QueenFrejyalen

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I'm not one for poetry, but..my fiance is. His most popular is... too embarrassing for me to post here. >////< But here's another one that his friends/readers on his site really liked.

I thought that was you! You kept bombing me T_T My racing 'bo is Elegant Melody, because random is a wonderful thing. Fighting 'bo is Holiander, named after Vaughn's brother. omg I'm so sorry x.x The madness got to me Vaughn...the bloodlust...I couldn't hold it back. DD=

Companion Chocobo - Met'anyan Racing Chocobo - Lord Kweh x3

I cannot wait until I get my tax refund so that I can throw some money at you!! Love your work, love what you did with my Queenie. <3

Don't have any pics, but I just made some great multi-bean soup! 1 can of black beans (with liquid) 1 can of pinto beans (half the liquid) 1/2 cup cold water 1/3 a can of corn palm full of lentils season to taste with garlic powder, black pepper, salt, and maybe 3 drops of honey edit: I also added a dusting of starch to mix in to thicken it up~ Stir in a big pot, wait until it's hot, sprinkle cheddar cheese on top! =D

Syndicate/Bourgeoisie The Royals (Sultanate) The Immortal Flames/Blades/Torches/Sultansworn Adventurers/Merchants/Petty Crooks Proletarians Refugees Frejyalen and co were once refugees in Ul'dah, but she was quick to climb the ladder into the middle/upper class as a sort of political consultant. Now she's living elsewhere, but she does still hold a little sway in Ul'dah. =]

If Queenie somehow got into my apartment and to my door, I'd assume that Rahdias and Keyu are with her, as they would accompany her on any such adventure. So first of all, I'd be like, "It's happened. I've finally lost it." Also I'd worry that my neighbors now think I'm a furry. Once the initial shock wore off, I'd be ecstatic to find out that life took a turn for the insanely exciting. But I'd be wondering why they were here, there must be some big story about to be played out for them to be here. Also I'd probably cry to see Queen and Rahdias beside each other lmao. I would resist the urge to squish Queenie in my arms, and at least try to treat her as the stately sort of being she is. She'd probably be in shock as well, but observing their surroundings and trying to learn what she could that might help them in..whatever it is they were here for. Keyu would probably try to flirt with me, if he believed it would help them get in my good graces and give them a place to stay. I won't even lie, it would work! Rahdias would just be blown away for a while by everything I'm guessing, staying close to Queenie just in case but just.. getting all giddy about every new discovery hahaha. I'd want to touch all the tails and ears, sorry, I'm an uncultured swine like that. Let's see...I'd have trouble finding room for all of them, though luckily our 2nd bedroom is unoccupied at the moment... I'd probably call up my parents to see if I could borrow a blow up mattress for them, or just make a huge blanket pile. And lastly, I'd prepare myself for whatever insanity or depravity was going to ensue~! I wouldn't want to slow them down, I can at least be useful if I'm being incorporated into the story! ;P Very fun question!

Frejyalen is a sort of Norse/Polish/Turkish blend?

Frejyalen's first name is a variation of the Norse goddess Freyja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyja) though that might've been pretty obvious to most. Her surname is that of her home kingdom, Ruyalen. It isn't based on anything - just made up to sort-of fit the naming conventions. I was originally going to name her kingdom Ru'yalen to mirror how Ul'dah sounds, but decided to nix the apostrophe for I don't remember why. Basically her name should read as "Frejyalen of Ruyalen" but upon traveling the rest of the Realm it became her surname - easier than trying to explain the "of" to anyone. My elezen alt Miounne Rondelet's name was taken straight from the name generator, because I did not know enough about Elezen lore to name her myself. =]

https://41.media.tumblr.com/80937062ae10a4d5ec53de7ff707a6a4/tumblr_nk5jzcXUea1u6na8po1_1280.png[/img] THIS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK BY FAI! I have always wanted a more Norse & Polish inspired look for Queenie, but in-game options don't really work for that. So I commissioned Fai to make the traditional Ruyalen garb a reality and omg I am beyond in love with this. And also the style of hair that Fai gave her makes me want to write up some lore about hair colouring on Witch Queens for rituals.. If you want to commission Fai too they've got a thread up: http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=10180

oh yes! I can offer an update: got some of the IRL things I mentioned sorted out, just working out a few other things to secure our living situation. Also I'm almost finished with Unnamed Mercenary's order! =D Then I should be onto the next!

