Since I came to FFXIV in August of last year, I think the one thing that has stuck out the most for me about XIV is actually the community.  I can go anywhere on any of my toons, even Glioca, whose former "background" tends to turn people away a bit.  And I still have no difficulty finding people willing to role-play with me. Â
Compared to some of the communities I've come from, this community has a lot of open-minded players, and it makes me glad to see that from the perspective of another player. Â There's a niche for everyone. Â It makes it easy for new players to try and jump into an interaction if they want to. Â Coming from games like Rift and EverQuest II, where everything felt very closed off and segregated if you weren't part of so-and-so's crowd, that's fantastic to see.
The other thing I love about this place is what I see in the Quicksand, and I think Edgar mentioned it before. Â The place feels alive. Â I wish there was more open-world RP in other areas, but it's nice to just feel like I'm in a living world. Â The interaction all over the place, even in Ishgard it's starting up, makes the world feel like it breathes and moves, and that's down to the community.
The other thing is that even if we don't like something, we're often willing to agree to disagree and keep moving and playing. Â We don't let it slow us down, not to such a degree that it brings someone's RP to a grinding halt if they don't agree with someone else.
Compared to some of the communities I've come from, this community has a lot of open-minded players, and it makes me glad to see that from the perspective of another player. Â There's a niche for everyone. Â It makes it easy for new players to try and jump into an interaction if they want to. Â Coming from games like Rift and EverQuest II, where everything felt very closed off and segregated if you weren't part of so-and-so's crowd, that's fantastic to see.
The other thing I love about this place is what I see in the Quicksand, and I think Edgar mentioned it before. Â The place feels alive. Â I wish there was more open-world RP in other areas, but it's nice to just feel like I'm in a living world. Â The interaction all over the place, even in Ishgard it's starting up, makes the world feel like it breathes and moves, and that's down to the community.
The other thing is that even if we don't like something, we're often willing to agree to disagree and keep moving and playing. Â We don't let it slow us down, not to such a degree that it brings someone's RP to a grinding halt if they don't agree with someone else.
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