(07-28-2013, 11:39 AM)Wolf Wrote: Maybe this is really silly but I was thinking that maybe some people(including myself) could make use out of this. One of my characters would often be receiving quests via courier as well as returning his reply or occasionally sending updates. I thought it might be silly were he to go out of his way to travel all around Eorzea just to tell someone something that would normally be done via mail. Its an excellent idea, there have been courier groups in mmos before. Its so good that why don't you consider it as something to do yourself? I'm sure you can easily find help doing it on Balmung if you ask, trust me. You're around a pretty good bunch.
Anyways, I figured we could pay people a small fee to people offering a courier service to deliver messages for us. I'm pretty sure there's no way to do this other than physically telling the courier but you need to compromise I guess ^^" Naturally, anyone could come along and tell us they'll deliver our message and then just make off with our money so for a more secure service we could use a particular code word from this topic, which if said in-game would be the equivalent of showing credentials or proving yourself to be a legitimate courier(in other words, you must deliver the message. You can't say the code word and then say "nahh, I was scamming you"). If you can't find anyone with the password nearby, well then it's up to you whether you want to trust a stranger or not.
Not sure, I just thought it'd be nice to seek out couriers in taverns or wherever and see it as though my message were on the way. Not only is it more immersive, but anyone who overheard it or is familiar with a courier could intercept it if they felt up to it. Obviously I'd only encourage such behaviour if you genuinely had a reason to ^^
Sorry if this is a really silly idea but I thought I'd mentioned just in case..
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Maybe even make an alt that does that as a job?
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Its a great idea. I think you would get a lot of interest doing it too! A job like that is also a great icebreaker for a new roleplayer and makes it easier to meet people. Consider it. One thing to know about roleplaying, the most mundane seemingly boring concepts can turn into great rp. They are easy to start up are usually based on things in real life so its easy to roleplay them because there is plenty of reference material.
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Besides in this case rping a courier can really be fun. I've done it before in other games! Trust me you will get a kick out of it and before you know it you will know a lot of fun people and your rp skill will naturally grow!
A good FFXIV lore site: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Eorzea
