Everything You Need to Know About FFXIV Roleplay

I really wanna go into RP and adventure, but men, all my tries ended up with "clubbing RP", or ERP. Why are people so horny in this game... I'll try to apply the advice in your awesome guide ! :D

As someone who has done text based RPs around the web and just starting to dive deep into FF14 (recently beat ARR) I was fascinated by how RP worked in FF14 and pleased to see its basically the same how Ive done it before just with some extra stuff to fill the immersion.

while I may not do it in FF14 I will say this is extremely well done and a lot of useful info is here including the unspoken rules of RP which a lot of people do not know about lol

I also like how you suggested a personality test for new RP players. A lot of people really don't know where to start and feel they need to make the edgiest char of them all but really you can just be the simple "im excited to start my adventure!" type and everyone will love it lol

I've been roleplaying in this game for about 5 years and rping in general since 2012, time to learn what I already know! WOOOOO! :D

The tag says nothing to me. If the Devs really wanted to encourage RP, they'd increase the text limit tenfold, and have a textbox similar to the one in FFXI, which is a throwback of the original FF Textbox.

cant understand you... speak clearer

I suck so hard in combat -the only role I can play is the role of the victim

I personally haven't done this part of the game however i refuse to negatively judge it because this one run of i think it was aether font we had a rp tugged warrior who solved the last 45% of the bosses health.

i love rollenspiel

Nothing wrong with erp! :(

Clubs for beginners can be overwhelming, however piece of advice.
BArtenders in clubs are a good practice target. Just be prepared to spend a bit of gil.
Also, make sure you know what the icons represent. Many clubs do have their websites, so smart idea to scout ahead.

And here I thought ERP = Extreme Raid Progression

Wait, so the people play the game on these roleplay servers or its just pure RP ?

I must now travel to Balmung Quick Sands...

You talk about the Quicksandsn maybe it's not thesame place over the servers. 😋 On mine, I personnaly avoid Lisma's etheryte (can't TP elsewere sadly). I do some RP with my guild, over time, we have a evolutive headcanon on our own, but sometimes I wish I could do RP elsewhere (not enough to my taste 🤭). But with the search, it's mostly emotional RP involved...

Wait, Crystal is the unofficial RP hub? It's just the one I joined when new; now WONDER there's so many people advertising their FC houses as nightclubs.

I honestly didn't know, just picked the first thing I saw.

as someone on EU servers, would yall recommend making an alt on NA servers for roleplay? i feel like ill have less chance finding english speaking RPers on eu servers, i mean the server im on feels kinda dead just in general lmao. though if i do try to RP in NA timezones might be an issue

Idk my friend and I always have trouble finding good venues because most of them are sex clubs 🥲

"Because touching grass is overrated" -- Yes

How many times she mentioned “role-play” in this video?

I'm spanish native speaker, i thought the same about practicing english in a RP room in the PF, but the first time i went to a venue... I feel really awkward, don't know why. It was like going to a party you dont know anyone. I speak with no one and left. Now with your video, maybe i'll give a second try

Ah Yes The Lalafell Classic Step On Me!

Quick fight ! Wich rp community in FFXIV has the most drama?
The french community ? Or the english one?

avoid it to save your sanity.

Best RP on a Saturday night. Crystal/Bryn Golden Saucer/Super Cactpot Stage. 7 PM ET - 9 PM ET (Winter) or 8 PM ET - 10 PM ET (Summer). Hundreds gather here to wait for the numbers to drop. The Bryn Cactpot band plays every Saturday and HUGE crowds come to see the band, join the chaos and RP.

EVERY SATURDAY

if English isn't your main language use that to be a foreigner x)

These videos always make me laugh and agree about Balmung is not the place to begin Role Playing.

Great video! Have you thought about one explaining the different terms and acronyms that you would find in the character search info? The whole cute and condensed format is very welcoming for people that are curious or dipping their toes in to the PR scene.

I just found your channel, and as an RP'er since the good ole' dial-up days, I totally agree. My main has a really bad habit of being rude, abrasive, and sometimes just downright hateful to people who annoy her. But while Nora is fuming and making Roegadyns piss themselves in fear, I'm OOC lettin gthem know my intent, why she's behaving that way, and making sure that I'm not upsetting them as the player. I'm not afraid to fudge in a full-stop if any parameters are causing problems.

