Do you RP your main class?

[-no longer matters-]

Yes and no. 

 

But for the purpose of this, let's just go with the yes.

[Coatleque]

Middle ground for me. I picked class at first based on the weapon only. I wanted to use swords, and GLD was the only choice there. Once I started playing the game I decided to go full paladin for RP. But Crofte has always fought without her shield, favoring a two-handed grip. So now I run around as DRK when not in uniform. She is still a paladin though (for now).

[Kellach Woods]

Nope!

 

At least, I won't until they give us a Mime class.

[Dis]

I go with a mix.  I main PLD, but swordplay is definitely not among Glioca's strongest abilities.  She's a stronger martial artist or healer (I use 1.0 conjury, because she's old and I need to level her Pugilist and Monk but I'm lazy), and WHM is kind of my 'secondary main', so in a sense that's very accurate because she's a healer?  I just attribute her THM spells to CNJ because of the way the class was in 1.0. 

 

Otherwise I play her as having a mix of skills, because that makes the most sense.  With most of my other characters, though, I play them out as their class.  Except poor Liviana, who is trying so very hard and failing to become a Pugilist.  One day though.. one day.

[Rusty Knight]

I level my main classes for roleplay so Scarlet is a Warr, Alueaux Dragoon and Leoric a Monk. Then everything else is what I enjoy or if I'm looking for specific outfits or sets then I'll do that, ultimately pve is secondary.

[LiadansWhisper]

My main class?

 

Yes.

[Teadrinker]

I often do not main the class I RP as but I always level the class I RP as for lore/gear.

[ɴᴘᴄ]

While I'm not going down the winding discussion of jobs and soulstones in RP' date=' I'm a player that likes to connect his PvE with his RP. I find that enjoying the aesthetics and feel of a class and tying that into my character helps me create a better connection for that character's story as I write for them.[/quote']

 

I'm in agreement. As much as I like connecting where Ancel is to the RP (region, weather, etc), what he is doing there is equally important. So his main class/job (the only one I play with him really) fits into that nicely. Whether it's the Hunt, Sightseeing, or delivering quests... quipping between fired arrows, waxing romantic about the Twelve, and recounting local folklore are all part of the character.

[Roen]

I always level the class that I RP, for aesthetics, gear, lore and etc.

 

But paladin is not my main PVE class. I prefer to play a healer. I did incorporate that into Roen's story though, she has a natural gift for healing/conjury, she just never pursued it earnestly. She took up training with the sword and a shield early in life and never looked back.

[Leggerless]

Yes and no.

 

ICly, I fight almost exclusively with swords. It's an interesting combination of Rogue, Gladiator, and Dark Knight (without the edgelord magic); the attacks are based on how many weapons she holds and how many hands hold the weapon(s).

 

For a D&D SRD-friendly comparison: think a cross-class Rogue/Fighter character.

 

Basically, she uses a sword in combat but is not limited to one disciple's methods. As a balance, other martial weapons, such as spears and bows, cannot be used effectively.

[Miss Gaz]

Yes my char is a rogue and portrays one. Here side job is painting and writing.

[Telluride]

Ab-so-lutely.

[Martiallais]

Here in FF, definitely.

 

Martiallais is a knight (read: paladin) skilled in sword/shield play and with some combat aetheric abilities. I just write him as not being very skilled in the conjury side of it.

 

Aedan is a warrior (rar). Big axe, inner beast, wreck shop here we come. I deviate from this a little in that I do want to level pugilist/monk on him to represent some skill as a fighter (read: wrestler). But warrior is still his main schtick.

[Volk]

I have sort of done this before with Ameline, though with my alt Beatrix and my new character Edelweiss, no. . . I just sort of disconnect pve things with RP.

 

I wanted Edelweiss to be able to beat people up, but I did not want her to be a monk with chakras and that. I wanted her to be able to use a bow, but you will never hear her singing or telling stories like a bard, etc. OOC classes are DRG, BRD, PLD, MNK, SCH, SMN.

 

Beatrix is a physician. Not a healer, not a scholar, just a surgical practitioner that treats wounds conventionally and not with magick/aether/whatever. OOC, she is a PLD, SCH, MCH.

[Branson Thorne]

Yes but usually just because I have a certain way I want my RP character to look, so I level that class/weapon.

[Caspar]

I always gravitate towards the monk character archetype. I made my character a monk because I greatly enjoy MNK over all other classes, and tailored my character plot appropriately.

 

If Monk in setting is a blanket descriptor then Virara is one. If it applies only to Fists of Rhalgr, she is only one by proxy, and technically just an empowered pugilist.

[Leanne]

Ayup! Leanne's 100% Bard. Soul gem, poetic, romantic, with an scary aim to boot!

