Greeting and welcome to the RPC Demi!
Good to hear another experienced MMOer is taking the plunge into a realm reborn! I'm a big fan of PVE and Roleplay, so if you have a moment i'd like to provide you with a few links that might help you along your way. (who knows!)
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/misc.php?page=welcome
Is a nice little outline of the RPC, and touches on the main tools we have here such as the wiki, calendar and Lantern, so hopefully that will help you get your feet under you when it comes to the RPC.
But on to the communities!
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1902
Intermission is a series of linkshells (its third iteration) intended for out of character communication, everything from where people are, what they're up to, and all that jazz. hardly a better place to be found as far as getting to know some of the people out in the world.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=5045
Balmungs Finest is a particular favorite of mine, dedicated to PVE content, running high level, low level and sometimes just for a the fabled battlemages robes. Lots of people around at lots of different times.
As for learning the lore, I think a great deal of my own knowledge came from taking in the world, walking about, listening to NPCs, its an interesting experience, and though the worlds changed it still (and arguably more so now) feels as though it has a decent base to expand on once you want to start speculating about things not addressed directly, but I ramble. Again, welcome to the RPC and I feel free to ask any questions you might have, voice a concern or two, heck flag some one down in Ul'dah if you get bored.
Good to hear another experienced MMOer is taking the plunge into a realm reborn! I'm a big fan of PVE and Roleplay, so if you have a moment i'd like to provide you with a few links that might help you along your way. (who knows!)
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/misc.php?page=welcome
Is a nice little outline of the RPC, and touches on the main tools we have here such as the wiki, calendar and Lantern, so hopefully that will help you get your feet under you when it comes to the RPC.
But on to the communities!
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1902
Intermission is a series of linkshells (its third iteration) intended for out of character communication, everything from where people are, what they're up to, and all that jazz. hardly a better place to be found as far as getting to know some of the people out in the world.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=5045
Balmungs Finest is a particular favorite of mine, dedicated to PVE content, running high level, low level and sometimes just for a the fabled battlemages robes. Lots of people around at lots of different times.
As for learning the lore, I think a great deal of my own knowledge came from taking in the world, walking about, listening to NPCs, its an interesting experience, and though the worlds changed it still (and arguably more so now) feels as though it has a decent base to expand on once you want to start speculating about things not addressed directly, but I ramble. Again, welcome to the RPC and I feel free to ask any questions you might have, voice a concern or two, heck flag some one down in Ul'dah if you get bored.
