Tsin

That is, without a doubt, extremely true. Should be anyways. RPs don't always work out like that... And neither does the real world, honestly. But often it does. :chocobo: Chocobo.

Warren: It kind of gets into a weird territory when it comes to skills/actions/moves in an RP environment and how things like Jump and pretty much anything the Warrior does work out. It's easy to to make the distinction between class and jobs in the game because of the little crystal doohicky, as well as make the distinction between class/job actions and some generic combat actions. In an open RP though, conceivably the Miqo'te with their strong legs could perform a Jump-esque attack with a polearm, but then when does a jump become a Jump? Warriors also seem to fuel all of their abilities with their own rage? And undoubtedly there is an level of extreme skill required to do something like Steel Cyclone in full armor without hurting one's self, but conceivably people could perform a reasonable fascimile of it with some training, but then when does a spinning attack become a weak Steel Cyclone then become a full powered Steel Cyclone. I suppose you could alternately assume some kind of mystical element to these actions that requires some steep training for a character, which seems reasonable for stuff like MNK skills and the Oaths, later DRG skills... I guess that would explain the increased health/curative effects that comes with something like Defiance and why the effects of a Bard's song can't just be pulled out by anybody who is significantly skilled with a harp and has a nice voice. I dunno. Spoony Bard. As you keep saying, it's ultimately up to the player but the discussion is enlightening and helps me get a gauge on at least one member of the community if nothing else! Zhavi: I'm in the Eastern timezone so I look forward to maybe being one of the most of the people you RP with. *Thumbs up!* I was a Chat RP junkie for a while but found my Forum Legs (so to speak) just a few years ago. Total Forum Junkie now.

Oh, right, of course. I had no plans to involve the DRG Quest Line from the game in my character's backstory. I just inserted those comments into my post because they struck me as amusing when I was actually doing them. Probably the timing and manner that I handled that on my playthrough made it seem weirder to me though. Did a lot of FATE grinding so I was a DRG quite a while before the Coerthas/Ishgard portion of the storyline actually came up, so it seemed like Ser Alberic had a week or more to go around being all "Hey guys, I think I found the next Azure Dragoon?" to his buddies in the Holy See and spread inside rumors of my arrival. Alternately, anytime somebody referred to my character as an Unbeliever/Heretic Scum, I kept hoping that there was something I could do to prove my status as the most legendary dragoon ever ever ever ever? Like those scenes in Super Mario RPG where everybody doubts that Mario is Mario, then he like... jumps. "LOOK AT THAT JUMP, THAT'S GOTTA BE MARIO. OH MAN." That kinda thing. ... Maybe I'm a weirdo. Gonna be a normal rank and file Dragoon though, just a former member of the Ishgardian forces. Maybe a skilled one. I know nothing about crafting OR gathering in game so I'll probably not worry about those classes but I am also an adherent to the idea that it's best to limit one's character's skills when RPing just for believability/amusement. Would be true to my character's setup in game to be a DRG/WAR or something, also true to his possible Ishgardian-Turned-Adventurer/Mercenary backstory. I guess the actual Armoury system is kind of ignored in an RP though? Like... "Suddenly, all this armor appears on me and I pull an axe from my hammerspace." It's generally accepted that a person has to walk away and change into a different armor set/grab a new weapon rather than it happening magically?

Random: Got 4 Atma last night... Pretty impressive. Zhavi/ExKage: Ah, makes sense! I'll definitely keep that in mind, Thanks you two! Mage: Coerthas is beautiful in its purity and desolation! Also, epic snowball fights. Warren: That's about how I expected the IC Board to be taken. I kind of compare it to forums that have both Chat RPs and Forum RPs. Kinda fit the Forum RPs into your character's timeline where it is most fitting (or just plain arbitrarily if it doesn't really have any limitations) and the Chat RPs are understood as happening in the 'now' for the most part. I suppose on some rare occasions a Forum RP could be placed in the future of a chat timeline as well to preserve a character not knowing or knowing something... That's probably less of an issue for a Game RP though? It would be kind of interesting to have my character's name appear in game when two characters were talking to each other about something, even though I don't actually RP in game. Doesn't help that I don't have a character on Balmung and I'm kind of attached to some of the people I hang out with on Faerie? "Cast it off after walking the path of an adventurer" -- Jeeeeeerk that's the route I was going to take haha... My thoughts on the subject right now are that my character is a native of Ishgard, where there still seems to be some lingering xenophobic sentiments (the whole 'unbelievers' issue you face in the game (which is extra weird when the DRG quest line reveals you as the Azure Dragoon-- Shouldn't they trust me based on that fact alone?)), which would lend some believability to his being both an Elezen and a Lancer/Dragoon. Perhaps left his homeland to become a wanderer/adventurer when his opinions on 'unbelievers' dissented from the popular one, deserted his birth name and took up something more world-friendly. Just a basic outline-- I'll spend today reading up on the lore and the wiki and try to flesh something out fully there when I get a feel for how certain in-game mechanics are handled by the community. Namely, Job/Classes and the Armoury System.

Hmm... I think I'm missing an understanding of how the IC Forum works with the game. Do/Can people only RP in the area on the forum that their character currently is in the game? As in, when the setting is confirmed in a thread, only people whose characters are there will participate? Or are you two just referring to the locations as places where people commonly RP? Which makes sense. Being big city-states and all. I don't have any IC information on my character! Haven't gone about developing his backstory quite yet since my stay here is still in the air. Definitely he'll be based on my current character on Faerie though, so the best I can offer is a lodestone link: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/3401857/ His name is already outside the normal Elezen naming. I'll have to explain that somehow.

Hello everybody. I'm Tsin, short for something though I haven't entirely figured out what yet. Been RPing in one fashion or another for a while now, a number of years, and got into FFXIV back when it first released in the 1.0 phase though I didn't play continuously since then... Kinda wish I did sometimes though. Would probably have an Animus by now at least! This is kind of a tentative greeting (as mentioned in the subject line) because I've been interested in RPing in the FFXIV world for some time but I don't really enjoy RPing in the game itself for some personal reasons. Probably most of all, I deeply enjoy the act of writing when RPing and I think that doing it in the game, with the world/appearances already displayed and actions/motions limited by the interface kinda takes that away. I see that there's a nice forum RPing section here on the Hydaelyn RPers Coalition's forum though so I was wondering right up front: Is there any chance of a home for me here? Are most RP relationships here built in the game then the Town Square forum is kind of side dressing for that or is the Town Square active and robust enough in its players to allow somebody to function there solely and still experience a wide variety of characters/scenarios/adventures/fun? Regardless of the outcome, the forum looks wonderful! Thanks for reading thus far!