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(06-24-2013, 03:30 PM)DimmerMeerkat Wrote: I just want to put in my two cents on the matter~
I'm a very new addition to the FFXIV RP community. I didn't so much as glance at 1.0, despite being an FFXI vet. So, it goes without saying that I was not in some of the earlier betas. When Rakka'li and I toyed around with creating characters together, I thought that I might try out ARR eventually--but I didn't imagine I'd get terribly sucked in. During the character development process, my desire to test out ARR grew, and I came across a stroke of luck. The founder of the legion I once ran in Aion, and my co-administrator on ArcheAgeRoleplay, was once a very active member of the FFXIV RPC, who no longer held any interest for the game. He was kind enough to gift me with his beta invite code, with which I created a new account to participate in Phase 3 of the beta test.
My first time touching ARR was last week. I came in to it totally green. I could barely figure out what keys to use to open key menus, like character information, inventory, skills, etc. More or less, I figured a lot of this out on my own, but for some of the more complex matters regarding both lore and gameplay, I turned to the RPC. I am in two linkshells, and frequently on the Skype chat. For me, the RPC has been nothing short of helpful and inclusive. Rarely have I felt like I fit in to an already established community before. It has been a wonderful experience.
So, my advice to those who want to avoid legacy players is this:
Don't.
I know it's frustrating sometimes to feel left behind, but the RPC doesn't let you feel that way in-game. While legacy characters have yet to be thrown in to the mix with non-legacy characters, the attitudes of the people behind both new and old characters is positive and helpful. Many of the people I've spoken with who do have legacy characters are also intending on starting new mains, or leveling new classes fromt he ground up, which puts them in almost the same boat as those of us who are brand new.
I personally feel that avoiding the legacy players is akin to sitting on the edge of a branch belonging to a deeply rooted tree, and cutting off the part you're perched on. If you worry too much about how much "better" other players are than you at the begining, you're falling victim to your pride and you're depriving yourself of a valuable resource. I have not once come across a player who would rather leave new players in the dust and tout their superior status than they would like to give them a hand up and integrate them in to the game that they all want to see thrive and succeed. I'm sure people like this exist, but wherever they are, I have yet to see them--and I can't see many of the active vets here getting along with such a person.
That's all I got for ya, RPC. ^^
Well written post! I totally get what you're saying, so let me make this perfectly clear before anyone misunderstands any of my standpoints from here on out.
I have complete faith that the 1.0 RP community is a fair and a good-driven group of people. From what I've already seen/read I can tell that we would(have?) gotten along greatly.Â
With that out of the way I want blatantly say that the reason I won't be able to convince my group of friends who are starting FF14 is because they want to start completely new, both in RP and in the game-side of things, with nothing established on the technical side of things.Â
The first chapter of a blank book, pen in hand!