I can ride my bike with no handle bars... no handle bars... no handle bars...........

Highlander shoulder mount. Comes in male or female. -snicker- Would instantly go back to lalaKage. Would appreciate Roe shoulder mount as well. YES. I AM DOWN FOR THIS. also this: https://36.media.tumblr.com/4766b4f18b7c31e64f3f8b1590db7516/tumblr_njmkmehnKk1tupne6o1_1280.png[/img] https://41.media.tumblr.com/e0913a59cf9fcc99f569cea6eef8ae39/tumblr_njmkmehnKk1tupne6o2_r1_1280.png[/img] https://40.media.tumblr.com/87a78ea25d4c195ea5f29e2f94659a7d/tumblr_njmkmehnKk1tupne6o3_1280.png[/img] https://41.media.tumblr.com/afd59b26d10e3dc9d8a22d35752dddde/tumblr_njmkmehnKk1tupne6o4_1280.png[/img] comic by shenkena~

I can attest that the RMT activity on the lower-population servers is much, MUCH worst than on Balmung. I'm not kidding. On Lamia server I used to get at least 15 tells a day, depending on how often I went into a new zone that number could double. I had to keep emptying my blacklist of names that were NOT being removed from the game just to make room for the newer, more persistent ones. Do not attempt the suffering of the low populace servers because it almost feels as if SE is completely ignoring their cries for help. But yes, I think that if we could at least know what affected the servers (as you say, who/what is online?) then maybe we could determine how to fix the issue.. yes which makes me think that it is -possible- (though not probable) that other servers have a higher bot population though they have a smaller real player population. Possible though not probable that they have the same population all together but then why no character creation issues there? But the thing is... if you get rid of the bots (which maybe we have a lower percentage of but higher population of real players) and it fills with real players... what then? What happens when we are at 100% capacity of real players (ideal perfect vacuum situation)? How about, even 90% real since we can't get rid of bots all together. When that population of real players, active players, fills up and are playing? What if we're just hitting the capacity that the world can start to take? AFK kick won't solve that. Removing bots won't solve it. They're only small bandaids. At this point I think more infrastructure work is needed on the server side / SE side. I mean realistically, some day, we will hit full capacity with no way to fix it. With nothing to fix because it is just the sheer mass of people playing on one space. So yeah, maybe this is that point. Maybe this is all that's available to us right now in terms of the hardware/software combo that SE have available to them. -shrug-

I can attest that the RMT activity on the lower-population servers is much, MUCH worst than on Balmung. I'm not kidding. On Lamia server I used to get at least 15 tells a day, depending on how often I went into a new zone that number could double. I had to keep emptying my blacklist of names that were NOT being removed from the game just to make room for the newer, more persistent ones. Do not attempt the suffering of the low populace servers because it almost feels as if SE is completely ignoring their cries for help. But yes, I think that if we could at least know what affected the servers (as you say, who/what is online?) then maybe we could determine how to fix the issue..

