Melkire

I'd suggest that anyone wishing to take initiative with a suggestion for improvement start a new thread specifically for that idea. That way, each new resource can have its own focused discussion and planning while allowing this thread to continue on with brainstorming, instead of getting bogged down in particulars. Just a suggestion, though. :love:

This. This so much. I was a sucker for Dark Souls (loved that game so much, have yet to play II) and let me tell you, take this advice to heart.

The wording "joined by players on all worlds," in addition to the Lodestone graphic they have showing a Shiva EX party recruitment page, leads me to believe that this might actually let you join in as opposed to merely plan... but I might be wrong. The infrastructure for cross-server duties already exists by way of Duty Finder, after all.

Still happening, folks still attending (myself included). Some of us (attendees or otherwise) are just gnashing teeth at some particulars before the main event. See you there.

Holy shit. "Privacy Setting 'All' : Your event can be viewed and joined by players on all worlds." This can potentially serve as a cross-server Party Finder.

Having had discussions elsewhere already with Verad and others who share similar concerns, I find it understandable that folks are apprehensive, pessimistic, negative, etc., especially when so much of the language surrounding this event perpetuates the feeling that there is an agenda to this event beyond a simple get-together. Before anyone starts on about how "there is no agenda," allow me to define what I, personally, mean by that word: The organizers and several key attendees have proposed, explicitly or otherwise, that they have identified a number of supposed issues and that they are seeking to effect change by congregating and coming to a consensus on how to approach these "problems". Hopefully no one disagrees with this notion, since I can openly quote the original post to debunk any naysayers: This, in my opinion, is a valid cause for concern, since it amounts to a communal straw-man. "We have an issue." (What's this "we"?) "This is a problem." (Says who?) "We need to do something about this." (Why?) "Let's meet up and do something about this." The contention on the part of the concerned is that these are perceived issues, not real issues. A quick look at the one explicitly mentioned perceived issue: Lack of Spontaneous Open-World RP This is the idealist's dream: to walk into any corner of the open world and stumble across folks roleplaying there. The MMO is suddenly an open, breathing world. I used to think this was an issue with Balmung. I know from hearsay that it's a bit of an issue with Gilgamesh, but that owes itself more to a small population of roleplayers. Why did I used to think Balmung had this issue? Because what little amount of time I wasn't spending on PvE, I was spending roleplaying in the Quicksand and in the housing districts. If you're a groundhog, and you spend all winter in your hole, and you peek outside for a single day during that winter, and you don't see any activity and decide to retreat back into your hole, that doesn't mean that there's nothing going on outside. That doesn't mean that there aren't other groundhogs out there. It just means that you have a skewed perspective. You have a problem, i.e. restricting your roleplay to certain areas because you assume, based on a few halfhearted glances, that there is no roleplay elsewhere. And because you have this problem, you assume everyone else has this problem. In my time since getting back into the game early this March, with a new FC that wasn't shy about getting out and about, and a new FC storyline that allowed us opportunities to do so, and more time that I allowed myself for RP, I've: Roleplayed with my FC out at the Sepulchre, at the Forgotten Springs, and at the Burning Wall in open channels (/say, /yell, /shout, /em, etc.) Witnessed and interacted with two complete strangers who were roleplaying in the Coffer & Coffin before my friend and I strolled in to do likewise. Attended the Grindstone, which while isn't spontaneous, is certainly an open-world roleplay opportunity. Randomly ran into Sounsyy Mirke almost getting into a street fight with some stranger of a Miqo'te, all while Franz looked on. I could keep going, on and on, but I think that's sufficient to make my point: this is a perceived issue, and the solution is as personal and reliant-on-the-individual as the issue is. There are other reasons for concern, and they've already been raised and, in a few instances, handwaved/brushed aside. New rifts in community as a result of attendance/non-attendance, individual- and company-level tensions, a grass-roots fear of "Big Business" except substitute "Free Company" for "Business", etc. I can almost guarantee you that if the title of this thread had been "Server-wide RP FC Meet-and-Greet" and the original post limited to "When would work best for you?", you wouldn't have seen any of the aforementioned apprehension, pessimism, or negativity. I can also almost guarantee that if this summit wasn't to have such rigidly parliamentary proceedings, there'd be less animosity and more acceptance. After all, who's determining in what order the representatives are speaking? Who's going to be going first? Who's going last? Whoever ends up at or near the end is going to get shafted anyway courtesy of flagging attention/interest. Why can't this be more of a swap meet? Pick a really, really large area and have FCs set themselves up throughout, as if they had "booths", with enough distance between them so you wouldn't end up with chat spam. So, to my eyes, there's a lot of room for improvement as far as the format and the intended purpose of this event are concerned. EDIT: This entire post is not something I would have been able to fit into the allotted speaking time allowed to me as a representative under the formal structure proposed for this event. So take that. *drops mic*

