Bob Roberts

>>7579758
I'm often called a hume, YOU FUCKING RETARD, YOU JUST TOLD ME

Rob Boberts

You already said it. I'm called "hume".

Al Gorekiller The Bloodfist

Eat the moogle. EAT IT!

>>7579774

lol fag

Gob Cockerts

>>7579777

not everything is for you to shove down your dumb gullet and convert to shit

I am called Koios.

>>7579771
>>7579765

"Ok Bob Roberts. To where do you hail your allegiance?"

The Rebuplic of Bastok
The Kingdom of San d’Oria
The Federation of Windurst
The Duchy of Jeuno
Marquisate of Tavnazia

>>7579806
But look at it! It looks delicious!

>>7579813
Jeuno

Windurst!

Nuck Chorris.

>>7579813
The last one. It's the one I can pronounce the least.

San d'Oria, dammit.

Let me fight some orcs!

The Duchy of Jeuno

>>7579813
Bastok motherfuckers

I am Bob Dole, son of Bob Dole, of Windurst.

>>7579777

>>7579840

San d'Oria bitches!

Warrior! So we can go Beastmaster!

Well, at this point, we seem to have a tie. When a stronger consensus is achieved, we shall move on.

>>7579892
PIMPMASTER, BITCH!

Black Mage. Only dps that matter.

>>7579917

San motherfucking d'Oria!

"Well, once we figure out where you hail from, we must also know what job path you follow?"

*Black Mage: Ability to cast Stone, Poison, Blind, and Water. Can use staves and scythes for close combat. Special ability: Manafont
*White Mage: Ability to cast Cure, Dia, Paralyze and Banish. Can use mauls for close combat. Special ability: Benediction
*Red Mage: Ability to cast Dia, Stone, Barstone, and Poison, and to effectively use a sword in combat. Special ability: Chainspell
*Warrior: Ability to provoke, good melee weapon capability. Special ability: Mighty Strikes.
*Monk: Ability to boost a single attack, martial arts, and the subtle blow. Fights with hand to hand weapons (brass knuckles, claws, etc). Special ability: Hundred Fists.
*Thief: Ability to effectively steal and find money better than others. Specializes in using daggers, guns, bows, and throwing weapons. Special ability: Perfect Dodge.

Monk all the way.

RED MAGE OR WARRIOR

>>7579889
Quest complete!

San d'Oria

Red Mage

>>7579936
Black Mage.

We drain love from the world every time we cast.

Go Warrior! Be a badass.

"San d'Oria then?"

RDM and WAR seem to be the popular choices at this time.

>>7579758
my name is Leo, The great Elvaan Red Mage whose parents moved from the illustrious San d'Oria to the federation of Windurst to learn their mystical secrets to bring back to our home country.

I am Red Mage, fear my blade, fear my spells, and fear my awesome pimp hat!

>>7580018

"Oh, so you are a friend of Bob Roberts here?"

>>7579936

WARRIOR

Monk. With Monk, we can eventually use it as a Warrior subclass, then when we level Warrior to 32 we can become any physical class and be pretty much set for life!

That, or, you know, I guess Black Mage. I'm not totally against Black Mage.

>>7580043
who.. Oh I know him, but we always call him hume, so it took me a moment to remember his real name.

Monk. Let's kick shit in the face.

>>7579758
OP are you going to have us be raped by crabs and rabbits?

Red Mage, stop being a bunch of fags.

>>7580075

Hopefully not.

And now, It seems warrior is the dominant force.

Also, leveling will not quite be the same as in-game, but probably more like D&D. Still not exactly sure. But hopefully, it will be badass.

Also, for the uninitiated: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov3-K2aRwQY

"So, you are the Hume Warrior, who goes by the name Bob Roberts, who hails from the city of San d'Oria?"

"Also, I heard you earlier speaking of how you had just finished your first tour of duty as a Royal Footman, in service to the crown. Were you going to re-enlist, or work as a freelance adventurer like so many others in this day and age?"

>>7580075
Kenku?

>>7580208

Reenlist.

Steady pay, Orc killing (I assume?), plenty of tail...I mean, why NOT reenlist?

>>7580218
yagudos, Kenku's awesome big brothers that are so epic they actually count as a major beastman race.