Hmm yeah if there were a different between logged in characters and ones that were simply created, that could be a better use of the server restriction. I think some more people were talking about that above and I agree with that idea. I think part of the issue with that is that characters are created locally on the machine first. THat's why we can save appearance data and then select a server. SE would need to factor that in, which would require a recode of the lobby server. (maybe for the better?) It should be noted, there have been times when a map has been so congested, new people cannot enter it. Most recently, Mor Dhona when 2.5 hit. So we definitely can have map-wide congestion problems. I don't know much about how the underlying architecture of the servers was designed, but assuming we can't instance each zone to multiple servers, we'll keep running into this as an issue as time progresses. Who knows if say, Northern Shroud and East Thanalan are on the same server or not? The only possible fix I could see would be to try to separate each zone to a different server, but that wouldn't really work either because a given zone's population could spike. It wouldn't be a proper use of resources. Especially if we assume more fights like Behemoth or Odin could happen. I am assuming that we'll be getting a server overhaul when 3.0 launches, however. First, because the EU datacenter. Second, for all those new maps. I'd say a large population of the PVE-only players will likely AFK there, reducing load on our main cities and surrounding area. And, assuming the 3.0 content is indeed housed on different servers, that should increase the server capacity for new characters. Maybe. All very interesting points, I did not know that the 3.0 content was to be housed on a different server! =Oc And I can definitely see where the new maps will be the new place to commune for higher players, thus freeing up the other areas. But yeah, putting everything on separate servers sounds both tough and like it would be negated by specific cities/areas being more heavily populated. Maybe I see a lot more congestion than others because of still being on ps3 (I know, I know...please don't say anything ;^; ) but what about for PC players? Have any of you really experienced much lag or been barred from entering an area that was too congested? Do you have issues when you try to contact a retainer from the bells in Mor Dhona? I've had the system cancel out on me because there's just too many people there. I guess what I'm asking is, how bad is the server lag for other players? For me, it can be pretty bad. I plan to switch to ps4 OR PC (when my tax returns come in) and it'd be nice to know if there's a better world out there, so to speak.

I may have missed it on another page Kage (I'm sorry to ask you to repeat), but it looks like you and Unnamed Mercenary have a better understanding of servers than me. I know very little about them. Did you have any suggested fixes? (Again, sorry to ask you to repeat. Or even just tell me what page it was and I'll go back?)

We should all probably stop paying any mind to that person who clearly just wants all our attention. I know they said something very rude and cruel, but quoting them keeps bringing them back and derailing a perfectly good conversation. =< I hadn't really thought that people might be using the ability to AFK to read other people's RPs. That honestly never crossed my mind, and I can see where that would be useful. But I still have a hard time saying that's a good enough reason for there not to be an AFK timer. I mean you could still totally afk like that for a while! If the AFK timer were set at...say 2 hours? You could walk away for 2 hours and come back to tap the controller quick. x3 But I do think that removing AFK'ers after a certain amount of time is one of the best ways we can help the server. Sorry that it might ruin some people's methods, but I'm not sure what else SE can feasibly do to fix some of the clogging issues we have on Balmung. =[

Hmm yeah if there were a different between logged in characters and ones that were simply created, that could be a better use of the server restriction. I think some more people were talking about that above and I agree with that idea.

Though I will say I support the restrictions in terms of keeping up server health. I would rather have it really tough to get onto the server than have insane lag. But I think that perhaps they should re-evaluate which servers get the most "support" I suppose you could say? I think I need to know more about servers before saying any more on that but that's just my basic opinion on it.

I've had this conversation so many times before in so many MMOs I'm not even angry at the inevitable responses. That picture I posted? I made it in MSpaint 15 years ago when I was playing Everquest. It always goes the same way: I plead for RPers to have a place of their own, I'm accused of being an elitist and having a bad attitude, I say "You'll see, RP will disappear and I'll say I told you so", RPers continue to welcome their own destroyers with a smile, non-RPers vastly out number RPers, RP is relegated to specific guilds, there's nobody around for me to say "I told you so". Rinse and repeat The disturbing thing here is this topics existance is essentially agreeing with me. People want on on Balmung sooooo bad and most RPers here are already on Balmung. Why? Gilgamesh's RP scene is identical to Balmung and it's much easier to get on right? It's not like the difficulty in getting a spot on the server somehow filters out people that aren't dedicated right? It's rather weird that you're expending so much effort to get what you insist is the same result. It's not the same and you darn well know it. EDIT: Oh and QueenFrejyalen, I said nothing of RP quality. Your "slippery slope" is one of your own creation. All I have to say to that is.. lol

Oh man because like.. I can't help but be all... LALAQO'TE. the tru #masterrace Not gonna lie, if this was in the game I would absolutely have rolled as one. The strengths of both rolled up into one mega-cute-cutey-cute super hybrid race? Yeah, I wouldn't stand a chance. Fantasia'd in an INSTANT. https://40.media.tumblr.com/1b7adfc742d6e27d6921b4e0f90402c3/tumblr_njw1kzR7qG1sca2cco1_1280.jpg[/img] please excuse my leg to body ratio ;