What ended up influencing Bumo the most was actually the lore and the gameplay itself. While I knew that I was going to RP, I didn't know what kind of character I wanted to RP; as I was cycling through the classes and jobs in the character creator, I looked at the lalafells and thought, "It'd be hilarious to make a tank with one of these little guys, defending the party by thwacking monsters' kneecaps."
I started reading up on Lalafells to draw some ideas, and the main thing that stuck out to me was the history of the Plainsfolk: agriculturalists from fertile islands who expanded into the mainland through maritime trade, to become one of the most populous races. I started thinking, "What if there were pockets of Lalafell still isolated to this day, much like hidden tribes in real life? How would a Lalafell born to one of those islands behave in social settings? How would they react to other races and cultures? What kind of motivations and goals would they have that would make them want to leave, and how would they even find out about other lands?"
From there I started crafting his backstory, which featured heavily around why his class is a Warrior, but the game ended up having such a fun crafting system that that started to be all I focused on doing. I've never bothered with crafting in any other MMO I've played before, as I have found most crafting systems to be tedious and unintersting, but FFXIV's was so good I thought, "Why not just have Bumo put down his axe and become a crafter instead?" So that was something I fit into his motivations, but also creates a bit of conflict for him.
So Bumo was really shaped by the game, rather than being a character or idea that I had conceived prior to starting the game.
Oh hey, another JJBA fan!
I started reading up on Lalafells to draw some ideas, and the main thing that stuck out to me was the history of the Plainsfolk: agriculturalists from fertile islands who expanded into the mainland through maritime trade, to become one of the most populous races. I started thinking, "What if there were pockets of Lalafell still isolated to this day, much like hidden tribes in real life? How would a Lalafell born to one of those islands behave in social settings? How would they react to other races and cultures? What kind of motivations and goals would they have that would make them want to leave, and how would they even find out about other lands?"
From there I started crafting his backstory, which featured heavily around why his class is a Warrior, but the game ended up having such a fun crafting system that that started to be all I focused on doing. I've never bothered with crafting in any other MMO I've played before, as I have found most crafting systems to be tedious and unintersting, but FFXIV's was so good I thought, "Why not just have Bumo put down his axe and become a crafter instead?" So that was something I fit into his motivations, but also creates a bit of conflict for him.
So Bumo was really shaped by the game, rather than being a character or idea that I had conceived prior to starting the game.
(07-27-2014, 04:27 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: the only influence I've had on most of my characters is the lipstick matches color on their dyejob/clothing that JoJo's (mostly part 5 onwards) got going on.
Oh hey, another JJBA fan!
