The Grim in FFXIV
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:17 pm
So, FFXIV is coming soon – August 27th, in fact. I'm going to be founding a chapter of The Grim there, as a Free Company (translation: a guild). Before that, there will be a free open beta, and in theory characters from the open beta will be copied over to the final release*.
We'll be founding the guild during the open beta, and actively recruiting during that period as well. So if you have any interest in Final Fantasy XIV, you can come check out the beta along with The Grim. The tentative server of choice at the moment is Gilgamesh Balmung, but we'll see what ends up being the "official" non-Legacy RP server.
* Square has made it clear, though, that this is not guaranteed and they may wipe everything out if, say, someone blows up the entire economy with a dupe bug.
What needs to be done?
If you're interested in FFXIV, sign up for the beta here and join the guild during the open beta.
I'll also need some help with banners for the website, small sig images, and maybe small promotional images for recruitment posts if anyone can assist with that.
How much like WoW's The Grim will it be?
As close as I can get it. Guild chat, party chat, yell, /say and /emote will all be IC as usual, with a linkshell (translation: channel) for OOC talk.
PvP is nearly nonexistent in FFXIV, so we'll have to define ourselves as an RP/PvE guild.
The Grim in FFXIV will be an association of adventurers dedicated to seeking forbidden knowledge and treading dangerous paths in pursuit of the power needed to defeat the Garlean Empire. Or at least, that's where it will start; we'll see how it develops once actual players get involved.
RPing in FFXIV
This being a Square game, there's a lot of information and background lying around, and there's likely to be a lot of confusion between what happens in ARR and what happened before in v1.0. There's a bunch of information available on the general Final Fantasy wikia, which can serve as a starting point:
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Eorzea
The Lore forum also has some discussion threads and, should you find yourself drawing a blank on a name, a series of stickied posts on naming conventions for the various races:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/491-Lore
We'll be founding the guild during the open beta, and actively recruiting during that period as well. So if you have any interest in Final Fantasy XIV, you can come check out the beta along with The Grim. The tentative server of choice at the moment is Gilgamesh Balmung, but we'll see what ends up being the "official" non-Legacy RP server.
* Square has made it clear, though, that this is not guaranteed and they may wipe everything out if, say, someone blows up the entire economy with a dupe bug.
What needs to be done?
If you're interested in FFXIV, sign up for the beta here and join the guild during the open beta.
I'll also need some help with banners for the website, small sig images, and maybe small promotional images for recruitment posts if anyone can assist with that.
How much like WoW's The Grim will it be?
As close as I can get it. Guild chat, party chat, yell, /say and /emote will all be IC as usual, with a linkshell (translation: channel) for OOC talk.
PvP is nearly nonexistent in FFXIV, so we'll have to define ourselves as an RP/PvE guild.
The Grim in FFXIV will be an association of adventurers dedicated to seeking forbidden knowledge and treading dangerous paths in pursuit of the power needed to defeat the Garlean Empire. Or at least, that's where it will start; we'll see how it develops once actual players get involved.
RPing in FFXIV
This being a Square game, there's a lot of information and background lying around, and there's likely to be a lot of confusion between what happens in ARR and what happened before in v1.0. There's a bunch of information available on the general Final Fantasy wikia, which can serve as a starting point:
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Eorzea
The Lore forum also has some discussion threads and, should you find yourself drawing a blank on a name, a series of stickied posts on naming conventions for the various races:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/491-Lore