 

Although I also RP the other classes I lvled. Not the Job per see, but the basic class. Leanne has an uncanny good aim, she so she's a beast with a rifle. She's not strong, but knows how to throw a punch, and has a scary kick, making her an average/above average pugilist. And as a rogue, Leanne has a set of throwing knives, plus two combat ones.

[Nero]

It varies. I usually try to RP as the class I main, but at times that can be difficult. Nero I had intended to roleplay as a thaumaturge, but then I fell into monk for raiding so I tossed in some bits about him knowing boxing. Kas is ostensibly a dark knight in the sense of using two-handed swords, but in-game since I don't raid I basically play whatever my whimsy is.

[Shoshopu]

Oh, for sure. I level a class because I want to RP it. In fact, if the class is wrong for the character, it's absolutely horrible for me to try to play it.

 

For example, my novice arcanist/astrologian Dyrstswys (who really is a noncombatant sort of character anyway)- I was leveling Pugilist on her for a while before HW so she could wear the Fistfigher's Jackcoat as a glamour piece, but it wasn't even remotely in the realm of IC for her to be. And trying to play it was absolute torture. After HW came out and they added the craftable, dye-able versions of those tops, leveling her through arcanist so she could access HW content was much easier.

 

If I play Lancer on anyone but Awyrbyrt, it's about the same story.

 

Whether or not I play the job of the character depends on the character, however. Shoshopu is a summoner. Dyrstswys is an astrologian. But Awyrbyrt is not ICly a dragoon.

[PSDuckie]

I've been struggling since I started playing FF14 to find a 'main' class I enjoy and can RP at the same time. While I'm not going down the winding discussion of jobs and soulstones in RP, I'm a player that likes to connect his PvE with his RP. I find that enjoying the aesthetics and feel of a class and tying that into my character helps me create a better connection for that character's story as I write for them.

 

Am I alone in this, or is anyone else out there as ardent about that connection as I am? It's so much that when I started playing the game and wrote Isaelt as a BLM ICly, I ended up tweaking that because I simply could not stand the BLM playstyle.

Not only do I not RP my main class, I don't RP my main character (he's on Leviathan, a decidedly non-RP server).  My main is SMN, and my RP character will be ROG and CUL.

[Aaron]

Aaron is any class that uses a sword or dagger. So OOC that's PLD, DRK, and NIN.

 

In character he's non of those, just his overwhelming preference for swords and daggers of all sizes and styles (Dual wield, two hand and single hand without the shield) led me to level all those classes.

 

Was gonna level MCH to give him a gun. But I just waivered that by giving him gunblades.

[Smagon]

Yes and no. I have a character that is a dark knight but with an axe. I regularly play both dark knight and warrior so I guess that kind of makes them both my main. I usually never tie the class to its weapon though, in case a class I have more fun with comes out later down the line so I can still use the weapon from that one while keeping my IC "mechanics" around.

 

That is my melee oriented character. It's hard to flip flop around like that as easily on my magic based character since the weapon actually matters. I suppose that character is technically a thaumaturge. I try to go outside the box for actual usage of the magic IC and do things that aren't in game spells. I know there are some people out there that get booty bothered whenever anyone does something that doesn't have an in game skill tied to it, especially for magic characters, but I try to keep it reasonable.

[Valde]

Yes and no. I have a character that is a dark knight but with an axe. I regularly play both dark knight and warrior so I guess that kind of makes them both my main. I usually never tie the class to its weapon though, in case a class I have more fun with comes out later down the line so I can still use the weapon from that one while keeping my IC "mechanics" around.

 

That is my melee oriented character. It's hard to flip flop around like that as easily on my magic based character since the weapon actually matters. I suppose that character is technically a thaumaturge. I try to go outside the box for actual usage of the magic IC and do things that aren't in game spells. I know there are some people out there that get booty bothered whenever anyone does something that doesn't have an in game skill tied to it, especially for magic characters, but I try to keep it reasonable.

 

In the end for me, lore is a good framework to work within but when some things just don't make sense [ Like a warrior -only- using an axe? Warriors have never ever tried using a sword? ] I tend to stray towards 'Does it add or detract from a good story to enforce this'. When writing feels lazy and sloppy I'll call it out, but minor nitpicks are something that I've never payed much mind to because it doesn't really detract from a good story.

[V'aleera]

I RP my main job. Beyond the obvious glamour access, it does add an extra layer of connection to the character. I wouldn't say it's at all required though.

[Momoka]

not in the slightest. I main whm and in RP Xelha is just very vague about what it is she actually does. she does magic....things. Or something. My alts Lothaire and Therese are somewhat different. Lothaire is indeed an IC summoner, though hes not entirely sure what that means, and Therese is a bard.