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[Zathe]

Hello everyone, Been looking at getting this game for a bit and have made the choice to go for it!! so first wanted to say hi and ask is the Rp alive and kicking? I am coming from GW2 at the RP there is very active, also advice on server choice for the biggest rp server and any links on helpful lore sites would be amazing  help

 

Thank you

[Faye]

Hey there, welcome to FFXIV! I hope you'll like it here!  You'll find the most RP on either Balmung or Gilgamesh.

[Michikyou]

Hello everyone, Been looking at getting this game for a bit and have made the choice to go for it!! so first wanted to say hi and ask is the Rp alive and kicking? I am coming from GW2 at the RP there is very active, also advice on server choice for the biggest rp server and any links on helpful lore sites would be amazing  help

 

Thank you

Balmung would be your best bet!

 

If you're looking for a Miqo'te styled guild following the Keeper lore, feel free to check out http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=5436&pid=67457#pid67457

 

We're active and small.

 

:3 We also always help our new members.

 

I hope you enjoy FFXIV regardless!

[Ventus Zeruel]

As Naih said above, Balmung is indeed your best bet.

We're very active, and we have very large and fun events.

 

I'm headmaster of Ul'Dah Garden, one of the three branching academies in the cities!

We're a group of rpers that engage in school/military like activity! Lots of fun people, friends and more. 

 

Many of us are allies to various other Companies so you're bound to meet plenty of people.

 

Feel free to add me in game! - Ventus Zeruel

[S'anhu]

Hello and welcome! Always happy to see new faces around here.

 

Along with the ones mentioned above, you can find a number of Linkshells to join a the Linkshell Hall. You can even sort by server! Please note that we're undergoing a bit of clean-up in the area, so not all of the Linkshells listed are currently active. It should be tidied up soon, though!

 

As to your lore question, there's lots of information here in the RP Discussion board. A quick search should help you find what you need, but for a sort of repository you can check out the Lore section in the Role-Play Handbook as well as the RPC Wiki.

 

I hope you enjoy yourself with this wonderful community!

[Zathe]

Thanks for all your help guys and the kind welcome...My GF has now said she wants to play but im not sure if her laptop can handle it, I know she runs GW2 well can anyone let me know if the game will run...She aint worried about max graphics or anything like that 

 

she has Intel core I5 

           Intel hd graphics 4000

           4 gb memory

           500Gb HDD

 

http://www.homeshop18.com/acer-aspire-e1-571-nx-m09si-033-intel-core-i5-3230m-4gb-500gb-15-6-linux-laptop-glossy-black/computers-tablets/laptops/product:30537731/cid:16323/

 

*update* just run the benchmark thing on her laptop and scored 2384 (standard), so will take it the game will run

[Olofantur]

Hello and welcome to the RPC Zathe!

 

S'anhu touched on a few of the key points of the RPC, so i'll just throw in that a good place to meet people out of character (if you decide to roll on Balmung) would be:

http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1902

An out of character linkshell focused on getting people together, meeting new ones and all that fun stuff. On its third iteration you're sure to find some one here you'd like to meet in person.

 

The Gilgamesh version is:

http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=3116

 

I noticed you ran the bench mark and would like to add that its score as an example is decent but not ideal, and that due to a few reasons, including the HD4000s status as onboard (hence no VRam) you should make sure to have shadows and terrain effect eliminated those being some of the bigger resource hogs. I highly recommend retaining some particle effects. (This mainly due to some abilities from enemies being telecasted via sparklies/glows ect, and not always a giant red outline.)

 

Hope you both have the chance to meet a lot of interesting people in Eorzea, and if you ever see me running about feel free to say hello! :chocobo:

[Zathe]

Hello and welcome to the RPC Zathe!

 

S'anhu touched on a few of the key points of the RPC, so i'll just throw in that a good place to meet people out of character (if you decide to roll on Balmung) would be:

http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1902

An out of character linkshell focused on getting people together, meeting new ones and all that fun stuff. On its third iteration you're sure to find some one here you'd like to meet in person.

 

The Gilgamesh version is:

http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=3116

 

I noticed you ran the bench mark and would like to add that its score as an example is decent but not ideal, and that due to a few reasons, including the HD4000s status as onboard (hence no VRam) you should make sure to have shadows and terrain effect eliminated those being some of the bigger resource hogs. I highly recommend retaining some particle effects. (This mainly due to some abilities from enemies being telecasted via sparklies/glows ect, and not always a giant red outline.)

 

Hope you both have the chance to meet a lot of interesting people in Eorzea, and if you ever see me running about feel free to say hello! :chocobo:

I will be sure to say hi if I see you 

 

As for her system we just wanted to make sure the game will run first of but will keep your advice in mind  I did run it a 2nd time on full screen and the score went up to about 3000

[Olofantur]

 

I will be sure to say hi if I see you 

 

As for her system we just wanted to make sure the game will run first of but will keep your advice in mind  I did run it a 2nd time on full screen and the score went up to about 3000

 

 

:thumbsup: Yeah full screen helps a lot, rock on!