Hello, and welcome to the community! It's always a good thing when more people get involved in roleplay, and the members here are very open and thorough in helping new roleplayers, whatever style they may be. I'll start with your questions:
I'm doing relatively well. Like many here, I'm waiting for beta, and the last few days have been taking their toll. I've managed to stay busy by doing some art requests for forum members.
--As in other games with random dungeons, for the first 30 levels, 15 of dungeoning, you'll probably see high demand for tanks (Marauder/Gladiator) and healers (Conjurer only at low levels; role expands to include Scholar at 30+). Of course, you can play whatever you'd like whether that's one class or all, and still find groups for parties, whether in dungeons or out in the field. (Since you're considering playing Arcanist, that starts as DPS and then has the opportunity to branch into Summoner, another DPS job, and Scholar, a support and healing job.)
--We see a lot of Mi'qote around here. Elezen, Lalafell, and especially Roegadyn are less common by my experience. Humans are more middle-of-the road but are starting to become more unique, and Highlanders might be rarer than Midlanders. I wouldn't let this have too much of a bearing on what you choose though--play whatever appeals to you.
--I've heard that they send it out one day in advance, and possibly late in that day. I'm expecting Thursday myself, but I'd love to have it sooner so I can start the download.
--You can browse the Linkshell Hall forums if you'd like. If you're on Balmung, Corvus Cinis seems to be very friendly. I myself am a member of a small dungeon-running LS, The Whispered Spiral, and a mage-society Free Company, Mysterium. If you'd like to roleplay your arcanist with other mages and scholars while developing your character, we'd love to have you!
(This of course is a very small sampling of the available linkshells--we have a lot, on both servers--ranging from more morally gray ones to companies, merchants, trade, or just general adventuring. If you go on Gilgamesh, I can recommend Driftwood Coast, which is looking for new players to help build the FC together with.)
I'm doing relatively well. Like many here, I'm waiting for beta, and the last few days have been taking their toll. I've managed to stay busy by doing some art requests for forum members.
--As in other games with random dungeons, for the first 30 levels, 15 of dungeoning, you'll probably see high demand for tanks (Marauder/Gladiator) and healers (Conjurer only at low levels; role expands to include Scholar at 30+). Of course, you can play whatever you'd like whether that's one class or all, and still find groups for parties, whether in dungeons or out in the field. (Since you're considering playing Arcanist, that starts as DPS and then has the opportunity to branch into Summoner, another DPS job, and Scholar, a support and healing job.)
--We see a lot of Mi'qote around here. Elezen, Lalafell, and especially Roegadyn are less common by my experience. Humans are more middle-of-the road but are starting to become more unique, and Highlanders might be rarer than Midlanders. I wouldn't let this have too much of a bearing on what you choose though--play whatever appeals to you.
--I've heard that they send it out one day in advance, and possibly late in that day. I'm expecting Thursday myself, but I'd love to have it sooner so I can start the download.
--You can browse the Linkshell Hall forums if you'd like. If you're on Balmung, Corvus Cinis seems to be very friendly. I myself am a member of a small dungeon-running LS, The Whispered Spiral, and a mage-society Free Company, Mysterium. If you'd like to roleplay your arcanist with other mages and scholars while developing your character, we'd love to have you!
(This of course is a very small sampling of the available linkshells--we have a lot, on both servers--ranging from more morally gray ones to companies, merchants, trade, or just general adventuring. If you go on Gilgamesh, I can recommend Driftwood Coast, which is looking for new players to help build the FC together with.)
