(08-20-2013, 07:14 PM)Moondoggie Wrote: I'm new to Final Fantasy XIV and have not played the beta so i'll be starting fresh once early access kicks in. After playing around with the character creator benchmark and looking at races i settled on Miqo'te Keepers Of The Moon. I will be creating a female and a more traditionalist tribal type face paint and all from a nomadic group.
I'm wondering how others approach RP with these characters i suppose she would be shy and suspicious around people of other races. I've never actually created a character like this yet so i was wondering how to approach it in practice. Like do others pick up on it without it being a pre arranged storyline or do you find it hard to prompt others to approach you without telling them?
Also looking at what lore is available with Seekers it doesn't really say what the two groups think of each other just that they don't see much of each other since one group prefers to be active during the day and the other during the night. How do others approach this one? Are your characters generally favorable to all Miqo'te regardless or what culture they come from or do they dislike Seekers?
Being nocturnal by lore is it kind of hard to keep that up? I don't know how often the day/night cycle is in game and of course during leveling sessions you aren't going to be too bothered about it but from a RP and lore perspective i'd feel odd just abruptly ending a RP just because it got light and i must hide from the evil sunlight! And the other side of that coin it'd be hard to come up with good reasons why she'd suddenly be very active in the day.
And approach to males seems a bit different to Seekers where males sort of butt heads for mating rights. Keepers from what i can gather have less males to go around but i'm thinking even so she wouldn't just automatically mate with the first male who approaches her i imagine she'd be rather passive until they prove how strong they are or what a good hunter they are by bringing her the biggest beast they can find as an offering. And this is one where i wonder would another RP player get what i was doing without me prompting them either in character or OOC saying "This is how you need to impress her" or something.
How could i RP this without it seeming like i'm just telling them exactly what to do to win her affections. I'm not really against character relationships if they make sense. I'd want it to be kind if a gradual thing if it did happen but at the same time i don't want people i'm just being a jerk on purpose and they are whispering me like "Why won't your character love mine!?" or something.Â
I'm sure that won't actually happen but i'm just finding my feet with how to approach a character that isn't such an extrovert who lays everything out each for others to understand.
Hi Moondoggie. I too will be playing a Mi'qote Keeper, and it seems she will also have a personality a lot like yours. I'm not too sure how I will play her either, so I was glad to see this post. So far I do have a small backstory for her to explain some of her shyness, and already have half of my hotbar liked with emotes figuring those will help in moments when she is not doing a lot of talking.Â
So much about the character seems deceptively simple, but without much lore to go on, I'm finding it a bit more complex than a character with pages of backstory.
