Returning Rusty RPer

[panini]

Hi everyone, I am panini!  I have been playing FFXIV on and off since 2013 and I have always thought about joining the RP community!

 

My own experience with roleplaying is akin to a resume gap.  I used to role-play a ton when I was younger but I haven't done any roleplaying since around 2015.  Though I do play dungeons and dragons and I like to draw character designs neither have heavy creative writing elements.  As such I am very out of touch with my written voice!  When you are in high school it's a lot easier to be like "eh close enough" than later when you don't want to be dead weight as an RP partner.

 

I'm hoping that getting accustomed to and slowly participating in the FFXIV roleplaying community I can build up my confidence and get back into collaborative storytelling!  Even if it's not explicitly roleplaying I do like to world build and talk about characters so feel free to tell me your concepts and ideas!

 

RP Style

I am most comfortable with the "paragraph" style of roleplaying.  As any good AOL rper from 2008 I have experience writing asterisks (script?) as well, but it is not a style I actively look to replicate.

 

Character Archetypes

As of the past few years, I have been trying hard with every D&D campaign and OC I design to try different character archetypes!  I found I defaulted to the common sense, hedging bets kind of characters alongside romantic fatalism ideologies.  So!  I have been trying to branch out towards other traits, but most likely I'll default to a comfort zone at the beginning because, oops, I'm a baby.

 

In Game Activities

I'm a glamour hunter who refuses to craft, usually!  However I'm dedicated to my cause so in the past 4 days I've leveled a LTW from 0 to 60 so I can start doing Namazu quests in order to get the Namazu Bell.  I do what I must to look cute in game.

 

General Questions

What is the etiquette of cross-world roleplaying?  While I see many world events and threads I haven't noticed any major cross-world roleplaying partners.  Granted they might be doing 1 on 1s and not have it on public display or I have not simply looked in to hard!  I know it varies from person to person, and as a glamour fan myself I understand that there is something so fun about photo shooting characters together, but I was wondering if people have a general sense on how common it actually is?  I have a Mateus character and a Balmung character but I am very fond of my Cactuar account.  For Balmung I'm in a fever dream that I'll just wait it out until the next expansion comes out with a new race to role-play on, haha, while on Mateus it's just the time commitment on level an alt!  I might later on be more compelled to develop and play those characters but for now I'm hoping to maybe stay in my little bubble a bit longer!

 

TL;DR

I'm panini; I'm very verbose and you should tell me about your characters!

[Kakama Kama]

Unfortunately, it isn't really possible, or it wasn't until very recently with global linkpearls, for cross world to happen.That's why you wouldn't see many.  In terms of both mateus and balmung you'll find most communities comparable(The quicksand is your go to for rp). If you need a place to level your alt, I can bring you into my company so you can use the exp buff. As for glamours, well, I can help with crafted ones too

 

In terms of rp, most tends to be bar night fare. If you want something different, you need to find a company for it

 

Here's a link to the mateus discord : https://discord.gg/77DDRUg

Edited July 5, 2018 by Neneso Neso

[panini]

@Neneso Neso

I feared as much.  I was hoping that despite being from Cactuar I could still like role-play over discord or something, but lets be real.  It's fun to take pictures with other peoples.  I already have so many screenshots from this game and that's before I started getting into roleplaying!

 

That being said that is incredibly gracious of you to offer me a spot in your FC in order to receive Heat of Battle!  I didn't have an FC during my leveling for Balmung and man that is arduous.  I'm having a serious debate of just getting a skip potion for Mateus because I'm just not loving the idea of having to do 2.x again, haha!

Thank you again for responding to me and if I do muster the emotional strength to subject myself to leveling again I'll be sure to pester you!

[Kakama Kama]

8 hours ago, panini said:

@Neneso Neso

I feared as much.  I was hoping that despite being from Cactuar I could still like role-play over discord or something, but lets be real.  It's fun to take pictures with other peoples.  I already have so many screenshots from this game and that's before I started getting into roleplaying!

 

That being said that is incredibly gracious of you to offer me a spot in your FC in order to receive Heat of Battle!  I didn't have an FC during my leveling for Balmung and man that is arduous.  I'm having a serious debate of just getting a skip potion for Mateus because I'm just not loving the idea of having to do 2.x again, haha!

Thank you again for responding to me and if I do muster the emotional strength to subject myself to leveling again I'll be sure to pester you!

As someone who's used a leveling potion, I can say it saves many a headache. But I would only reccomend it if you've done the MSQ

 

No problem happy to help. Good luck!