Hey guys! I've been lurking around here for a good long while and finally decided I would drop in officially and introduce myself. I'm currently active on the Siren server, though I do have a character on Balmung. I only have time for one character, honestly, so unfortunately I haven't spent any time on the latter in ages. I'm interested to see if there are any other Siren players here.
MMORPG Background
I started out over 15 years ago on Ultima Online. It was there I learned exactly what RP is and how much I enjoyed the immersive effect it had on my play. I also thoroughly enjoyed the sandbox feel and appreciate what that style of MMO offers for an RP community. That being said, the structure of games like FFXIV provides a nice backbone for RP as well. I bounced around a bit after UO, eventually settling into FFXI as my second major MMO commitment. I stayed there for many years until I eventually dropped the subscription model for financial reasons. I went on to play Guild Wars 2 and a host of other F2P games before I fell in love with FFXIV: ARR shortly after it released. While I haven't been subbed for the whole time since, I have spent the majority of my online time with FFXIV for two of the last three years.Â
RP Style
I consider myself a more casual RPer. I call it "immersion," where basically I flow with the world and try and become a part of it, fitting my character into his role there. I do enjoy the occasional structured event as it provides an element of existence outside the main story of FFXIV, and I've always been more interested in what the "lesser heroes" do moreso than the Saviors of the World, so to speak. I enjoy being the innkeeper with a secret, or the sellsword with a wry sense of humor, or the old ranger that everybody avoids. Those type of storylines leave far more room for growth and storytelling, in my opinion.
Servers
As I said I have characters on Balmung and Siren, but I also have undeveloped alts across several other NA servers that basically act as placeholders and base layers for character concepts I've started. Archebald is my character on Siren and is currently my only active project, though admittedly RP there tends to be non-existent. My time is fairly limited as I have a full-time job that requires me to be on-call 24-7, a family, two writing projects, and a volunteer commitment in my community. One character is all I really have time for in an MMO right now, and a strictly regimented RP schedule is not feasible for me.
If there is anyone else here from Siren, hit me up! I'm usually on 20:00-23:00 CST, sometimes longer on the weekends. I'd like to see others with at least a mild interest in immersive play around.Â
MMORPG Background
I started out over 15 years ago on Ultima Online. It was there I learned exactly what RP is and how much I enjoyed the immersive effect it had on my play. I also thoroughly enjoyed the sandbox feel and appreciate what that style of MMO offers for an RP community. That being said, the structure of games like FFXIV provides a nice backbone for RP as well. I bounced around a bit after UO, eventually settling into FFXI as my second major MMO commitment. I stayed there for many years until I eventually dropped the subscription model for financial reasons. I went on to play Guild Wars 2 and a host of other F2P games before I fell in love with FFXIV: ARR shortly after it released. While I haven't been subbed for the whole time since, I have spent the majority of my online time with FFXIV for two of the last three years.Â
RP Style
I consider myself a more casual RPer. I call it "immersion," where basically I flow with the world and try and become a part of it, fitting my character into his role there. I do enjoy the occasional structured event as it provides an element of existence outside the main story of FFXIV, and I've always been more interested in what the "lesser heroes" do moreso than the Saviors of the World, so to speak. I enjoy being the innkeeper with a secret, or the sellsword with a wry sense of humor, or the old ranger that everybody avoids. Those type of storylines leave far more room for growth and storytelling, in my opinion.
Servers
As I said I have characters on Balmung and Siren, but I also have undeveloped alts across several other NA servers that basically act as placeholders and base layers for character concepts I've started. Archebald is my character on Siren and is currently my only active project, though admittedly RP there tends to be non-existent. My time is fairly limited as I have a full-time job that requires me to be on-call 24-7, a family, two writing projects, and a volunteer commitment in my community. One character is all I really have time for in an MMO right now, and a strictly regimented RP schedule is not feasible for me.
If there is anyone else here from Siren, hit me up! I'm usually on 20:00-23:00 CST, sometimes longer on the weekends. I'd like to see others with at least a mild interest in immersive play around.Â
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