Gideon Aryeh

Griefing has been happening in TERA since way before it went F2P. And on the designated roleplay server. You can block them in-game to avoid reading their text and emotes (incidentally, in ARR's last beta emotes did not get blocked. Hope they fix that.), but there are things the game will still show you. Like their placement. Which will be right on top of you, dancing. At that point, it becomes a battle of patience: yours against the griefer's. Luckily, griefers are creatures that are on it for the immediate gratification of annoying others, so chances are they won't stick long enough to deplete your patience reserves. Anyway! Back to the RP-crashing thing. I once witnessed two people roleplaying in /say while in a plaza. Talking inconsequential stuff about some monsters. Someone was lingering nearby and decided to talk with them. He was immediately scolded OOCly for approaching them. The person in question was a bit confused because, he argued, they were interacting in the open and in the /say public chat. He was scolded again because he had interrupted them without invitation. So, I guess this means you should ask for permission stioonto that you can avoid that kind of people. It's still good manners, though. A good way to introduce yourself OOCly as a polite person. I see that situation as proof of the private group publically doing rp kindly letting the new person know icly that they want to be left alone or at least send a tell. The fact that they scolded him oocly right out in the open would immediately put them on my rp blacklist. Its disgusting behavior and quite childish. Even if he was wrong which he was not you don't do that out in the open. Just yuck man, yuck. I'm sorry its just not somebody's job to guess.

Ask for help with it, you'll get it trust me. And as far as your character using it, well there is nothing at all wrong with that. Besides I'm sure the people who own UPS use their own service all the time *winks*

Its an excellent idea, there have been courier groups in mmos before. Its so good that why don't you consider it as something to do yourself? I'm sure you can easily find help doing it on Balmung if you ask, trust me. You're around a pretty good bunch. Maybe even make an alt that does that as a job? Its a great idea. I think you would get a lot of interest doing it too! A job like that is also a great icebreaker for a new roleplayer and makes it easier to meet people. Consider it. One thing to know about roleplaying, the most mundane seemingly boring concepts can turn into great rp. They are easy to start up are usually based on things in real life so its easy to roleplay them because there is plenty of reference material. Besides in this case rping a courier can really be fun. I've done it before in other games! Trust me you will get a kick out of it and before you know it you will know a lot of fun people and your rp skill will naturally grow!

Amaare travels from Inn to Inn, his favorite rest place is Vesper Bay he has also slept on the beach in Costa Del Sol many times with beautiful companions He has inn rooms especially set aside for him in Limsa and Ul'dah While not there as often he has an occasional friend with benefits in the treehouses of the Black Shroud (see the tour of Eorzea 1 video to see these) usually a beautiful Elezen of either sub race. He also frequents Inns that are located near hotsprings and beach houses all around Eorzea It is rumored that he has put a down payment on a room at the Gold Saucer while it is still being built. It will be more than likely be built near any casino/gambling areas. He also has special arrangements with several brothels as he is a repeat customer and in good standing It is rumored that he actually has a house but to prevent companions from finding it he doesn't tell anyone about it. This has been surmised due to nights where he isn't found in one of his typical hangouts, though it could just mean that he is at a new companion's home - which more than likely probably is the case.

Fantastic work and excellent coloring, absolutely excellent!

This is patently untrue. In TERA, it's incredibly difficult to RP anywhere remotely public without finding yourself spammed with OOC /say (luckily solvable with a /block), or covered in spell effects from people just spamming spells on top of you, or having someone sit on top of your RP with their mount spamming the spacebar. Griefing was also a reality in my experiences with RP in WoW, Rift, and Aion. To say that griefers are not a concern misrepresents the RP situation in a wide variety of games. I think its a matter of personal experience, I really never had an issue with them because I would quickly ignore or block them then ignore them. And the spamming spells thing, I can count on one hand. Now as far as them being in TERA well honestly I've always tried to avoid most F2p mmos for rp. So I wouldn't say its a misrepresentation I would say that personally I ignored/blocked/blacklisted them so quickly that it became a non issue. I also said they were not a concern "imo" in-my-opinion. I can't speak for others. I just don't concern myself with them like others do, nor do I let them get me angry. Oh there's griefers on this server? *shrugs and readies block list* Now who wants to rp?! Everyone:" Yaaaaaayyy!!!" And the show goes on

No they aren't at all. They really aren't a concern imo.

