(11-17-2015, 09:22 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: Carry over from the Vana'diel thread. Now with 100% less predetermined opinions posed in the form of asking permission.
Transdimensional RP is, for my money, a strange egg. I understand loving a past character (My XI main is rolled as an alt on Balmung) and wanting to continue, but I never thought that just... up and dropping them into a new world was the right way to carry on a story. First, you won't recapture the magic that made the person memorable in the first place. Second, it feels a lot more self-serving than the usual RP hooks are. I get it, you really love your Skyrim character, or your Super Saiyan OC, or your totally-original dark elf ranger. Those things don't really belong in Eorzea, though: You're playing FFXIV, so why would you want to play something from out of XIV inside of XIV?
I don't particularly see a need to bring a character forward from a past time if you wanted to recreate them in the current game. At least then you can still play that character's personality that you enjoyed if that is a preference but at least adjusting them to fit the current setting would be beneficial in the long run.
I like a number of characters I've created and played in many different RP settings. I use them as templates now many times because it's like visiting with old friends again. At the same time, I also try to make them slightly different so as not to totally retract all my old steps.
