Which City is Your Flavor?

[Rorin]

Architecture wise, I do enjoy Limsa, because it's got like...pirates and stuff.

 

my favorite city if Ul'dah because it's such a merchant city and I feel like it has a lot of open blackmarkety type things.

 

 

i DO love gridania though, it's absolutely stunning.

[SessionZero]

I love Ul'dah because of its aesthetic and its desert setting. I love 'desert jewel' type settings, like Ul'dah, Sentinel (from Elder Scrolls), and Tattooine.

[Shizuka]

This is a really, really hard choice. I love all three cities and RP in them whenever I get the chance. But personal preference? I love the look and feel of Ul'dah. That's not to say that I don't love the other two (No seriously, this game has so many wonderful little nooks in each city for RP), but the setting is just so beautiful in Ul'dah.

[Knight Kat]

Gah, I should have clicked on this thread sooner. I totally need to make my case for Gridania

 

 

Gridania is also very beautiful, but never gave me that "this is a city" kind of feeling.

 

^ This is so true. Gridania is nothing like an actual city. It is more of a big village IMHO. It also seems so small compared to Ul'dah and Limsa. However, this is perfect for characters that are looking for a more natural environment. The true beauty of Gridania is its location. The inside of the city is nice, but its really when you step out into the Black Shroud. The forest environment is so spectacular.

 

Gridania and the Shroud probably would have been even better if more advanced graphics rendering was used for the flora. Even at maximum graphics settings, If you zoom in even semi-close to a bush or grass, it looks like the object is painted on a 2D surface by a 5-year-old on a sugar-rush.

 

While I actually do like all the cities and their environments, Gridania is the place for my character because it suits her. To me, it all comes down to what suits your character.

 

Ul'dah is urban. It has heaps of political drama. It is a hub of trade, and a hub for refugees.

 

Limsa Lominsa is like a town by the sea. Fishing, ex-pirates, sailors, boats and lots of water.

 

Gridania has that Elven town/village feel. Nature, rangers, hunting, foresting, lots of wildlife, lots of flora and lots of rain......It freakin rains there like nobody's business.

 

The fact is, there is plenty of lore on all the cities to promote great RP. You just have to look for it under the pretty mask of Gridania, or the the disciplined front of Limsa Lominsa. Ul'dah on the other hand, seems to have it all out in the open, and concentrated in one place. :lol:

[Tiergan]

My characters are Ul'dahn, but I've personally never noticed that most of the community only seems to RP in one city. I've always just RPed my characters in cities, towns, housing wards, or anywhere that made sense at the time.

 

That said - I've also am not really into tavern/pub-RP, so maybe that's why I'm oblivious to it. <_<;a

 

I prefer events as a way of meeting new people and making friends. Bar-conversations tend to feel really forced for me and some of the characters I like to roll up.

[Miria]

Bulmung here too. ICly Miria cannot stand Ul'dah, she prefers Limsa or Gridania more....Or rather anywhere NOT Ul'dah. On an OOC level... Ul'dah gets bleh fast. It's reminding me of Divinity's Reach in GW2, and the bland tavern rp there.

[Illira]

Personally, I'm a big fan of Limsa OOCly and had planted most of my RP seeds there at the beginning. Then things kept moving to Ul'dah... and have stayed there for a while. Which is unfortunate, because there are a lot of other awesome places to explore in RP.

 

Which is funny, because that is the exact place that my main ICly -doesn't want to be-. She would like nothing more than for a giant sandworm to come on by and just eat the whole city up. (Then again, she dislikes all the city states so... yeah.)

 

As for Gridania? Meh. I really don't care too much for it one way or the other.