>>7580208

Also, ABILITIES GAINED: Provoke, Mighty Strikes, broad melee weapon competency.

Equipment gained: Butterfly Axe, Leather armor.

>>7580244
can we hire one?

>>7580283

Possibly... Though the vast majority of them live on a completely different continent. And most of them haet altana's children with a passion.

>>7580257
gogo 2hander update, Great Axe kicks ass.

>>7580283
they are religious extremists and live two continents away, generally they're assholes to humes

>>7580237

Any major objections to this line of travel?

If not, then the prologue music will start momentarily.

Quadav i kinda felt sorry for, but we need PROGRESS

>>7580306
Tell him the Hume is just a lowly squire?

>>7580385

They'll still probably sacrifice you to appease their evil godhead, Tzee Xicu. They're basically birdman Aztecs with an army of samurai and summoners.

>>7580405
FUCK, WHY AREN'T WE PLAYING ONE OF THOSE THEN?

>>7580411
or the roman turtle people?
its the OP's quest; i say we go out and bash some orcs

“Bob Roberts, Hume warrior of San d’Oria, and his friend, Leo, the Elvaan Red Mage, both young adventurers in the service of the Kingdom, begin their journey in the world of Vana’diel. For their first assignment, they have been ordered to talk to the Royal Knight at the gate to Eastern Ronfaure in the southern section of the fortress city.”

For full effect: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yYxsda1v2M

Also, Leo's equipment: Leather Armor, Bronze sword, and marine shield. Spells: Dia, Stone, Barstone, and Poison Abilities: Chainspell.

>>7580445

I love those fuckers. But lets be the crabs.

>>7580461

As you approach the gate to East Ronfaure, you see the man you know as Arpevion, a well known Royal Knight.
As you approach him, he waves at you, motioning you to come towards him.

"Greetings you two. I was expecting you to arrive at about this time. I have been given orders for you to make a supply delivery to the guards out at the Ranguemont Pass guard station. It shouldn't be too difficult to get there, but there has been recent reports of some orc and goblin activity in the area."

What do you do?

>>7580573
I take it and ask if there are any silent oils or prism powders on hand to help speed the journey!

>>7580479
Crab pet. Nao.

>>7580573
accept orders, see if he has any supplies or info on the local movements of the enemy, also get a map.

Man, Vana'diel would make such an excellent setting.

Especially since the game is designed to make you sound like the good guys so much, but you really aren't.

The Yagudo are the prime example. The whole story of them and Windurst involving people from the east was fucking hilarious.

>>7580614
You need to unlock beastmaster in order to have pets.

Quest lacks Galka.

>>7580638
CC FTW, chuck norris CAN'T beat CC in a fight. plus delicious snacks kept in it's back for hungry adventurers.

>>7580638
We got our first mission then. Where are the character trips?

>>7580616

"Ah yes, a map. We can provide you with this. As for movements of the enemy, all main paths to the pass have had reports of orcs and goblins over the last week or so. You are not yet eligable for other equipment from the armory yet, but you may be so in the near future. Good luck. You should do fine."

Also, you guys should be monk.

Best class in the damn game. A well built counter monk was hilarious as shit against Maat.

>>7580637
FFXI has a damn good world and story. It is quite a shame so much of it is hidden behind the grindan gaems that is XI.
I hope SE does something more with the setting eventually.

>>7580637
Actually, the Beastmen in general in FFXI were pretty awesome. Most of them aren't really evil as such, and half the time all the things the PC races complain about them doing they do themselves.

>>7580715
Well, 14's supposed to be a lot like XI, but with some shit changed around. Which sounds promising.

Also, it's not as bad of a grindan game anymore. So far I've soloed myself to 20 without any real problem and on generally shit equipment.

>>7580715
it's sad but true, and don't forget that you need a group to do anything after lvl 20.
>>7580687
advance along the road but not on the road and try to ambush an ambush

>>7580637
>>7580715

This is why I felt I should run a quest in the setting. It is a great setting with alot of very entertaining background information. I almost was wishing you had chosen to be a tavnazian national. I would have had you be a refugee in san d'oria, who worked to discover exactly what sandy did during the crystal war that lead to what happened to tav.

>>7580749

If XIV cuts out a lot of the party-mandatory grindan, I'll play the shit out of it. XI is one of the few MMOs with a plot that's actually worth experiencing.

