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[synaesthetic]

Hello.

 

My name is Corinn. I play MMOs.

 

My first one was FFXI, as I imagine most of the people here can probably say the same. I've played lots of other MMOs, from World of Warcraft to The Old Republic to TERA Online, as well as XIV 1.0, and now I'm back for ARR!

 

Most of my MMO life was spent playing strictly PvE (except for a short stint in Guild Wars where I really got into Mesmer PvP), but more recently (starting with TERA and SWTOR) I started roleplaying and was totally hooked.

 

I'm still a primarily PvE type--I love endgame raiding and hardmodes, can't get enough of 'em--but now I spend a good bit of time RPing as well. Even when I played XI (which had about as much of an RP community as Pong does) I would always write bios for my chara and occasionally fan-fiction, have people draw pictures of my cute little Hume blue mage and such.

 

Nowadays I'd say I'm 70/30 PvE-to-RP ratio, but I love the RP that I do. 

 

My ARR character is Aeriyn Ashley, a Keeper of the Moon miqo'te female who lost her memories during the Calamity and awoke in Central Thanalan during a terrible monsoon. She stumbled upon an Immortal Flames patrol beset by an Amalj'aa warband and saved the life of a Midlander woman, Ariene Ashley, who gave her the name "Aeriyn" and later ended up becoming her adopted sister.

 

Aeri's past is quite mysterious--even to her--and she knows only very little. She has reason to believe that she was born in Ala Mhigo and that her memory loss and other physical and magical oddities are the fault of the Garlean Empire. Aeri spends her time doing odd jobs for whomever will pay: from sweeping out a dusty tavern to fending off a beastman attack on a village, she doesn't mind either way.

 

And yeah that's pretty much it. More than that will be discovered through more RP!

 

My other characters:

 

Ariene Ashley (Midlander female)

K'airi Thalen (Seeker of the Sun female)

Linala Lin (Plainsfolk female)

 

I also run a PvE Free Company called Unity in A Realm Reborn (or just Unity), an LGBT-safespace FC where raiders and RPers alike can join forces together in order to clear content while respecting the RP needs of its members. Check it out!

[Saefinn]

My first one was FFXI, as I imagine most of the people here can probably say the same.

 

I certainly can. Currently standing as my most loved MMO as well, if ARR lives up to my expectations, there might be competition.

 

Most of my MMO life was spent playing strictly PvE (except for a short stint in Guild Wars where I really got into Mesmer PvP)

To be fair, Mesmer PvP was a lot of fun. Probably my favourite PvP class in any MMO I've played, at times it could be just trollish. At least for me it was Guild Wars 2 (never played the first).

 

Anyways, welcome! I hope you enjoy your stay here and enjoy the RP community.

[Martiallais]

Welcome! You're right, there are definitely a lot of FFXI players here. Also, good luck on your FC! It'll be great to have another PvE focused group around ingame.