(01-17-2015, 03:16 AM)Rosalind Wrote: In the past (with FFXIV, at least...) I feel like S-E did a pretty good job with lore continuity, so I like to stay in-line with their world building stuff. Blizzard, on the other hand... I always felt like the only way I could ever possibly RP in WoW was by making up my character as I went. Much more fast-and-loose style, there.
Agreed on the continuity part - The continuity is unreal as to how good it is... IF you're playing an Eorzean native.
The thing is that if you're embracing the idea of emigrating to Eorzea (which is a fairly cool plot hook don't get me wrong, wouldn't have used it on my main if it wasn't!) - most of the lore surrounding the other places is not established publically yet. Which is why I'd be wary of saying I'm from the New World/Non-Doma Othard/Ilsabard etc. and starting to establish stuff.
Thus, the make stuff up and when lore opens up, see if it fits what you want to do.