>>7580752

Which road/pass do you use? The north pass, the central pass or the eastern pass, to reach the main ranguemont pass?

It makes you wonder, how haven't the enemies in the game won? You need like 9 to 12 people, just to kill 2 crabs.

>>7580752

Let it be said that these days, any job except maybe BRD can effectively solo stuff for xp. It might be slow compared to a party, but you can actually kill stuff without getting your ass raped.

>>7580729
Hmm, lemmie think.

Orcs: Actually evil, dicks about everything. Strength is everything to them in their culture. One example involved them weighing down shit like well buckets with weight so only the strong can get water.

Quadav - Turtles who worship the earth and metals, generally want to be left alone, and only really fight because Humes and Galka won't stop mining their nesting ground and holy places.

Yagudo - Religious extremists, but not all that aggressive. Technically not even at war like the others, mostly just fight with the others over who owns what land.

Goblins - You can't trust them, but not even goblins can trust other goblins. That said, they happen to be merchants for just about every race around, and are basically the only way the various races can keep in touch without killing one another.

Sahagin - Just want to be left the hell alone. Only got talked into the Shadow War because they were told their way of life was directly threatened.

Tonberries - Evil motherfuckers.

Antica - Bipedal Ants. Could rule the world if they could figure out shipbuilding.

>>7580787

It doesn't help that adventurers have a bad habit of going out and poking around their lairs.

>>7580804

...and if you're soloing as a BRD, you're the pinnacle of antisocial.

>>7580777

Sorry for the crosstalk rock, but..

The game's a lot more solo-friendly, and even more party-friendly. Like, to a stupid degree. It's PLAYABLE now.

For details:

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Fields_of_Valor
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Level_Sync

>>7580841

Its cool. I am doing it to, but without the name/trip.

Also, which path did you guys choose? North, central or eastern.

>>7580783
North
>>7580804
I find the speed trade off of using Valor books, campaign, etc. over a party worth the ability to take a break and dick around whenever I get bored of pummeling things.
Plus I don't have to deal with some of the morons that plague lower levels.

As you walk along the northern path towards ranguemont pass, everything appears to be serene. There is a morning mist that has yet to burn off the forest yet, and the entire place has a pleasant earthy smell. Around, you see the common rabbits and large beetles that are so common to the region.

As you approach the Cheval River bridge, you see a galka clad in a blue tunic fighting fist to fist with a goblin, with several other goblins lying about him on the ground. The goblin looks rather healthy, and the galka looks like he is getting weak.

What do you do?

>>7580916
>the galka looks like he is getting weak.

Shenanigans.

>>7580916
Bob should rush the gobbo and mighty strike, have leon stand back and cast stone

>>7580637
I think people will get a kick out of this, so I'll share it.

Yagudo are described as a bunch of religious extremists in most of the fluff, but it's a bit unreliable. While they certainly are religious, their major problem is that they hate the god of Altana, the patron god of the PC races. They're paired with the city of Windurst, which is where two of the major PC races live.

Yagudo are weird, because they have a lot of odd jobs. Including this are Samurai and Ninjas, two classes that are described as being unheard of in the area you're playing in, and monks, who are around, but extremely rare. It was always a mystery why they had the jobs before the players, and why they were one of the only races to have them.

Turns out, way back, an ambassador and crew from the far east, where those jobs and techniques are from, showed up in windurst. They'd planned to share their techniques as a show of good faith, but it came out that they didn't worship Altana. The Windurstians promptly kicked them out of the city because of it, as they were heretics.

So the ambassador ends up meeting up with the Yagudo(who are akin to a race from his land) and they're far less of a dick to him, especially since he doesn't worship Altana. So he teaches them how to be Ninjas and Samurai instead.

>>7580959

Beware, that mighty strikes is a supernatural ability that you can only summon the power to use once every few days. Its power IS increible, however, allowing all of your hits to strike very true, causing massive amounts of damage. Same thing with chainspell for Leo, except he gains the ability to cast spells very very very fast.

Are you still sure you wish to do this?

>Same thing with chainspell for Leo, except he gains the ability to cast spells very very very fast.


Understatement of the century.

"RDM uses Chainspell!"

"Whatever he was fighting is FUCKED."

