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Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Knight Commander - 10-16-2016

Hello everyone, I'm new to the coalition, I'm glad to have found such an organized, and apparently large group of roleplayers for FFXIV, but now I see that, sadly, most of you have chosen the inaccessible Balmung server as home for your characters.

I've been on FFXIV for a few months now, invited by a friend who used to be on the Balmung server. Long story short, all attemps to enter Balmung failed and he ended up moving to Faerie, so we could play together. This makes the path before me clear; I'll have to find or make a group of RPlayers on Faerie.

It's no small task, I'm aware, but I've begun shouting around and I've come across a few people interested in light-medium roleplay, and that's a start, so I'll just leave the invitation open here for anyone wishing to RP on this server. 

I'm looking to roleplay what will be my first playthrough, and discover the game as my character discovers Eorzea, and while I'd love to do this alongside another beginner, if you aren't precisely new, that doesn't mean we can't make it work.

Leave a message with your character's name if you are interested, and let's get it rolling Thumbsup

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Thunderbolt300 - 10-16-2016

Welcome!

Just as an FYI, the sure fire way to get on Balmung is the $18 transfer fee. Characters need to be 72 hours old to qualify for transfer, which isn't something they really say anywhere. You are able to move up to 8 characters at once for a single transfer.

Either way, good luck!

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - SicketySix - 10-16-2016

Every time I see one of these threads, I struggle between just saying:

"Look, I know you know how much work and organization this will take, but you don't, countless others have tried. Just transfer to Balmung"

or

"Good luck, and hope it works out for you!" while preparing to post in their Welcome thread as soon as they realize this themselves and transfer to Balmung.

However if that's truly what you are to do, I do wish you the best of luck with your endeavor!

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Leggerless - 10-16-2016

(10-16-2016, 08:46 AM)SicketySix Wrote: "Good luck, and hope it works out for you!" while preparing to post in their Welcome thread as soon as they realize this themselves and transfer to Balmung.

Chose response #2 for this type of thread.

You'll live. Just make characters on another server and transfer to Balmung (or even Gilgamesh, but for some reason I haven't heard much from them recently news wise...) if the new attempt to make another community doesn't pan out well.

And another quick warning with new communities. You may find yourself desperately seeking new RP.

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Knight Commander - 10-17-2016

Honestly, I was expecting the 3 replies to be from Faerie players who wished to join, still, thank you all for the warnings. I noticed, however, that you all assure me I can just move to Balmung when the official SE world transfer info clearly states you cannot apply for transfer to a character creation restricted world.

Taking this into consideration, makes the Balmung community completely negated to new players such as myself, leaving us with little choice but to try and form a group in our respective servers, and that's what I'm trying to do.

I suppose I could have chosen the words for the thread's title a bit more carefully. I don't really expect to muster an army of roleplayers on Faerie, just to gather what players I can find and form a small group outside of Balmung for those who can't/won't trasfer.


So, I'll just leave the invitation here, in case someone interested passes through :]

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Flashhelix - 10-17-2016

(10-17-2016, 02:05 AM)Knight Commander Wrote: Honestly, I was expecting the 3 replies to be from Faerie players who wished to join, still, thank you all for the warnings. I noticed, however, that you all assure me I can just move to Balmung when the official SE world transfer info clearly states you cannot apply for transfer to a character creation restricted world.

Taking this into consideration, makes the Balmung community completely negated to new players such as myself, leaving us with little choice but to try and form a group in our respective servers, and that's what I'm trying to do.

I suppose I could have chosen the words for the thread's title a bit more carefully. I don't really expect to muster an army of roleplayers on Faerie, just to gather what players I can find and form a small group outside of Balmung for those who can't/won't trasfer.


So, I'll just leave the invitation here, in case someone interested passes through :]

Nah, you can still transfer to a restricted server. It says that, but you still can.

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Lydia Lightfoot - 10-17-2016

(10-17-2016, 02:05 AM)Knight Commander Wrote: Honestly, I was expecting the 3 replies to be from Faerie players who wished to join, still, thank you all for the warnings. I noticed, however, that you all assure me I can just move to Balmung when the official SE world transfer info clearly states you cannot apply for transfer to a character creation restricted world.

Taking this into consideration, makes the Balmung community completely negated to new players such as myself, leaving us with little choice but to try and form a group in our respective servers, and that's what I'm trying to do.

I suppose I could have chosen the words for the thread's title a bit more carefully. I don't really expect to muster an army of roleplayers on Faerie, just to gather what players I can find and form a small group outside of Balmung for those who can't/won't trasfer.


So, I'll just leave the invitation here, in case someone interested passes through :]

As Flashhelix said, SE's website is a dirty liar. You can definitely still transfer to Balmung, and the $18 fee includes up to 8 characters at once (so if a transferring player feels they may one day wish to play alts, they'd be wise to create a full stable of characters in advance, log in on each one to clear any veteran reward mail from their mailbox, and then park them for 72 hours, then transfer them all at once for the single cost).

Here's how I look at it:

Don't think of it as a fee. Think of it as a DLC. Functionally speaking, RP outside of Balmung is spotty and rumored-but-not-confirmed. Mentions of it pop up now and then and go silent almost as quickly. On the other hand, RP on Balmung is pretty much guaranteed. So in a sense, the $18 is buying a DLC which adds an RP community to FF14. 

