk needlessly confusing people down the line.

Oh, hey Kinara Welcome.. or so! Even if we have spoken before and all >.> 'Hopefully get to play with you sometime soon and all!

None of the above! Thanks for adding that option Kylin >.> While I'm fairly excited for the system concept itself, I can't quite see any of my characters being a part of any of the jobs.. Forra I might believe having some of the Dragoon abilities, but I have an immensely hard time picturing him in the job's gear. Meanwhile Taemi.. .. actually you know for some reason I can kinda see her in the White Mage gear for some reason, gladiator primary though she is. Goodness knows though, can't picture her as a Paladin.. So, well, yeah >.>

(( Barring any unexpected appointments, I think I'll be attending. I'll decide whether I ought send Taemi or Forra closer to the time, if that's alright (although one being an r48 Lancer and the other an r19 Gladiator, I suspect Forra might be more likely). ))

Oh now that is a good idea.. although it's a shame about the ruddy great ZAM banner. 'Tad iffy to look at aside it seems to be obscuring a chunk of the page.

Hum.. in that case I really have no clue. That really was the only idea I could think of x.x