>>7581016
regular blow will do fine, im guessing might is war's 24Hr ability i was a RDM/DRK when i played and that was a long time ago

>>7581016
Let's save Mighty Strikes for when we need to save our own ass.

ok.

Bob charges forward, axe drawn, to bring his wrath down upon the goblin.

Leo approaches the proper range, and casts stone on the goblin.

With your strikes and spells, the goblin falls, but the galka appears severely injured after dealing with a group of what looked like 4 goblins. The galka is breathing heavily, kneeling down next to the river.

What do you do?

>>7581126

"Damn dirty goblins, striking me while i fish the rich rivers of this region..."

The galka looks up to you, and nods. "Thank you for the help. Those cowards only attack when they have a strong advantage in numbers. I am called Angry Moon in my homeland. Might I ask, who are you?"

WHY DID I READ THIS IN A CLAPTRAP'S VOICE

OH GOD, MY MIND

>>7581232
Give him our names.

>>7581232
"Bob Roberts, and this is Leon, you need a hand with those wounds?" if the opportunity comes up ask him what he is doing.

anyhoo bro its late and i've got work i'll see ya

>>7581276

"Any help with these wounds would be greatly appreciated. As for what I am doing in these lands, I am an aspiring fisherman, and freelance adventurer who hails from Bastok. I have heard of how rich the streams in this area are in fish, and I have not been disappointed with my findings."

Leo casts cure on Angry Moon while he speaks.

>>7579758
Oh, look, it's the game that makes wow look like a masterpiece of gaming.

>>7581330

I would say WoW has much more accessable game play (which makes it much better for many many people) but FFXI does have a very strong setting. I have had many tears alot more in the FFXI quests I have done than in any of the WoW quests I have done. The only quest that comes close in WoW is the Wrathgate.

>>7581325

What do you do now?

>>7581454
Um, continue on our way? We have supplies to deliver.

>>7581489

The galka nods as you leave.

"Again, thank you very much for your assistance." He pulls out his fishing rod, and casts it back into the Cheval River.

You continue along the road, and you pass the scout tower that has been built along the north road. The elvaan man up in the tower waves an affirmitive sign as you walk past.

You continue until the main path sort of peters out into the slot canyon that leads to the Ranguemont Pass cavern entrance.

Just into the slot canyon, you see two orcs, dressed in their traditional warrior garb, wielding swords.

What do you do?

While I am waiting, I am curious, are there any Fenrir bros out here in /tg/land?

>>7581681
Nope, Seraph for me.

"I may know the answers.
Journeys over snow and sand.
What twist in fate has brought us
to tread upon this land?"

I think I am gonna call it for tonight, as I seem to have had a death of interest.

Next one will probably be on... tommorow or friday? Noonish eastern probably. Come yell at me in the zeonquest livestream channel if you want moar. Or maybe I will make an IRC channel in the future. Who knows at this point.

>>7581841

Also, in the stream right now. Gonna try to play me some FFXI and stream it and see how it works.

>>7580306they are religious extremists and live two continents away, generally they're assholes to humes

They're enemies to the Tarutaru, who are being aided by humans. The reason they are enemies is because the Tarutaru consider them heathens that do not worship the Star Sybil. When the Tarutaru dominated the continent with magic, they took a lot of Yagudo territory.

When the Eastern people visited the continent though, they were denied audience with the Star Sybil, as they did not worship Altana.

The Yagudo though, welcomed them. The Eastern people were familiar with a bird race known as Garuda from their native lands. Many Yagudo went Eastward, and returned with the arts of the sword and ninjutsu.

Prayer beads are a popular import from the East to Yagudo lands. Windurst has a bounty on Yagudo prayer beads though, and though they are officially at peace with the Yagudo, they send adventurers as proxy to war with them.

>>7581393I have had many tears alot more in the FFXI quests

FFXI has such a rich setting, but it's incredibly difficult to access it, and doing so takes away from the treadmill of CRAB KILLAN

>>7582015
Fun Fact: Giddeus is the only Beastman starter zone to contain Beastmen NPCs.

>>7582132


"book! book!"

FFXIV will have gameplay like Demon's Souls

>>7582146
That would be sweet, but I doubt it.

It does sound interesting though.

>>7582061

crab killan is so 3 years ago.

Everyone is all about pink bird killing these days.