Hello! New with some Questions...

[DhezrelSaephica]

Hello there! I was very interested in getting involved with the RP scene in FFXIV, so I started to do some research and was both excited and conflicted at the same time. I have some past RP experience on text forums, never done it in a game before. My problem is that it seems most of the RP I keep seeing is geared more towards ERP, which I have no problem with other people doing, but I don't really want to get involved with it myself. My main character is also based on Primal, but I don't want to necessarily do RP on my main character for a few reasons. I wanted to create a second character for RP purposes only.

 

The top reasons I don't want to RP on my main:

She's not the character I had in mind for who I want to RP, and I am too attached to use a name change/fantasia to make her into who I want my RP character to be

Data center change to Crystal is out of the question, I am very attached to the FC I am in and would not leave them for the world, I might make another character on a Crystal server, but I wouldn't move my main to Crystal and leave my FC behind

 

The questions I had for you guys!

 

1) Are there any groups in Primal dedicated to RP? 

2) How likely is it for people to reject a roleplay with you if you don't want to ERP with them? Is there a way to politely tell them up front you aren't interested in that so you don't get "stood up" in the middle of an RP? Not sure of the proper etiquette so I wanted to make sure first! Thank you all in advance for any advice

 

 

Edited February 27, 2020 by FloraScarlett

[Lihya Zharipoh]

Hi! Welcome!

1) Personally have no experience outside of Crystal, sorry! ;-;

2) I've RPed for about 2 years on ffxiv and that scenario has yet to happen to me. Granted, I've done random walk-up RP extremely sparingly, I usually meet RP contacts, make friends, and will have a group of roughly a dozen contacts at any given time where I routinely engage in scenes, RP, and storylines with them. I think at least in my experience on Crystal it might be possible to happen more if you were to, say, engage in random walk-up RP in the Quicksand on a regular basis, always meeting new RPers all the time. I've seen and known people more ERP oriented here who I don't RP with, and my closest instance to what you described was someone I met in a walk-up. We did a private scene the day after and their character was very handsy in a way that made me realize what they were going for. I shot it down politely, they finished the scene with me, and then proceeded to flake out every other time in the future until I stopped trying to get non-erotic scenes with them and just stopped contact all together. That's only happened with one person to me. Overall I think your odds are pretty good that you'll be fine, just letting you know a lot of random walk-ups is kind of an unknown wildcard that might swing in a bad ERP-y direction on occasion.

You can add some text in your search info in-game! A lot of people put little acronyms or statements about RP preferences. Example: "Walk-ups encouraged! Dark and mature RP loved." or "Para RPer, M+M ERP", stuff like that. Personally, I just have a "Hey I'm looking for contacts!" in mine, and a link to a character profile I made, but you could throw in a "No ERP" into your search info if you want to give a heads up.  

Edited February 16, 2020 by Lihya Zharipoh

[DhezrelSaephica]

1 hour ago, Lihya Zharipoh said:

Hi! Welcome!

1) Personally have no experience outside of Crystal, sorry! ;-;

2) I've RPed for about 2 years on ffxiv and that scenario has yet to happen to me. Granted, I've done random walk-up RP extremely sparingly, I usually meet RP contacts, make friends, and will have a group of roughly a dozen contacts at any given time where I routinely engage in scenes, RP, and storylines with them. I think at least in my experience on Crystal it might be possible to happen more if you were to, say, engage in random walk-up RP in the Quicksand on a regular basis, always meeting new RPers all the time. I've seen and known people more ERP oriented here who I don't RP with, and my closest instance to what you described was someone I met in a walk-up. We did a private scene the day after and their character was very handsy in a way that made me realize what they were going for. I shot it down politely, they finished the scene with me, and then proceeded to flake out every other time in the future until I stopped trying to get non-erotic scenes with them and just stopped contact all together. That's only happened with one person to me. Overall I think your odds are pretty good that you'll be fine, just letting you know a lot of random walk-ups is kind of an unknown wildcard that might swing in a bad ERP-y direction on occasion.

