Melkire

MUSIC. SO. GOOD. HNNNNGHGHGHGH. Since tanks and healers and casters are sharing gear yet again, I can only hope that MNKs will get to have sweet, sweet revenge by getting to share the Alexander gear with NIN. It looks great (but then again, I'm a massive fan of cowls).

For those curious about why: recent toxicity stems from a freedom to bait, troll, insinuate, be passive-aggressive, post non-constructively, derail, etc. We're tired of having to lock perfectly good threads, and aggravated that perpetrators can cower behind technicalities. That ends today. Be Excellent to Each Other. If You Have Nothing Nice (and Constructive) to Say, Don't Say Anything at All. That goes for everyone... even those aforementioned loophole abusers. ESPECIALLY those persons. We're going to get called heavy-handed for this, I'm sure. But you know what? This isn't 4chan or SA or Tumblr. We're not here for sniping. We're here to enjoy FFXIV, RP, and FFXIV RP. Concerns or questions? PM me.

We've shuffled things around a bit for better visibility and easier access to various resources. This was partly to focus energies on more creative and constructive pursuits, and partly because we badly needed to rearramge a few things. Give it a look and let us know what you think!

This forum is for all those zany ideas and questions we occassionally have about our characters. Some examples... "Pick an animated GIF that best represents your character!" "If your character was a brand of BBQ sauce, which would they be?" "The main character of FFVII has been replaced by your character, what happens now?" ...and so on. Have fun with it!

Looking good, Clover! :thumbsup: That's the healer robe from the Library, right?

This forum is for assistance in conceiving, developing, and writing your role-play characters. This includes but is not limited to lore questions, requesting assistance with backstories, and discussion pertaining to how one's characters would interact with and respond to the world at large. This forum is for serious, in-depth discussions. If you're looking for quick 'n' dirty questions, please use the Fun Prompts forum.

[Admin Hardhat] Apparently I need to make the following clear. When an administrator or moderator posts to the effect that a certain discussion either needs to cease or be moved out of the current thread to elsewhere, that is an invitation to move said discussion to PMs or to a new thread specifically created by user(s) for that purpose. If users find fault with this, they are free to take it to PMs with staff. That is NOT an invitation to question the decision in the thread itself, thereby derailing the topic further and forcing action to be taken. (I had to prune some posts) Should I have to take action again in this thread, I'll put offenders on post moderation status, meaning they'll require staff approval before their posts will be visible. Thank you. [/Admin Hardhat]

[Admin Hardhat] Let's not get bogged down in what is or isn't good for the community, please. This thread has a different purpose, and it's not about discussion pertaining to acceptable or unacceptable behavior on the part of the RP community. That can be taken to its own thread, if anyone would like. "3.) This thread isn't for getting on your soapbox. Just venting." Thank you. [/Admin Hardhat]

I misread the naming convention a long time ago and mistook the apostrophe for the location of the hissing sound rather than the aitches. This thread has been very informative. Thanks, folks. :love:

Chivalric Coat of Fending. Crafted gear, dyeable. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/c0a20a260c5/

First off, welcome to RPC! Secondly, might I ask where you're hanging out in FFXIV that you're encountering these "wall of text people"? Some locales are better than others, and some are... well... many of us like to refer to it as "chat scroll" and you're more likely to encounter ridiculous amounts of text in busy areas like pubs and taverns. The Quicksand in Ul'dah (a.k.a The Adventurers' Guild) is notorious for this.

May take you up on this. Have a few Garlean expatriates in our company, so we've had good and bad experiences with them. Would be fun to run into yours at some point! Might also nudge a few peeps OoCly and point them your way, I think I still know a few Garlean spies....

Still not surprised. Miqo'te were always the most populated of the "fantastical" races as far as the RPC was concerned. The sudden rise in Au Ra, also expected. High numbers for Hyur, also expected. The other races, less populous, also expected. Yeah, no Hyur. :V

Awareness generally gets swapped in if you anticipate a large swarm of trash (usually more useful in dungeons than in trials) or else need to guarantee that a really hard-hitting series of attacks DOESN'T crit (the T11 example that Nat referenced). As previously mentioned, it doesn't see much use in boss fight environments such as the Primal EX fights or the later Coil instances. ...that said, Physical Defense has always been linear ever since FFXIV 2.1, so I suppose Foresight sucking back THEN doesn't necessarily mean it sucks NOW that we have higher PhysDef totals. I'd still rather take DR-granting skills like Rampart over Foresight any day, but sadly we don't have that option. Provoke and Convalescence are guaranteed must-haves for tanks in XIV. From input and Feedback here, it seems Awareness is left out and the other skills taken, with Awareness being swapped in and the skill being swapped out depending on what's needed for the fight at hand.