CHUURCH! Honestly I believe if you expect bad things to happen they will. You can't want people to feel welcome on your server and then tell them "Oh and by the way you should send me a tell asking if its alright if you join my clique..er group's private rp in a public location". Sorry but that isn't very welcoming at all imo and seems a bit too rulesy. Proper manners is one thing is one thing but doing things that don't even happen in real life is another. Most of the time groups involved in something private make sure its apparent that they are. Not the other way around. Such a thing just honestly gives me a headache because its counterproductive to getting new people involved. Most people including roleplayers don't use forums, you are going to meet most of them in game. Most intereactions sorry folk are going to be random instances where people join into public conversations. That's rp, that's real life, that's what people know. Now I hear what you're saying Ellie but again I personally believe its on the part of those engaging in private rp in a public space who are responsible for sending that tell to anyone trying to get into their session sending out an indicator that they are engaging in private rp. Yes the private chat also allows only eight people but if its a group bigger than eight at that point rping in private in a public space seems well... cliquish. There is no way to not be noticed with that many people around. Either hand out linkpearls at that point or move to a secluded area or instance. I'll have to agree again with FW with this. Those who are going to Gilga lets try to not be like that, we are going to have so many people who are learning how to roleplay in the first place that having such rules that are not normal is just confusing and frustrating and would easily get someone to not want to rp anymore. I'd like us to avoid anything that can lead to a feeling of having cliques in any manner. Its not something that I want even to be hinted at on the server, roleplayers already have that stigma about them. Lets make it a new day on Gilga eh? And let certainly not scare ourselves about griefers ruining anything. Positivity is the order of the day. I can show anyone how to deal with griefers realtime so just ask, trust me we will certainly have less than we think in the long run. Promise. Lets build the server to not have that sort of feel. Its counterproductive and just scares people into not wanting to do anything or ruling guilty before proven innocent. Even thinking about such a possibility just makes people suspicious about each other, and that comes off a bit hypocritical when you say you want new folk around. Just my opinion mind you. People have different concerns as well as approaches to handling things and that's understandable but this almost sky is falling approach on a sunny day is not my cup of tea personally. Too busy trying to make a server fantastic to do things like that you know? And have been doing this far too long. *puts on sunglasses and smiles* Besides, the day is just too beautiful to waste you know? I'll be at Costa del Sol at the beach. All are welcome to come along! And BYOB dammit cause I don't share my cognac and orange juice. *winks*

Welcome to the site any questions you have feel free to ask! A librarian huh? rowr, lol j/k

Yea, see, I don't subscribe to the notion that roleplayers should feel the need to take RP to party or whispers just to avoid griefers. That takes the RP away from the server. But I sure as hell am going to ignore someone who runs up all "HAI GUISE *takes off pants*", because 99% of the time, that person is a griefer through and through. I've also ICly responded to someone walking up and asking in /say where they could find glyph vendors in TERA, so it's not like I just ignore any walk-up RP that happens. But I am not going to hide away just to avoid griefers. I am not ashamed of my roleplay, and I'm not going to act like I should be. Oh I totally agree with you, I mean in the case of what Ellie had mentioned. Griefers who try to become part of the conversation to try to screw it up. (Though I've never experienced this personally). I think if you don't want anybody coming into a private convo to mess it up well turn to party chat and tells. So don't get me wrong I am all about not hiding my rp either. So I totally agree with you.

Yes in some games it is.