You can add some text in your search info in-game! A lot of people put little acronyms or statements about RP preferences. Example: "Walk-ups encouraged! Dark and mature RP loved." or "Para RPer, M+M ERP", stuff like that. Personally, I just have a "Hey I'm looking for contacts!" in mine, and a link to a character profile I made, but you could throw in a "No ERP" into your search info if you want to give a heads up.  

Thank you so much for the advice!! Yeah, I’m highly leaning towards just making a character on crystal for RP, I already made a “test” character I used to visit Balmung and Mateus to scope the RP scene, just out of curiosity. I’m just dreading the grind of MSQ and other things I would have to do, I wouldn’t have to do nearly as much as I have on my main, but it would still be a major pain and I wouldn’t have access to my FCs help or resources since I’d be on another data center. Thinking out loud on that subject though! I don’t expect anyone to have an easy answer to that 

[Lihya Zharipoh]

46 minutes ago, FloraScarlett said:

Thank you so much for the advice!! Yeah, I’m highly leaning towards just making a character on crystal for RP, I already made a “test” character I used to visit Balmung and Mateus to scope the RP scene, just out of curiosity. I’m just dreading the grind of MSQ and other things I would have to do, I wouldn’t have to do nearly as much as I have on my main, but it would still be a major pain and I wouldn’t have access to my FCs help or resources since I’d be on another data center. Thinking out loud on that subject though! I don’t expect anyone to have an easy answer to that 

Well, there are job boosts and story skips you can buy from the mogstation, depending on how much you value your time/money ! It's worth considering .

I do think Crystal is the overwhelmingly large "RP datacenter", but I dont know if the others compare, hopefully you'll get someone with experience in both? Maybe it's a big enough difference for you to want to level through the msq again if the skip isn't an option. Though the MSQ really sucks... Anyway! If your experience with Balmung was scoping out the Quicksand, I'm suddenly starting to see why you thought there was such a heavy ERP influence on the scene though aha. If you come here it might be good to look into finding contacts outside of the Quicksand and engaging in regular RP with them that way. Lihya here has helped a lot of new RPers get their feet wet  As well as anyone else on here who might be looking for contacts could be good for you to contact in advance as well! The few times I've stepped into the Quicksand and looked at profiles, I just felt like I was seeing a really disproportionate amount of ERP characters, tbh.

[DhezrelSaephica]

16 hours ago, Lihya Zharipoh said:

Well, there are job boosts and story skips you can buy from the mogstation, depending on how much you value your time/money ! It's worth considering .

I do think Crystal is the overwhelmingly large "RP datacenter", but I dont know if the others compare, hopefully you'll get someone with experience in both? Maybe it's a big enough difference for you to want to level through the msq again if the skip isn't an option. Though the MSQ really sucks... Anyway! If your experience with Balmung was scoping out the Quicksand, I'm suddenly starting to see why you thought there was such a heavy ERP influence on the scene though aha. If you come here it might be good to look into finding contacts outside of the Quicksand and engaging in regular RP with them that way. Lihya here has helped a lot of new RPers get their feet wet  As well as anyone else on here who might be looking for contacts could be good for you to contact in advance as well! The few times I've stepped into the Quicksand and looked at profiles, I just felt like I was seeing a really disproportionate amount of ERP characters, tbh.

 

Oh absolutely, I know I could go the story skip/job boost route but I was going to try to avoid the money investment until I knew for sure this is what I wanted to do and there were groups on crystal I could find who would accept me. No rush on anything yet. I appreciate your time and advice on everything! Just one more question if I may, since the Quicksand seems to be not the best place to observe, are there any other areas I could go to see more RP going on? What areas do people tend to congregate to do RP? 

 

[Lihya Zharipoh]

17 minutes ago, FloraScarlett said:

 

Oh absolutely, I know I could go the story skip/job boost route but I was going to try to avoid the money investment until I knew for sure this is what I wanted to do and there were groups on crystal I could find who would accept me. No rush on anything yet. I appreciate your time and advice on everything! Just one more question if I may, since the Quicksand seems to be not the best place to observe, are there any other areas I could go to see more RP going on? What areas do people tend to congregate to do RP? 