Plus, on Balmung we don't get gold farmer spam messages, because the gold farmers won't pay to transfer onto the server.

A downside of Balmung is that you will realistically probably never own a house in the foreseeable future. However, on a different server, you might own a house - but not have any RP friends to come visit it anyway, so... not... really much point in having it... kinda.

Anyway!

If you decide to have a go on another server, you're definitely in for some hard work to try and get something going that won't end up insular. If you have the time and the energy for that, awesome! On the other hand, if you have that much time and energy, you probably could apply that to the real world in a way that'd let you earn $18, and then bam, here you are on Balmung where you don't need to treat RP like a job to make it happen. Big Grin

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - SicketySix - 10-17-2016

Just echoing the "Square's info on transfers are wrong."

I myself transferred an alt there not 2 days ago.
Why the website still says that is beyond me.

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Univenon - 10-17-2016

Umm... I'll join?

I have characters on Balmung. I also have characters on Gilgamesh. (In fact, that's where I usually play.) To be perfectly honest, RP on Gilgamesh is basically dead. There were scandals and who knows what all. (I mean, people still RP there, but none of it is my kind of thing and what I've found is not very open to outsiders.)

As for Balmung, well, I don't want to pay $18 every time I come up with a new character concept because that happens to me a lot. If you want someone to RP with on Faerie, then sign me up.

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - SicketySix - 10-17-2016

(10-17-2016, 03:34 PM)Univenon Wrote: Umm... I'll join?

I have characters on Balmung. I also have characters on Gilgamesh. (In fact, that's where I usually play.) To be perfectly honest, RP on Gilgamesh is basically dead. There were scandals and who knows what all. (I mean, people still RP there, but none of it is my kind of thing and what I've found is not very open to outsiders.)

As for Balmung, well, I don't want to pay $18 every time I come up with a new character concept because that happens to me a lot. If you want someone to RP with on Faerie, then sign me up.

That's why you create a whole server full of characters then just transfer all of them at once, for only $18. Sure beats the hell out of every few months paying an additional $18.00 to transfer.

I will agree that it does suck that about the only reliable options to getting into Balmung is a paid transfer. On the other hand, I wouldn't have it any other way. ZERO gil spam on Balmung because of it.

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Sylentmana - 10-17-2016

I got sick of transferring to Balmung every time I create a new character so I now I pretty much only RP solo, usually along with the main story.

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Univenon - 10-17-2016

(10-17-2016, 03:45 PM)SicketySix Wrote: That's why you create a whole server full of characters then just transfer all of them at once, for only $18. Sure beats the hell out of every few months paying an additional $18.00 to transfer.

I will agree that it does suck that about the only reliable options to getting into Balmung is a paid transfer. On the other hand, I wouldn't have it any other way. ZERO gil spam on Balmung because of it.

It's true. I imagine that I would RP on Balmung more often, but most of my old RP buddies have since quit the game, and I haven't found a new group to hang out with. Then again, that's my own fault as I haven't really put any effort into finding one just yet.

I'm certainly still interested in RPing on Faerie though. It's where I send all my friends who are new to the game and aren't sure they want to put in the extra money (or can't afford) to get to Gilgamesh or Balmung. Having another reason to put time into the server would be good.

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Knight Commander - 10-18-2016

Sorry for the late reply, I've been incredibly busy these last two days.

@Flashhelix, Sena Varont & SicketySix, well, it's good to know that transfers are still possible regardless of what the SE website says, thank you for clearing that out. And Sena, thanks for sharing with me your thoughts on the matter, however cost is not really the issue here, the problem is that I already brought all my friends into Faerie, including one transfer from Balmung, because of that bit of misinformation by SE.

(10-17-2016, 03:46 PM)Sylentmana Wrote: I got sick of transferring to Balmung every time I create a new character so I now I pretty much only RP solo, usually along with the main story.

That's where I am at right now, solo-roleplaying the questlines, come to Faerie with us. 

(10-17-2016, 03:34 PM)Univenon Wrote: Umm... I'll join?

That's great, this is what I have in mind;

Our RP will be travel themed, ever on the move as we follow the questlines, this is a very helpful tool, since the very implications of the theme, such as the need/search for supplies, rest and shelter, provide significant plot material by themselves.

From what I've seen, the game's landscape design and level of detail are good enough and allow for immersive play, without too much of an effort, so we can pick up on gameplay elements such as FATE's or weather conditions and roll them into our RP. 

There are also a few negative elements, though, which can't really be RP'd and have to be ignored. [e.g. the occasional random guy riding the fat chocobo running and jumping around us, or the infamous cookie/tea delivery quests.]

We'll use normal chat for IC dialogue, * for detail, and [[double parenthesis]] for OOC talk.

To start just leave me your character's info and your gaming hours.

I'm usually on from UTC-8  7:30am-2:00pm, and here's what you need to know about my character;  Her name is Alysea, but my IGN is Knight Commander, so add me as the later.
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RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Jin-seo Yeon - 10-31-2016

I am currently on Balmung but after giving it careful thought and making a friend on Faerie while dungeoning I may strongly consider it.

RE: Let us start a new RP community on Faerie. - Knight Commander - 11-02-2016

That's good news, if you do start a character on Faerie, drop me a line here or via in-game mail, even if you are not interested in this type of gameplay RP, I've come across a few circles doing the more popular tavern-based walk-ups and other types of RP, so I can point you in the right direction.