Are we really the good guys?

[Teryaani]

I was under the impression that present day BLM and THM make use of power from the void, without making a deal with the devil (void sent) so to speak. I mean, don't we see the down side of that kind of deal during the THM quest line?

The theme of corruption (or the risk of it) comes up a lot in the BLM/THM quest lines. I was left with the feeling that what I was using to ghost garleans wasn't entirely wholesome and good. That said, with DRK and BLM, it's more about what you do with the power that matters. So are we the good guys? Uh...sorta. I guess. I mean, we're less bad than the villains.

On the RP angle, I treat it a lot like you're meant to treat the storyline in WoW. The people doing all the fancy things (killing bahamut and the like) are the "heroes of light". RP Backstory wise, your characters are important, helping in a battle here or there, but the main action isn't you specifically.

I'm with Razzle on the ill behaved players btw. I meet very few actually rude players. Quiet ones sure, but actually rude? Not many.

good guys don't conquer the world

Sure we do! You just don't call it that. It's "bringing peace"

Game asked me if i want glory or power or riches, not if I want to be a saint. I am also getting paid; npcs treats me as a mercenary most of the time. Game also showed me that other adventurers can take my jerbs. There were npc adventurers that lost out on a job cause i did it first and the dungeon loot were already cleaned out by me. They were dissapointed obviously. So really, you are all competition to me...unless you are helping and passing on loot!

Yeah, I noticed that "help others" wasn't really much of an option in the beginning. I'm here for the money.