 

It's my pleasure!

I think the best source of RP is to find contacts outside of walk-ups. A lot of people here will make looking for contact posts and I definitely think the highest quality RP comes from people seeing your LF Contact posts here, your character's RP tumblr page, your carrd, etc etc. But if you want to be a fly on the wall to some more general RP in-game before making any plans or commitments, I'd recommend the public events on the "Upcoming Events" section on this site. The Quicksand is the big main walk-up RP hub unfortunately, even if it's not representative of RP in other places. So instead, I'd say look at the times and places those events happen at, pick one, and just hang around and be a wallflower to see how the other people interact. Just my two cents! It should be a different flavor than the Quicksand while still being public and easily viewed by yourself ^^

[DhezrelSaephica]

5 minutes ago, Lihya Zharipoh said:

It's my pleasure!

I think the best source of RP is to find contacts outside of walk-ups. A lot of people here will make looking for contact posts and I definitely think the highest quality RP comes from people seeing your LF Contact posts here, your character's RP tumblr page, your carrd, etc etc. But if you want to be a fly on the wall to some more general RP in-game before making any plans or commitments, I'd recommend the public events on the "Upcoming Events" section on this site. The Quicksand is the big main walk-up RP hub unfortunately, even if it's not representative of RP in other places. So instead, I'd say look at the times and places those events happen at, pick one, and just hang around and be a wallflower to see how the other people interact. Just my two cents! It should be a different flavor than the Quicksand while still being public and easily viewed by yourself ^^

Okay perfect, thank you so much for your advice Lihya! I'll do some more character building and hopefully make a LF post soon

[Lihya Zharipoh]

You're quite welcome, if I end up liking how your character is and think they'll get along well with Lihya then I'll probably be one of the people poking you on said post . Good luck, I hope your spectating goes well! \o/ 

[Rei Host]

On 2/16/2020 at 6:55 AM, FloraScarlett said:

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1) Are there any groups in Primal dedicated to RP? I've heard of Lucky Sevens, however it seems they are geared towards ERP? Correct me if I'm wrong, however. 

The Lucky Sevens Casino & Gentlemen's Club is an RP venue dedicated toward providing mature experiences. While eRP and adult situations are part of our multifaceted approach, we do not allow licentious acts in public spaces. All members are trained to maintain a hard PG-13 to soft R-rating during events, with elements of danger and scandal that threaten but do not go further in public spaces. Adult actions are allowed only in tells, party chats or in locked private chambers.

As a personal word of recommendation, be up front with what you are looking for in a session or storyline, rather than posting what you do not want. Likewise, be realistic in your goals. If you are looking to collaboratively write about brave knights journeying to slay dragons, you will be less likely to encounter players whom want to eRP than if you begin searching for a romantic fiction partner. Be straight forward and forthcoming with your potential partners and you will not be ostracized or kicked aside.

Until next crime.

 

Edited February 27, 2020 by Rei Host

[DhezrelSaephica]

1 hour ago, Rei Host said:

 

Rei,

 

Thank you for your input! Still learning as I go, but at the time of posting this I was still a complete newbie at everything and was totally at a loss of how to begin my RP journey which is what prompted this post. I’m going to go ahead and correct my past self as I’ve definitely learned a few things along the way! I feel like I definitely worded some things wrong here and I feel like I didn’t have a correct impression of The Lucky Sevens, I’m going to go ahead and edit that part out of respect, as anyone reading this could get the wrong impression and that’s not fair to something you’ve worked hard to build! Sorry for any misunderstandings on my part regarding that

Edited February 27, 2020 by FloraScarlett
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[Rei Host]

No worry at all! I was and always am more than happy to answer any questions regarding Lucky Sevens. We are well aware that our venue will not be for everyone so long as we feature girls dancing tantalizingly on stage one night or shirtless boys giving away nameday body shots another--But we do want it known that no one needs to run away in terror either. Now if you will excuse me, I have people to do... and things to see.