For me its often about the way its handled. I'm of the total immersion rp school, I'm also a freeform improv on the spot roleplayer. In real life I am not going to have conversations openly out in public that I don't want others to be a part of, and if the conversation starts off one way and turns private in an mmo I will turn to party chat and whispers/tells. I won't keep having a conversation right smack out in the open that all can hear. I'll just let whoever the private rp is starting to happen with a "hey lets go to party for this convo". Its a simple fix to not have to deal with griefers or people you don't want getting into your rp. If its really a big deal we can easily head off to a more secluded area or a private instance to finish the conversation. Bottom line for me is I find it low when people just ignore people for engaging their characters in the moment like that. Why not just do what people do in real life in these situations? Go to a secluded place or at least tell the new person "Hey this is a bit of a private chat". Instead of outright ignoring them. I think outright ignoring is just well....rude. It would be rude in real life and I don't see a true ic rper not thinking that its not rude to do it in game either. All it does is alienate people and give a well deserved title of elitist jerk to the offenders. I mean I've engaged groups in private rp that's happening out in the open and if they are well meaning someone will step up icly and tell me that they are busy or one will give me a tell saying "Hey just give us a moment" and that's wonderful. But the point of not saying anything at all and just straight up ignoring someone yeah, that's pretty foul. Most people are not going to assume that a public out in the open conversation is private. It shouldn't be on the part of the person starting to engage the public private group to guess this. It should be on the part of those engaging in that private moment to tell the new person what they are doing because fact is, you are doing a private moment out in public where people can hear it. Going to party chat or tells personally is the way I handle that. People often understand when they see a group standing around each other but they don't see/hear what they are saying. Its an easy indicator to tell that they a are speaking in private at that moment and with the fact that eight people can be engaged in party, or at least an ic linkshell I think its an easy solution as opposed to outright ignoring someone. So yes I say those who ignore others like that are bad roleplayers. I'm sorry but those that ignore people on purpose are, it does nothing to foster community at all and just brings in bad feelings. Get enough groups doing it and it brings a bad title to the server, and I've seen that happen in too many mmos to name. Not to mention it also does nothing to foster roleplay opportunities in the long run. And honestly its a bit childish elementary school playground behavior and none of us are kids. "Oh I'm ignoring you because you tried to talk to me, nah nah nah *puts fingers in ears and runs away* :roll: So hey as FW said, if you see my characters out in public speaking out in public, engage them I won't get mad or anything because If I wanted to be in a private conversation I would be talking in well private. I will never ignore anybody, just ain't cool in my book and is a bad mark of poor roleplaying. Yes, yes it is. And as far as griefers go, well I eat those *drinks his daily cup of *Man Up* Honestly that is what blacklisting/ignore is for. I don't let griefers ever ruin my day period. Blacklist/Ignore and the show goes on. See you all in game!

I'm going to be angry and soapbox-y here for a minute (again, actually ) -- not at you, but at the people who engage in behavior like your italicized quote and have promoted it as acceptable behavior. This whole concept of "you're barging into my public scene and that's not okay" needs to be crushed, smashed, incinerated, and tossed into the depths of the sea, because it's a toxic, evil concept that starts RP communities down the road to ruin. If a group of people are RPing in public, their characters are in public*. The IC consequence for their IC action is that people might come up and engage them. If they get angry at you OOC for doing so, if they think you're barging into their scene and ruining it, if they act like it's some huge imposition for you to talk to them (OOC): they're bad RPers, period. They're ignoring ICA=ICC, they're non-consenting things that exist in the world, they're not keeping the IC/OOC line, and they're being cliquish jerks besides. So -- get involved. Talk to people. (Feel free to interact with my character anytime, anywhere. ) Don't worry about people getting angry at you for doing so, because the good RPers will welcome your contribution, and you don't want to RP with the bad ones anyway. You may not always get the IC reaction you want, but a good RPer is going to RP with you. (* - Public being defined as "obviously public." There's public, and then there's not exactly public, and that's a function of how far away are they from where people normally are and whether they're using private channels like /party. Good judgment applies and a /tell can clarify things if need be.) AMEN! SIR, AMEN! I 10000 percent agree wit this. If you are participating in public rp and you ignore on someone on purpose YOU ARE A BAD ROLEPLAYER! Yes yes you are! *mumbles: Shoot don't be bringing that cliquish crap to the server I'm playing on I'll tell you that...