Huh. I'm curious as to why MS is considered situational. Tanks (meaning PLD, WAR has it natively) and DPS mostly take it to help push phases by contributing more damage whenever the boss/adds get low on health. Getting the kill with it for some extra HP doesn't hurt either, but that never really comes into play in raid/endgame environments. Foresight's also historically been considered a weak defensive CD to take, given how it's specifically a flat bonus to physical defense instead of percentage DR. I can see why DRKs would want Bloodbath at all times, though, I just wasn't sure that was the case given my lack of experience so far with the job.

Haven't leveled DRK at all yet, but I have PLD and WAR to 50 and tank regularly on my WAR. Question for DRK players: do you expect to replace Foresight or Bloodbath with Awareness at any point? I assume that Provoke, Convalescence, and Mercy Stroke are the "have these at all times" cross-class abilities for the job.

Cleaning of Linkshell Hall for the June-July transition is complete! 1. If a FC/LS did not have a June (6/2015) update, it was labeled either "Inactive" or "Disbanded" and subsequently archived. 2. Reprieves were granted to those who posted updates on 5/30/2015 and 5/31/2015. 3. Edits to the main post don't count and have never counted. 4. If you feel that a FC/LS thread in Linkshell Hall has been erroneously archived, please send staff a Private Message. Your appeal will be forwarded to myself and we'll discuss how best to approach reviving an archived thread. EDIT: I have been informed that the additional tabs are in fact retained when a thread is archived, and will be restored upon replacement in Linkshell Hall. Good to know! (Thanks, Kylin!)

1. Hyur, when listed as a single option, doesn't take into account the dimorphism between midlanders and highlanders. 2. Au Ra will have impacted Miqo'te population more significantly than other races, IMO, given how many of the latter have seemingly jumped ship for the new race.

I won't get too into detail on the myriad ways that having an additional option in a poll can skew results in various ways (in this case: temporary Au Ra, people planning on maining Au Ra who may revert, people not yet Au Ra, people who would've marked other races as their main if Au Ra weren't present, and so on) but suffice to say that a poll without would've shown current demographics compared to similar polls from the past. There's also the issue where Highlanders could be considered their own race, given how divergent they are from Midlanders. All of that said, pleasantly surprised to see Hyur and Miqo'te so neck-and-neck. As bummed as ever to see how few roleplayers have Roe characters.

Poll might've been more informative without the Au Ra option, since we know most people and their mothers will have one. I'm interested in seeing how impacted the Miqo'te and Hyur populations have been.

Please Note: As per this sticky, today is the last day of this month to post an update on your FC/LS page in Linkshell hall or on your entry in the Directory of Contacts for New Players. After today, staff will be going through and retiring pages/entries that have not had an update in more than a month's (~30 days') time. Thank You.

Yessssssssss. We have chat capabilities now. What this means for all registered users on desktop machines is that you should see a chat bar across the bottom of your browser window now whenever you're viewing a RPC web page. Be advised that the layout differs slightly between desktop and mobile browsers. Basic functionality on desktop is as follows: "Chat" will indicate how many users are online, as well as whether they are currently viewing their browser and whether they are on mobile. Click on "Chat" to expand and view the list of users. Clicking the Quote symbol with the "Chat Rooms" mouse-over will, be default, drop you into the General Chat Room. Please be advised that there are no FFXIV spoilers allowed in GenChat. A small red "New" notification will pop up over a chat window/room whenever someone speaks up. A bug exists where this notification will be wiped if you move to a different RPC web page. To leave a chat room and view the room lobby, click the Door symbol in the upper right-hand corner of a Chat Room to leave it. We currently have General Chat, Spoiler Station, and a number of IC chat rooms for live RP purposes. To chat directly with another user, click on their icon from the "Chat" User List, or click on their icon from the chat room list of users and then select "Private Message". A report function exists for RPC Chat that will inform all admins and mods. Please use this when appropriate. Admins and mods can and will ban users from RPC Chat for toxic behavior. This can be anywhere from a few seconds to permanently. Please note that there are a number of confirmed bugs with the chat feature. Rest assured that we've put in tickets for the known issues. We'll have a list for you shortly. Many thanks to our Patrons, who've made this possible with their donations. Thank you again for helping us test the new feature and document bugs as we ran into them. We hope you all enjoy the new feature moving forward!

Update: the server filters are still being looked into. Adding them is not a simple thing, and there's a lot of potential therein to inadvertently screw up our current layout. Slow going, but we'll get there. Stay tuned.

*blinks* What rules? What "force"? Variance is what we have OoC communication for. Send someone a /tell and ask them what they're up for before diving in, taking the plunge, etc. Unless someone refuses to communicate out-of-character, coordinating with them to either find a middle ground or decide that you're not compatible is fairly easy.

I thought my favorite was this one... ...but looking back at that nice night-time skyline shot of Ul'dah that Aya posted, I'm now conflicted.