Well I'm one of this person's that i fear to get i ti the RP of FF cose i always know the weird or ERP obsessed person's so... Hehe i really try to do it in pas but now i feel to much cringe cose all these weird experiences and now i just give up

What are the gloves called that you are wearing?

Anyone know if there's any rp communities or something at the JP servers?

I have found my own little niche of playing a slice of life gay catboy romance with my friend's character (also catboy) and events in the MSQ happen in the background of the roleplay, as mentioned/referenced, but not engaged with all that much, except when the story focuses specifically on the MSQ and what's happening there.
I found that taking more obscure characters and putting them into your roleplay (ex. Squadron members) can add a lot of fun scenarios for the stories you're making. Me and my friend have integrated 2 catboy squadron members into our slice of life story and it makes stories so much fun. Yes, the slice of life format still is in effect and sessions are usually one offs or tangentially related to one another, but sometimes we engage in multiple session spanning story lines.
Example: Reconnecting with old friends, those two old friends getting into a big argument and you having to help them solve their differences and communicate better, inviting them to a new years fair in the Doman Enclave. These three were full fledged multiple day/weeks sessions and were so much fun to write :3

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nah bro hop on Duty finder

I’ve been rping since I was a kid, but never done anything similar to ingame rp, and I’d love to give it a try sometime. Mostly I’ve been putting it off due to anxiety and feeling like I don’t know the ins and outs well enough, but this video was helpful! As an rper myself, whenever I see people ingame with the RP tag on or happen upon some groups RPing, the only thing I feel is endearment and a little bit of envy 😭 I would love to be able to people watch RPers more to get a better feel for things - plus, it’s honestly a lot of fun just eavesdropping while people are RPing because the stories and characters are really interesting sometimes! I only hope I don’t creep people out by hanging out at a distance, but I figure if they’re rping in public spaces with lots of people anyway, they probably don’t mind too much. Hopefully 😂

IDK, like, Balmung Quicksand sounds like a place for memes, random stuff and just general craziness. Which is interesting, but not so much for roleplaying purposes. Seems like a place I'd show my friends when I want to mess with them, but only if they don't already know about it. I'm not a FFXIV player yet, but I will visit it once to experience it myself.

As for more serious roleplaying, not sure. I'll take a look at it, I guess, but there's so much to do in the game, so don't know if I want to spend time on it. Maybe once I'm done with quite a bit of other content and want to take a break from endgame or something.

"EMOTIONAL" Role Play 🤣🤣🤣

My home is Crystal Zalera! we are very laid back here and Limsa is where we hang out, lots of RP events all the time! 💜

I'd like nothing more than to enjoy Roleplay in FF XIV, but the Nature of my Character's is limiting and very much not suited for most scenario

Can someone show me their carrd links? I wanna learn more

TY

Followed your advice and went to the balmung quicksands. It was quite the.... Experience XD. But it was fun to see what was going on there and so many cool glams too. Hope you keep having fun and thanks for the beginner tips

I’ve been thinking about RP for awhile now but I just never know how to approach someone starting out especially being shy/ introverted.

Something tells me you have dabbled with SL CCS or NCS, very good explaining OOC and IC bc that can be confusing :)

This is a lovely guide to be honest.

Ohhhhh, very nice guide to the RP! I really like your suggestion with personality tests. Another method I use is just take inspiration from media or even straight up generators. And yes, simple background is a way to go. When I made my main I kept her story super simple but as I did MSQ I got inspiration and lore knowledge to expand on it.

I am not a veteran of FF14 by many means but as someone who RPed for almost 15 years, FF14 community is one of the nicest communities. Many will actually help you with suggestions. You can easily find RP discords, and there will almost always be character help section where people will explain lore to you. Just don't be afraid to ask.

I'm the only player that deals with colorism with rp xD I'm black in-game and i play on Dynamis and i travel for role play venues

It amaze me how the three point you just make at the beginning of the video fit well to the Roleplay community, but in an international way xD

Awesome video btw, It was really entertaining and makes me wanna get back on the community :D

It's so funny on Louisox we don't really have people in Quicksand 🤔