I'm going to be brutally honest with you, so please prepare yourself. Flaws. Where are his flaws? Does he have any? You can do all the tweaking you want with this concept, yet so long as the character is flawless, to my eyes, it is still a Gary Stu. Take a moment to step back and look at what you've written. He is brilliant, was a child prodigy, he's wealthy, jack of all trades AND a master? Skilled thaum, conj, machinist.... he can read and write... and you can opt out of any life-threatening situation at will because he's also a master manipulator. And yet, for all these advantages, you've not listed a single flaw to balance him out. Let's take a look at my main character for a contrast. For all his advantages, Osric still has his fair share of flaws which round him out as a character and make him seem more real and alive than the average Super McAwesome Cool Dude the Thirteenth. Osric might seem eloquent and well-spoken at times, but his language is rough and coarse, which some find distasteful. Furthermore, behind his somewhat-false humility he hides a confidence that reeks of arrogance, and that really rubs a lot of people the wrong way. He can read and write, but he is not well-read; he is more street-smart than book-smart. He knows very little of most fields of craft or trade, and magitek engineering is so far beyond him as to seem almost alien. Though he is a trained pugilist and fledling monk, his true proficiency is with knives, daggers, and other small-arms... yet focusing too much on one or the other frequently leads to his skills with the other growing rusty and unreliable, so it's a constant balancing act. And while he knows his way around an axe, he is so abysmal with one that he's better off not even picking one up. A character needs to be bad at things, if you're looking to make them someone worth reading about and playing alongside. If you're looking to fulfill a power fantasy, though, by all means, go ahead with what you have.

Osric reads smut and slash and all sorts of trash when he thinks no one is looking. Also sketching the landscape. This reminds me, the wiki could really use a "this character is deceased" tag of some sort. *goes to pester FreelanceWizard*

"You want to know what I'm buying, Ringo?" "What?" "Your life." "I'm trying, Ringo. I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd."

Banned for not being able to count, Saturday is four days away.

NOT FIGHTING EVERYONE. /bans

Osric with Kanaria:[video=youtube] Osric with Kahn'a:[video=youtube] Osric with Siha:[video=youtube] Osric with Mikh'a:[video=youtube]

"Professor Taeros flunked me on my midterms again. I asked him why they even matter when passing or failing this class depends almost entirely on our performance on the final exam. He told me they matter because 'repeat failures build character'. ...I miss Professor Jin'li." "Rordán's chewed through my boots again. Cheeky bastard."

With Askier: With Delial: With C'kayah:

But can it be discarded?

I want and like to do ALL the things. ... ... *starts dragging people out of the gutter*

Banned because she refuses to C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER.

Dedication. Perseverance. Commitment. Permissive. Collaborative. Roen's writing is excellent. But when you can say that about someone and also say that their plotting is excellent, and that the above virtues come together to form the backbone of character and narrative arcs spanning upwards of six months at times.... Bravo. -applauds-

[align=center] *takes a deep breath* ~squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees~[/align]

/quietly saves lore behind Zodiac weapon... (cuz I'm sure as hell not getting all ten) Aren't all these quest texts datamined and saved to xivdb anyway? Or do they hand-record this there?

His stat growths are disgusting, yes, but I liked that about him. He was a more realistic lord than most of the more recent ones. Like, seriously. Historically speaking, you do not put your noble/lord/king/whatever on the front lines. They're usually not very good, and even when they are, they are too valuable to lose. A big part of your defensive strategy should boil down to "protect the guy who's championing our cause and funding our army". Contrast Ike, who goes rolling into combat and flattens everything because he is a badass mofo who don't need no fodder. >_> He is. And yet they left him out of Smash. AGAIN. *rages*

FE6 is very, very, very RNG dependent. Case in point, RNG made my Rutger a god. High STR, max SKL and SPD, and high LCK. Can you say, "Swordmaster double-critting and therefore one-shotting everything with Armorslayer, Killing Edge, and Wo Dao" ? Because I can.

I can't think of a perfect match off the top of my head. If anyone can, I'd love input. I've been told this is Osric: That said, it's scary how each and every passing in-character day takes him closer and closer to this: