MistyMornings

I am kind of newly returned to FFXIV after not having played since, well, since pre-ARR to be honest, I'm looking to get involved in things again, and since my character is Ala Mhigan and definitely part of the resistance, this seems like it might be a decent fit for her! I'll poke you in game.

I know my husband is super excited for the Red Mage, and I gotta admit, that looks amazing. Personally, I'm excited for my Highlander Ala Mhigan Talespinner to get involved in, well, Ala Mhigo

What are the "Void Forums"?

That was what I was afraid of. That really sucks. I was super sad I missed the white fat Chocobo (though I have another one, so that helps a little), but knowing I won't really be able to do promotions at all, especially where I live is.. Yeah, not fun.

I'm sorry that this is a bit off topic for the thread, but it is still sort of on theme. When I bought FFXIV years ago, I lived in EU, so my account region is set to EU. A few years back, I moved to the US, but since Square Enix can't seem to update account region, my region is still stuck in EU. I ran into a problem with it when buying Heavensward, where I got the American version without thinking. My question is, does anyone know if promotions like this is based on that? Like, will I only be able to take part in EU promotions (which kind of sucks since I'm not actually in EU), or are they not limited by your region setting?

I wonder if you get the Wild Thing title if you buy the reindeer set from the store, or if it was only available last year. I can't really seem to find any confirmation either way. Does anyone know?

Here's what we know: In the specific case of daughters mating with their fathers, it would require that that same Nunh of whatever tribe maintained his position for at least 15-16 years, give or take. I believe this would be an exceptional length of time for any one Nunh to hold mating rights, but even if it did happen, this would mean that one Nunh had been mating with 20-50 females for 15+ years. That would be a LOT of babies, meaning that the tribe would have grown exponentially during his reign and likely multiple Tias would've expanded the tribe's territory to take on the role of Nunh elsewhere. So, the Nunh's children may be divided up among the newly expanded territories and other Nunhs. People usually hate the comparison, but something similar happens in lion prides according to some quick internet searches. Most male lions are only able to maintain dominion over their pride on average 2 years, while it takes most female cubs up to 4 years to reach child-bearing age, usually but not always, diminishing father-daughter inbreeding. That said, and regardless of any similarities to lions, strict in game lore for the Miqo'te tribes seems to indicate that inbreeding (at least between siblings, cousins, etc) might be unavoidable, if not commonplace. When you have 1 male per 20-50 females and most children are also female, unless Miqo'te begin breeding outside the tribe (social ostracism) you're going to get some amount of inbreeding eventually, unless males are so rare that not every Nunh produces even one male. EDIT: Adding in the in-game example of the U Tribe in the Sagolii desert. U'odh Nunh has only been Nunh for the last 5 years following the disbanding of the Company of Heroes. Meaning that the Tias we see around the tribe are probably not his. So, any daughters he produces will likely eventually mate with one of these Tias when they overtake U'odh's position as Nunh. Alternatively, by the time U'odh's children come of age, an entirely new set of Tias may have become Nunhs, but there's also the likelihood that if U'odh produces a male, that male might become Nunh around the same time U'odh's daughters reach age. Will U'odh's son mate with his sisters? I dunno. But the inbreeding gambit seems to rely completely on luck of the draw of who is Nunh and who the Nunh has pick of. That makes sense, thank you for your reply! I'll keep my character's Sire from the same Tribe as her then, just wanted to make sure I wasn't making some sort of unfortunate implications

I have a question regarding Miqo'te tribes. I've seen some discussions of the possibility of there being "offshoot" of the Tribes to allow for more than one Nuhn for each tribe, which I think makes sense. What I wonder is, do we know how common it is to "move" or switch tribe? If it's not very common, it seems like you would end up with quite a lot of situations where daughters were expected to bear children with their father, if the Nuhn kept his position for long enough. Do we know how Miqo'te tribes deal with that? Do young females move to other tribes/offshoots of their original tribes? There might not really be any info on it, I mostly wondered about it when trying to name X'raj's sire, and whether or not he would also have been from the Lynx tribe

I'm so sorry for the necro, but as far as I can tell, the OP is still active so I figured it was still worth a shot! I'm newly returned and still looking for contacts and ways to get involved in stuff. My main, X'raj is (perhaps obviously) a member of the Lynx tribe and I'd definitely be up for joining a network if it's still around/active. If not, that's understandable, I know the thread is old, and again, sorry for the necro.

Hi! I am a returning player, well, sort of. I played for a bit when the game first launched, I was a part of the beta community but, as many others, didn't actually end up playing the game for very long. Then I came back for the free month when ARR launched, but was busy with other things, moving from EU to the US and finishing my education being two of the major ones But now I'm back! I decided to give the game a try for the free trial they're offering at the moment and ended up enjoying it so much that I resubscribed. I'm picking up the character I played back in the beginning, Seraj, and I'm looking forward to hopefully getting involved both in RP and in the community in general! A little bit about me, I'm 29, originally from Denmark, though 6 years ago I married an American and we have been living on the East Coast of the US for the past 3-ish years. I really enjoy all things storytelling, from myths, folklore, fairytales, to books, games, movies, comics/webcomics and TV shows, and probably a bunch of other things that has slipped my mind. I have a degree in computer science with a focus on design and is currently working on filling out some gaps with some (basic) coding while I work retail, because yay, the economy and getting started in a new country We also have two cats. I've played MMOs for over a decade and roleplayed for more or less the same amount of time, though I've been away from FFXIV for so long that my lore is arguably a bit rusty, so I'm working on catching up on that. Me and my husband, as well as a couple of friends, are casually looking for a Free Company, preferably an RP one that also allows for non-roleplayers. While we've all been pretty hardcore roleplayers in the past, we're also all older and busier now, and generally find we enjoy a well-rounded experience where especially the social aspect is important to us. Casual - Medium roleplay will probably work best for us, though we also appreciate a general lore-adherence. I have a general gaming Tumblr here (Rosehip-Ingame) and will probably get a character Tumblr up for Seraj one of these days. Anyway, looking forward to meeting you all! /Rosehip

This is pretty much how I treat it with Seraj's Archery. She's more at home in Ul'dah than in Gridania for sure, so where she trained is purely an in game technicality. I think that's probably how a lot of people goes about it, as it would be rather restricting otherwise.