*takes dog and runs* You can go to Balmung but we are keeeeeping your doooog! *rawf rawf is heard as the dog runs off with me in the distance*

Well then I'm happy that seventeen percent of the votes for Gilga even if from Reddit are roleplayers. Sounds good to me, I'm happy about that honestly. Don't care if a person is from Reddit, 4chan, Tumblr or the goddamned moon made out of green cheese or Santa's Workshop, it could be wherever. You like rp, well here's a pearl and lets go do some rping. Go roleplayers!

Look at the percentages overall. Gilgamesh is 29 percent with just over seventeen percent rpers. That's more than half and with a higher percentage of players going there than Couerl. Gooooooooooooo Gilgamesh!!!!

/bow Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! And I stand by what I said earlier -- once I have a clue as to what I'm doing, I'd love to help out! Even if it's just standing at the door, saying "Hi!" to everyone who enters . Lol that's fine again if you have any questions about -anything- please shoot any of us a pm! Here is the Coalition OOC link http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=3116&pid=38323#pid38323

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You will be one of the first that gets some to hand out

*Please note that these are main only channels! for any alts please send a pm to Luluni Lulu. Guild leaders are permitted one alt for purposes of recruiting from the actual channels Welcome home all, here we are all family, part of the the family of roleplayers of the Gilgamesh server. Alright so here it goes, Coalition OOC will serve as the out of character Linkshell of the Gilgamesh server. All of course are invited and this is usually where the introduction to the server rp community will happen. As long as you are a roleplayer access will be granted. Various members will be giving out linkpearls and if anyone is interested in being a pearl holder please just say so. The channel will also serve as the question channel for new roleplayers no matter what community they are coming from. Patience, understanding and respect are the rules of this LS. The brother channel to Coalition will be -Limitless Sky the IC channel for the server. http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=2739 Kayle Delwyn, Booker Dewitt, Mattias Silverstar, Faedil Hyperion, ,Reena Quinn, Oujou Shahyadva, Mikh Tayuun as well as several others will be granting pearl access. please just inquire in /shout and /yell in your local starting city. You can also pm those above. Ladies and Gentlemen also list your Skype names for the ooc chat for the server. We'd like to keep as many of us together especially if we have to make additional linkshells for Coalition OOC. The Skype chat will serve as a way that everyone can communicate. Here are the rules The only thing that matters on this channel is if you are a roleplayer, that's it. We simply do not care what community anyone is from. You a roleplayer? You are respectful of the rp community and of others? You get a pearl, period. Be respectful and mindful of others no matter what. This is a community linkshell so please keep in mind that you will have others from all different backgrounds and persuasions. So please watch any terms that may be derogatory in nature, respect, respect, respect. I cannot stress this enough Meet and greet roleplayers to your heart's content. No arguments on the channel, debates are fine as long as they are done in a civil manner and without holding any grudges afterwards. Keep private issues off the channel. Remember we are all on this channel for the same thing ooc communication to foster the rp community of our chosen server. Agree to disagree. Be willing to teach those who are new to roleplay.

I'll put it up today when I can find an appropriate LS pic

Can't wait to see all you guys hard work, thanks guys. Anybody want to do some sort of get together during early access?

