I recently went through the palaver that is getting a character on to Balmung in search of the rp community. I play Mita Ashyn on Balmung now and have been enjoying the game, tanking being pretty good and the way you can treat a crafting profession as a full class being very interesting.
Unfortunately for me, unlike any other MMO I've rped in, I know nothing about Final Fantasy lore. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. I'll add what I told some veteran players on reddit my understanding of the story is -
In the beginning, apparently, there was a big ass battle which is interrupted when a giant ass dragon explodes out of the moon and starts carpet bombing the planet. An old guy and some friends praying attempt to lock it back in another moon with giant popsicles and giant glowing TRON circles, but fail. Old guy then teleports some warriors, none of whom look over the age of sixteen, to somewhere else. None of these guys seem especially put out by being teleported out of the end of the world or that that huge ass dragon is still around and proceed to ride Chocobos towards some towers.
Game starts and my character listens to some mystical monologuing before facing off against a sinister guy wearing a bin bag and a chinese vampire mask. I oppose him by putting my fightin' clothes on and flying at him with a sword. I then wake up in a cart on my way to Ul'dah (Playing a gladiator here) which is established as a terrible corrupt place that is a terrible place to be. After arriving I go through some quests and eventually am sent to find a tiny annoyingly voiced Lanafell who is promptly nagged by the world's most handsome man. She is then equally promptly attacked by a giant skinny bat demon thing. Killing said thing prompts the world's most handsome man to mutter ominously about voidborn.
Later on I meet a guy trying to work his way into the government of Ul'dah and is therefore recognisable as a lightning rod for villainous assassination attempts. One attempted villainous assassination attempt later and bin bag chinese vampire mask man is revealed(?) to be Lord Lolorito, henceforth known as Lord Dorito, and Mr Handsome introduces himself as Thancred. Thancred who lives an exciting double life of making love to giggly women and glaring at a giant red moon with things sticking out of it.
I've played a bit more since then and it's been established, through the medium of passing out and going into a coma before being talked at by gigantic novelty glowing ice sculptures that I am some sort of chosen one who is required to seek out shards of light. It's also later established, once I go to a party and immediately pass out from the excitement, that I am similar to some 'warriors of light' who have now vanished from the world in the aforementioned giant ass moon dragon battle. I am thusly sent on a diplomatic mission, clearly being qualified despite my tendency to pass out constantly.
TL;DR: I am new and in a setting I know nothing about, but enjoying the game.
Unfortunately for me, unlike any other MMO I've rped in, I know nothing about Final Fantasy lore. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. I'll add what I told some veteran players on reddit my understanding of the story is -
In the beginning, apparently, there was a big ass battle which is interrupted when a giant ass dragon explodes out of the moon and starts carpet bombing the planet. An old guy and some friends praying attempt to lock it back in another moon with giant popsicles and giant glowing TRON circles, but fail. Old guy then teleports some warriors, none of whom look over the age of sixteen, to somewhere else. None of these guys seem especially put out by being teleported out of the end of the world or that that huge ass dragon is still around and proceed to ride Chocobos towards some towers.
Game starts and my character listens to some mystical monologuing before facing off against a sinister guy wearing a bin bag and a chinese vampire mask. I oppose him by putting my fightin' clothes on and flying at him with a sword. I then wake up in a cart on my way to Ul'dah (Playing a gladiator here) which is established as a terrible corrupt place that is a terrible place to be. After arriving I go through some quests and eventually am sent to find a tiny annoyingly voiced Lanafell who is promptly nagged by the world's most handsome man. She is then equally promptly attacked by a giant skinny bat demon thing. Killing said thing prompts the world's most handsome man to mutter ominously about voidborn.
Later on I meet a guy trying to work his way into the government of Ul'dah and is therefore recognisable as a lightning rod for villainous assassination attempts. One attempted villainous assassination attempt later and bin bag chinese vampire mask man is revealed(?) to be Lord Lolorito, henceforth known as Lord Dorito, and Mr Handsome introduces himself as Thancred. Thancred who lives an exciting double life of making love to giggly women and glaring at a giant red moon with things sticking out of it.
I've played a bit more since then and it's been established, through the medium of passing out and going into a coma before being talked at by gigantic novelty glowing ice sculptures that I am some sort of chosen one who is required to seek out shards of light. It's also later established, once I go to a party and immediately pass out from the excitement, that I am similar to some 'warriors of light' who have now vanished from the world in the aforementioned giant ass moon dragon battle. I am thusly sent on a diplomatic mission, clearly being qualified despite my tendency to pass out constantly.
TL;DR: I am new and in a setting I know nothing about, but enjoying the game.
