Seeing as a lot of us have either permanently or temporarily jumped ship, and seeing as we tend to sidetrack other threads talking about it, I thought it would be a good idea for WrA to have its own thread to discuss the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV which has a FREE trial up to level 60!
Sorry, I had to.
And for those of you who have questions about the game or the RP community, this would be a great place to ask!
Anyway, post y’alls characters. I want to see your glamours.
Game fun, I don’t really feel like doing the big overview post. Thrilled for the upcoming fan fest info dump and / or updated trailer, the mystery around deciding on a new melee class of all things is killing me too. I just want more spells man when does BLU get to be real class.
I say it every time it comes up but anyone on the Crystal data center can hit up Streaking Bird for helpful tips, unhelpful tips, or free stuff if you can at least name something I can get and trade off.
Speaking of, I’ve been racking my brain trying to think of what it could possibly be. We’re getting to a point where they’ve covered most of FF’s iconic jobs, aren’t we? Like, what’s left?
I guess either… Rune Knight or Beastmaster? There’s a lot of the later in Bozja, so that could fit.
Anyway, I’m very excited for Sage. I’m waiting on the lore but I might finally have an IC job.
I know you see this chick a lot, Kaz, but this is for everyone else in the audience.
Everyone thinks the new maiming melee class will be Reaper, anyhow, since Endwalker is thematic with Reapers as well as Yoshi-P’s unsubtle hinting with his T-shirts.
As someone who knows nothing about FFXIV:
Compared to WoW, what’s the RP population like?
I’ve been playing ESO lately and it’s good fun, but a little lacking in the RP department, at least during the weird late-night hours I’m able to get online.
The RP population is honestly huge.
It’s super diverse, as well. The housing system makes the variety of RP quite… well, varied.
I’d say its definitely healthier and honestly bigger than WoW’s RP community at this point.
Very, very populated. I haven’t even dived into it yet and it’s still just kinda everywhere.
Crystal is the unofficial RP data center, and Mateus and Balmung are the unofficial RP servers and where most of the RP can be found. They can be hard to create characters on, though, due to how populated they are, but so long as you’re in the Crystal data center you can visit them at anytime via any major city.
And with Endwalker, you’ll be able to travel to other Data Centers, so at this point…
It’s honestly a minor convenience thing?
There’s also active RP communities on the other Data Centers if RP isn’t your focus but something you occasionally dabble in, like myself. Obviously, it won’t have the same giant community that Crystal would, but it does exist.
I play FF14 more with friends outside of the RP community, and exist in Aether. I was able to find RP just fine, but was also able to get a house way easier and have been able to clear content happily (Astrologian main for Savage raiding, and I’ve been dabbling in Ninja and it’s been a lot of fun for my secondary class).
The flipside, however, is that (especially without data center travel, to which we don’t even know the restrictions yet) you won’t see RP in cities as much as you would on Crystal.
Also, you probably will not run into Wyrmrest/Moonguard players outside of Crystal DC. Take that as a plus or a minus for picking a DC other than Crystal lol.
Also, on the subject of RP, here’s the handful of RP resources that I’m aware of:
https://ffxiv-rp.org/
This is an RP event calendar, but it only lists submitted events so it’s not a complete list. I say this so that you’ll the upwards of a dozen or so events listed on any given day are just a sampling of what’s happening. Like I said, it’s, uh, very populated!
https://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/
This is a forum specifically for roleplayers. I haven’t used it much because, like I said, I haven’t dived in just yet, but I hear good things!
https://crystalshouts.com/
This is something I’ve only just become aware of (thanks, Serph!), but it really showcases FFXIV’s RP community’s creativity. It’s a list of some (some) of the many, many player-built and player-run cafes, bars, taverns, etc., all located on the Crystal data center, with hours of operation and other info.
i made my warrior dress like this for a while but ultimately I started feeling embarrassed for him when he appeared in cutscenes with sensibly dressed people
The important thing is that they gave me the option to be a himbo
https://i.imgur.com/3MOP4zL.jpg
Loving the idea of gundam healer, kina hoping that the next class is also a FFXIV original. I trust their judgment, I want the team to have the opportunity to just go off.
https://i.imgur.com/u4ZjVoR.png
AMA about red mage
make viera dudes either big au ra size bastids or small softe boys
https://i.imgur.com/LQgvj4e.png
https://i.imgur.com/cuuslcL.png
https://i.imgur.com/WH6rqOh.png
https://i.imgur.com/cK1FxM4.png
I finally bothered to spend three seconds and got some shots of my common glamours.
oh lol you made the thread
anyways most of my free time nowadays is just being cute
I’m currently taking a break from FFXIV as well, but it is a fun game. Really looking forward to the new healer. “Bad tank! Into the Sage cage with you!” Right now I’ve been enjoying Red Mage as far as casters go, although I was Black Mage for the longest time.
I more or less plucked my orc mage out of WoW, lionized him, and christened him Demitri Siryakov, Red Mage and Dadcat.
I don’t have a /great/ glamour yet because Mr. Siryakov is only level 65 and armpit deep in the MSQ but this was something I threw together for eventual commission reference.
but whats the pvp like?!
PVP is great! lv 30 baseline but every class has been balanced around that, no rebalancing every expac.
Edit: Holy crap I was able to comment without having a sub?..Guess bot didn’t spot me XD.
But to go into more detail, they reduce your rotation when in PVP combat, every faction is together, so you participate in wargames.
Win/lose, you will still get XP,Gil,marks of honor. Most are 1v1v1 BG’s. Where teams that are stronger are usually temporarily teamed up on. It’s a constant state of struggle for control.