tjd212

Thanks for your very detailed response. I appreciate it! Having been a player of FFXI, coming to FFXIV was a bit of a culture shock for me. FFXI required so much teamwork and interaction between players while I've found between-player interaction to be severely lacking in non-RP worlds. Interaction with other players and making friends was my favorite part of playing mmos, otherwise I might as well play a single player game. Maybe RP could be a good fit. I really think that in my experience playing on a non-RP world that I haven't taken the time to stop and smell the roses. Eorzea is a beautiful place with really interesting lore and I think not fully exploring it (or feeling the mmo rat race to get to 50 to gear grind) is really selling the game short. Thanks again for your opinion and I hope to hear more from other folks out there too

Hello everyone! I've been playing FFXIV off and on for the better part of the year since it's open beta and while I love the game, I find that immersing myself in the world and lore more through RP would bring a completely new experience to the game for me. I have never RP'd before so I have no idea what I'm getting myself into and I have a few (hopefully simple) questions. 1. What's the best way to get started and educate myself? I was poking through some of the beginner guides on this site but I haven't dug in too much yet. 2. Do I have to have a characters story fleshed out when I start or is that something that can develop as I play ? 3. Since this is an mmo that allows you to change character classes/jobs, are you required to simply stick with one or could a character have a DoM/gathering/crafting class all at once? 4. How does the RP community address progression in the game itself? Do you actually do the fates, quests, missions, dungeons, etc? Like of people on RP servers actually play through the game, or simply use the work as their playground to make their own stories? Thanks for the help and hopefully I will meet you all on one of the RP servers!