Greetings Portia and welcome to the show!
Sounds like you've already had the chance to poke around in game and meet some people, an excellent way to start off. Have you joined any linkshells yet? maybe added a few people to your friends list so you can keep tabs on what might be going on where? Either way chances are you'll meet plenty more interesting people, theres lots to do if you're willing to go out and scrounge it up.
I've got a few links here i'd like to share, you might already be familiar with it and in that case, my apologies.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/misc.php?page=welcome
That welcome post from the RPC gives you a bit of history as well as mentioning a few of the moderators here so you know who to get in touch with if you've having an administrative problem ect. It also lists some of the key site features such as the Wiki [A great place to host a character profile.] and the Lantern, and IC publication.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1770
This roleplay handbook provided by Eva contains a lot of information you're likely familiar with, outlining different types of roleplay, scenarios, common approaches to situations as well as touching on a few Eorzea specific things that might interest you. Quite the write-up, but the index at the top should help you get to the bits most helpful to you.
But maybe you'd just like to see a community or two in action, and while I don't like to recommend IC groups as everyone roleplay needs are different and I think the best way to get to know them and what they do is to meet them in game, there are two OOC groups I highly recommend to any Balmung-ian
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1902
"Intermission" is an OOC linkshell dedicated to connecting roleplayers of all different types. You can talk about all sorts of things here or just listen in. Get to know where an event is happening, who might be attending or ask a few questions while you're out in the world.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=5045
"Balmungs Finest" is all about the PVE. A linkshell focused on getting the people of Balmung together for groups before resorting to the duty finder/Party Finder. If you're looking to fill some positions in agroup, or just want to hop into another persons farming of Garuda EX for a trinket, BF is a good place to start looking.
Hope that helps you on your way a little, maybe you'll find something interesting to run with. As always feel free to jump into the forums, flag some people down, get to know who's out there.
Best of luck in Eorzea!
Sounds like you've already had the chance to poke around in game and meet some people, an excellent way to start off. Have you joined any linkshells yet? maybe added a few people to your friends list so you can keep tabs on what might be going on where? Either way chances are you'll meet plenty more interesting people, theres lots to do if you're willing to go out and scrounge it up.
I've got a few links here i'd like to share, you might already be familiar with it and in that case, my apologies.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/misc.php?page=welcome
That welcome post from the RPC gives you a bit of history as well as mentioning a few of the moderators here so you know who to get in touch with if you've having an administrative problem ect. It also lists some of the key site features such as the Wiki [A great place to host a character profile.] and the Lantern, and IC publication.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1770
This roleplay handbook provided by Eva contains a lot of information you're likely familiar with, outlining different types of roleplay, scenarios, common approaches to situations as well as touching on a few Eorzea specific things that might interest you. Quite the write-up, but the index at the top should help you get to the bits most helpful to you.
But maybe you'd just like to see a community or two in action, and while I don't like to recommend IC groups as everyone roleplay needs are different and I think the best way to get to know them and what they do is to meet them in game, there are two OOC groups I highly recommend to any Balmung-ian
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=1902
"Intermission" is an OOC linkshell dedicated to connecting roleplayers of all different types. You can talk about all sorts of things here or just listen in. Get to know where an event is happening, who might be attending or ask a few questions while you're out in the world.
http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=5045
"Balmungs Finest" is all about the PVE. A linkshell focused on getting the people of Balmung together for groups before resorting to the duty finder/Party Finder. If you're looking to fill some positions in agroup, or just want to hop into another persons farming of Garuda EX for a trinket, BF is a good place to start looking.
Hope that helps you on your way a little, maybe you'll find something interesting to run with. As always feel free to jump into the forums, flag some people down, get to know who's out there.
Best of luck in Eorzea!