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FREE COMPANY: Aldentale Investigations TYPE: Investigations of all types from missing persons and items to curses and hauntings. SERVER: Balmung HOUSING AREA: Lavender Beds WARD AND PLOT: Ward 14: Plot 49

I will never understand that kind of thinking in an RP community(Ki wong.) The entire point and even definition of role play, is to pretend to be some one you aren't. There isn't supposed to be a gender line there, any more than there's a race line there. If that were the case we'd all be hyur. It's basic, common sense every role player should have, period: right along with the division between out of character and in character, and the understanding of what in the game is on the side of out of character mechanic like player services (fantasia and your hot bar anyone?) and the lore and therefor the world we try to place our characters in (Eorzea, obviously.) I play both, but veer towards males in recent years as someone who's female. I'd be lying if I didn't say the treatment and expectations put on females in RP both as a character and a typist do tend to help push me in that direction. However.. so does lore, and customization. I enjoy Keepers for the challenge in particular, though I rarely see other typists who put enough forethought and examination into their lore group play for them, sadly. I run into far too many Couerlclaw pretending they aren't outcasts and not only wanted by the city states but disliked at best by their own tribe (or lol MALE Couerlclaw make me giggle, sorry), anti-male or uber-agressives forgetting that the very rare (3 or 4 to 1, female heavy) fathers who had mothers of their own to honor in their own bloodline are in fact a requirement for babies playing out Seeker-esque lifestyles similar to them in particular: if not the super-passive/passive agressives. Meh.. but I still love Keeper lore, what of it we have; and will probably still play them as a main forevahs.

In the end, if pricing is any part of your decision; it all depends on what you want to do. If you intend to go crafting and have friends who have levelled crafting and can kit you to at least 50 without an exorbitant tip (most kitters on Bal ask 350,000 to 600,000 gil for a full lvl 50 crafting kit depending on the craft; as crafts like ARM and WVR are much more time, base material and crystal consuming), have a pre-levelled character to transfer, or intend to mash gathering first alongside a gathering retainer as you level one yourself (which I highly reccomend for new crafters): the costs won't hit you as hard, and you may be able to afford the things you want without borrowing from a friend or FC. If you're going pure RP though and cost of RP clothes, the materials to make them and the tips preferred for someone else to take their time to level, gather, and create effects your choice? I would definitely recommend looking into FCs and communities with a higher population server like Balmung.

Housing same pricing as per the fact that it's figured via account presence per server. Housing, unsurprisingly never really accounts for any portion of the economy as a result of that as well as the screwy system they currently have in place, other than being a higher goal. At current small houses on Gil. Mat, and Bal as a result are running between 2.3-3.7 mil and dropping with the timers for personals dropping this tuesday, for those who can buy under the new rules implemented week before last. I did not check pricing on airship and submersible parts, as those are always exorbitant amounts due to the amount of materials, work and time put into them; usually amounting to enough to buy a house, AND requiring a house with a running workshop (costing an additional 800k to even build the shop) to make them in the first place. That said I checked what we crafters know are the real tellers: rarer materials and especially the items they make. Starting with last x-pac's most sought after item. I rounded off to thousands, down or up depending on teh change. This does not include sales tax applied between city-states, as it differs from server to server. Wool top Mateus: 315, 000 Gilgamesh: 120,000 Balmung: 120,000 Thav Wool Shirt Mateus: 1.4 million Gilgamesh: 1.9 million Balmung: 1.2 million Ala Mhigan Crafting (top only) Mateus: 875,000 Gilgamesh: 200,000 Balmung: 119,000 Sweaters (winter & adventurer) Mateus: (W) 350,000 : (A) 4.3 million Gilgamesh: (W) 100,000 (A) 3 million Balmung: (W) 34,000 (A) 990,000 In short.. if you want to make money on a server, or price of RP clothing and other items is a big thing for you; Balmung is the best bet for an RPer, while Mateus is okay for RPers who craft on the side if you want to make money. Keep in mind though that getting to the point where you can craft high end, top level items will also be as costly, and in some cases require group content such as Gazelleskin and Dragonskiin maps. You will spend as much as you earn if not more for the first 50 levels, until or unless you spend the time to grind out your gathering alongside it.

Actually, where housing prices are the same on all three of the most populated RP servers.. the economies there are VERY different otherwise. I have characters on all three servers, and things are still significantly cheaper on Balmung than on Mateus. In fact, Gilgamesh is still cheaper than Mateus as well. Give me a few minutes and I'll show you the price differences after a quick re-check at the boards.