(06-23-2015, 01:46 PM)Sigil.9054 Wrote:(06-23-2015, 01:36 PM)Marceline Wrote: if you can log onto Siren, dang, that'd be worth it enough!
Thanks for your reply.
Hmm. Â How bad is the over population on those other servers? Â Would I be stuck in a queue for a while, or does it simply not allow new people in?
(06-23-2015, 01:36 PM)Marceline Wrote: Of the last three questions, the only one I can answer is the second, about lore abiding. It's an honest toss-up. I'm more of the sort looking for lore-abiding roleplay and I notice it can be very difficult to find folks considering how many erm... go against the grain of the universe, so to say. That being said, if you enjoy that kind of roleplay, Balmung has oodles of it!
As for lore adherence, I do believe one should roleplay as a part of the world they've chosen to roleplay in, but I've seen a variety of ways to interpret how one violates the lore. Â For instance: Some people believe that if it's not explicitly stated to exist, then it doesn't. Â Others are the opposite route, where if it's not explicitly stated to not exist, then it can. Â Still others tend to be somewhere in the middle, and will allow for anything that seems to adhere to the "flavor" of the lore.
Mmn, queue times... I suppose it really depends on how this maintenance holds through. For the past three days, I couldn't log in to Balmung (nor Gilgamesh) at all during peak activity hours. I had to hop on an entirely different cluster of servers to play. I'm really hoping the maintenance fixes all of that; but yes, there definitely are queues. So far, I haven't seen anything too daunting, just around 20 people ahead of me on average, give or take, and that generally works out in around 5-10 minutes maximum! I imagine after this expansion release it may be longer as so many players are returning, however. Making a character on Balmung has always been a harrowing experience, demanding you to be awake at ungodly hours haha but Gilgamesh is far more forgiving, letting you make characters through most hours excluding peak, it seems. That being said, server transfers let you by-pass this restriction, should you be patient enough to wait three days for your character to be eligible for transfer *Nods*
And to respond to the lore comments, oh yes, I certainly see what you mean! I believe filling in the grey areas of lore is totally a-ok and can add more to the already exciting and lush universe. I suppose that what I care to avoid, personally, are characters from other universes derived from anime or other MMORPGs, which I have found to be... not necessarily common, per se, but definitely an existent trope!
(I had the treehouse first :(!! Haha)
"Low-Effort Posting"Â is a silly rule, so it looks like time for me to depart FFXIV-roleplayers.com! I have no interest in a site turning to elitism to get their moderators to moderate.
