Thank you, I greatly appreciate that. Basically over the course of several years I've learned from experience you must possess a healthy balance in an MMO. When we first started over two years ago in Rift, we focused on a Trifacta concept of RP/PVP/PVE. So we could do everything and offer something for everyone.
We worked together to make a wonderful home. When Final Fantasy 14 was coming out, we sat down and talked. So many of us are excited for something that is just great and I know Yoshi has done an amazing job from V1.0 to 2.0. Many of us were excited about the opportunity to be part of a world where we could focus on heavy roleplaying and character development, plus be able to raid. We wanted to include our family that didn't roleplay but respect it because at one time some of them did or might have and retired.
Roleplay and writing have been a part of my life for so many years. (God I'm old sometimes XD) Just the feeling of being able to see end game, roleplay, etc is something that just means the world to me as long as I do it with friends and family. I definitely want to share these experiences with others. I think myself and 1 other have old character, mine wasn't even very far to be honest... So with everyone being new, I think its a great feeling to build something from scratch and welcome other new folks into the group as well. Woops, didn't mean to write a novel. XD
Also I should mention as far as end game goes, we have a very good history of working together to down content and see it through. That's atleast how we do things, and we try to keep raiding as semi-core, not casual but not extreme team hardcore either. Sides' thats why I like the fact the Free Company is the ooc social part, with us getting together personally to RP or we have our LS for the RP stuff. It gives us a strong diversity. Sides' I'm eager to tackle 24 mans.
One other thing to comment on: The Academy theme isn't classes and schooling entirely. I don't want anyone to get that assumption. I like to think of it as a distraction to the main occupation the organization has. Its mostly training, preparation and taking on missions/tasks. Training folks to work as a team, refining skills, and also occasionally offering fun rp courses here and there. I'm a big fan of story-arcs, adventures and things like that. I like to see characters grow and develop, I like to see them flourish like they are living their own life. That's why I love rp and really like the set up we've done.
I'm looking forward to doing the Caravan event right off that bat, should be fun and a good way to meet folks.
We worked together to make a wonderful home. When Final Fantasy 14 was coming out, we sat down and talked. So many of us are excited for something that is just great and I know Yoshi has done an amazing job from V1.0 to 2.0. Many of us were excited about the opportunity to be part of a world where we could focus on heavy roleplaying and character development, plus be able to raid. We wanted to include our family that didn't roleplay but respect it because at one time some of them did or might have and retired.
Roleplay and writing have been a part of my life for so many years. (God I'm old sometimes XD) Just the feeling of being able to see end game, roleplay, etc is something that just means the world to me as long as I do it with friends and family. I definitely want to share these experiences with others. I think myself and 1 other have old character, mine wasn't even very far to be honest... So with everyone being new, I think its a great feeling to build something from scratch and welcome other new folks into the group as well. Woops, didn't mean to write a novel. XD
Also I should mention as far as end game goes, we have a very good history of working together to down content and see it through. That's atleast how we do things, and we try to keep raiding as semi-core, not casual but not extreme team hardcore either. Sides' thats why I like the fact the Free Company is the ooc social part, with us getting together personally to RP or we have our LS for the RP stuff. It gives us a strong diversity. Sides' I'm eager to tackle 24 mans.
One other thing to comment on: The Academy theme isn't classes and schooling entirely. I don't want anyone to get that assumption. I like to think of it as a distraction to the main occupation the organization has. Its mostly training, preparation and taking on missions/tasks. Training folks to work as a team, refining skills, and also occasionally offering fun rp courses here and there. I'm a big fan of story-arcs, adventures and things like that. I like to see characters grow and develop, I like to see them flourish like they are living their own life. That's why I love rp and really like the set up we've done.
I'm looking forward to doing the Caravan event right off that bat, should be fun and a good way to meet folks.
