Questions related to Lore

[OskarHelvig]

The Role-Players of FFXIV are a loyal customer base who in many cases have been consistently playing this game despite the flawed gameplay which is now being addressed. While we care about end game, stats, and all the technical aspects of the game as much as the next person, we don't play for those reasons alone. We play for the stories we create based on the lore provided within the game, as well as for the interactions and communal storytelling between characters.

We are very thankful for the fact that every major addition to the game has a quest/story to go along with it, serving as a platform for our characters to build on, and providing us with ways to understand and participate in the events and changes from the point of view of our characters.

However since the game's inception, we've been stumped by the lack of lore - the fuel which keeps us playing this game. Aside from little tidbits discovered through undertaking quest missions, it is very difficult for the average Role-Player to get a solid grip on the lore of this game, since in many cases it simply isn't very thorough. We understand that Final Fantasy has a unique was of approaching each game, by giving it it's own world and setting separate from any which came before it, thus it is harder to accumulate lore over the course of the titles. With that in mind, the Role-players of Besaid (with the help of the Role Play Coalition) have compiled a short list of questions about the lore we'd like definitive answers to. Clarifying these issues will help us understand the game's setting better, and aid to retaining this small but loyal customer base.

1. In general, how open-minded is the average Eorzean? (ex. Accept same-sex couples? Those who do not believe in the Twelve?)
   
2. Can different races crossbreed?
   
3. How widespread is the worship of the Twelve?
   
4. Is there a mythology about the Twelve that isn’t mentioned in-game? (ex. Holy books, manuscripts, rituals, etc.)
   
5. Can you expand on the history and origins of races?
   
6. Does Garlean technology have civic/public use outside of the military in Garlemald?
   
7. Charging an additional $3 per character slot is absolutely brutal to many role-players who enjoy playing the role of more than one character. Are there any plans to alleviate this additional fee at all with version 2.0 and beyond?

There are of course many more questions, but we understand that not all can be answered at once. Your response is very much appreciated.

If you are a fellow Role-Player reading this, or a non-role player who would like the lore expanded, please "like" and reply to this thread.

#devswewantanswers

[Masamune1004]

Yes please. I'm no role player, but I love me some good lore. I'll take a good story over epic lootz any day.

[Orophin]

I'm not a role-player as is perceived by the majority of the community, but I do enjoy the story and lore of RPGs and I do hope by the conclusion of the Seventh Umbral Era that things will have tied together nicely. Right now things seem rather fragmented and it isn't since Ifrit that current content has tied into the story quests released at launch. I truly hope by the time we get to the Garlean focus of the story that things become more cohesive.

If you search on Gamefaqs under Final Fantasy XI for "History of Vana'diel" (Gamefaqs doesn't like direct links from outside sites) you'll see how much story and lore there was after 5 years of the game's life, and how well it all tied together. I hope once 2.0 launches that we'll have an easy to follow story for that current content and that 1.x ends in a way that is believable and doesn't leave a lot of loose ends.

[OskarHelvig]

Still need answers, SE :P

[AdvancedWind]

To be fair, the only answers I'd care about are 4,5 and 6.

[OskarHelvig]

Of course, I personally care about answers to some more than others - but since they were taken from the community, we get a nice spread of interests with regards to lore.

[Nakiamiie]

I'd like to know more about the lore as well. OP's questions 1 through 6 are very good, would be great know (role-playing ftw! ).

Being a visual person, I would really enjoy a time line with everything in chronological order. I'm just really confused with the Primals, the eras and everything that happened before. :S

[gahoo]

Oskar Helvig: while I know you are certainly familiar with gamerescape and our wiki, just in case you hadn't seen, we've managed to compile a great deal of the dialogue from the sidequests. See the Plot Details category. Not to say that your specific questions will be answered, but for all the RPGers out there, there is quite a bit of lore in these sidequests.

[Atoli]

We already know much about the answers to question 1-3 just from talking to many NPCs in Eorzea, which should be obligatory to any roleplayer who wants to know more about the world his or her character is going to live in.
I don't want the lore to be handed to me on a silver platter, thank you.

4.-6. sound interesting, but I'm sure we will get more information on this as the story progresses.

About 7...I totally disagree with you.
Especially as a role player you should be bound to your character and play through every situation.
We also can have just as many characters as we want and pay for only one, because we pay only for the one "active".
So if you really get bored of one character you made (which is poor design, btw) you can just switch to another one after a month.
Just my personal opinion though.

[Deli]

Hmm there indeed too few info about these thing.
The book kept telling us man are bound to these twelve by the birth, but still nothing we can do about it.

The Thm guild worship Thal the ruler of underworld.
Ul'dah also have another temple worship Nald, imbuer of life.
I think Nald'thal probably have the most follower since Ul'dah has huge temples for them.

Con's guild is related to the Nophica

I don't know what's arcanist <3