She's got you there Rock! Now, onto what I actually came here to post. A number of us are planning on creating our own "up and coming" mini Syndicate in Ul'dah based on the Five Families of New York (mobsters/Godfather style). The only catch is that we're all going to be Lalafell. We're looking for a few more people to fill the roles of the 'heads' of the families and others who would like to RP as bodyguards, consiglieres, and hitmen. Details: Family Leader - Prefer to be a Lalafell (gender not important) Choose a colour that will be your family colour and represent it by way of hair colour and primary RP clothing (eye colour is also an idea) Do not have to be from Ul'dah, but come up with ties to starting city (as in, you have some kind of criminal connections there) Select a class (we're trying to not all be the same, but this is not necessary, just choose one you want to play) Details: Family 'Members' - Any race/class is accepted (gender not important) Speak to a Family Leader of whom you would like to work for and discuss what position you would like to be Depending on the Family you join, create a primary RP clothing set of the appropriate colour to represent your Family If you'd like more info or would like to take part, PM me or come an join us on the Gilgamesh Event Planning/OOC Skype chat. This is single handedly one of the coolest ideas I've ever read =) Which family is going to offer protection for my bakery?! I agree I love the idea and find it hilarious

*A note on getting people involved to help build the rp foundation of the server. I'll put this up with some tips that I've used in the past when it came to trying to get people involved in roleplay, especially new roleplayers. 1. Be inclusive, we know we are starting on a new server, we know that there are going to be people breaking lore so we don't have the ease of Balmung's currently larger rp community who is heading to the server mainly for the purpose of roleplaying. Yes the word is getting out there, but there will still be plenty that don't know that there is a roleplaying community on Gilgamesh. I suggest getting the word out there. Advertise your Linkshells and Free Companies during open beta, early access and launch. 2. Never doubt the power of a get together. Get togethers or mini events really can make the difference or not when it comes to attracting roleplayers. They can be anything you want from a tavern event to running quests together. For many you who prefer quest/adventure roleplay I am begging you to start up roleplay that revolves around your preference for questing and adventure roleplay. Easy simple storylines that can be something as little as "Organization X is needs adventurers to assist in dealing with the rabid sheep problem at location Y, send a tell if you are interested". Something as easy and as simple as this can really be a fun first time roleplay whether its a new roleplayer or an rper who may potentially be a part of your group. This can easily be modified to crafting rp "The Silver Anvil is hiring goldsmith freelancers to help in the creation of a large order of various jewelry, compensation will be discussed upon level of skill". Something like this is a great way to conduct the sometimes standard interview that many medium to heavy rp guilds like to conduct. Its an easy way to suck someone into roleplay while at the same time giving a home to a potential new recruit. Free Companies/Linkshells trust me you guys have incredible potential in helping Gilgamesh gain its legs through these various methods to spur rp. 3. You're a solo player who wants to find roleplay and quest at the same time: Invite roleplayers to your dungeon runs, make an announcement on shout or yell telling people that you are seeking others to do an IC quest run with. You'd be surprised this can work. Many roleplayers find it hard to make friends even when they are experienced roleplayers many people are just well...shy, its sometimes hard just to break the ice and engage a stranger in conversation. By being proactive the roleplayer who is seeking to roleplay is giving rpers a chance to start a friendship. You are being inviting and making it easier for those who have a hard time making friends to break the ice. Do the entire quest/dungeon/etc in character, and invite, invite, invite others to join you. If anything it will just make for a fun memory, at the best voila you have new roleplay friends! Again be inclusive, even to the guy/gal who is giving it a try but doesn't have the most lore friendly of names. Its alright trust me. In time if they like it enough they may reroll to something more appropriate. One last thing, last phase I found a large amount of those who named their characters following proper lore guidelines (certainly better than me, lol) but weren't roleplayers. But you know what? Such a thing means there is potential for roleplay there. Those folk are perfect for trying to get involved in some rp. Again just start off with something simple. Anybody can rp getting a drink, getting handed some flowers, or a plate of food. Hence the Beach Party Festival event. And please if anyone else has any tips share them! Good advice should always be shared!

As far as what I heard White Mage will be a powerful single shot healer and Scholar will be a good aoe healer. I plan on making a Scholar eventually.