I feel that it's also well worth noting that many social circles within FFXIV's role-playing community have a completely different 'feel' to what many - myself included - may be used to after role-playing elsewhere.
I often feel that my efforts to reach out to other role-players are overlooked or brushed aside because I don't have much interest in lacing my every word with sugar, kissing up to 'popular' role-players or mindlessly keeping up to date with whatever the current 'insert gif 4 ur charz fav pasta' type of thread is.
Combine that with joining numerous Linkshells geared towards providing role-play that have pretty much turned out to be dead or dying and I can completely understand if someone feels out of the loop or unwelcome.
Then there's the even more controversial of people rushing to post about how open they are to new contacts only to completely ignore or brush aside attempts to engage with them in-game. I mean, obviously if someone is busy or AFK then they can be let off the hook!
I'm just incredibly grateful that the FC I'm currently in reached out to me. I was ready to give up on role-play altogether in FFXIV simply because it proved incredibly difficult to get involved with stuff elsewhere. Not to toot my own horn or anything but it wasn't due to me being shy or lacking in experience either - it was a combination of the issues outlined above.
I often feel that my efforts to reach out to other role-players are overlooked or brushed aside because I don't have much interest in lacing my every word with sugar, kissing up to 'popular' role-players or mindlessly keeping up to date with whatever the current 'insert gif 4 ur charz fav pasta' type of thread is.
Combine that with joining numerous Linkshells geared towards providing role-play that have pretty much turned out to be dead or dying and I can completely understand if someone feels out of the loop or unwelcome.
Then there's the even more controversial of people rushing to post about how open they are to new contacts only to completely ignore or brush aside attempts to engage with them in-game. I mean, obviously if someone is busy or AFK then they can be let off the hook!
I'm just incredibly grateful that the FC I'm currently in reached out to me. I was ready to give up on role-play altogether in FFXIV simply because it proved incredibly difficult to get involved with stuff elsewhere. Not to toot my own horn or anything but it wasn't due to me being shy or lacking in experience either - it was a combination of the issues outlined above.
