2 Months In (And bored at work) AMA

[Arianthe22 242]

I have been surfing the forums, trying to kill time until I finish work and stumbled on AMA. I've been active on the server for nearly 2 months so ask me anything, maybe drop some advise for a relatively new player, sing a song. 

 

Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

[Benleft 2583]

What groups have you found to be the best at engaging you as a new player? Why? 

[Telmster 130]

Is there anything that you would like to achieve/experience on the server in the future? Like creating a certain type of character, attending a specific kind of event, or getting a magic or a feat or anything like that. 

[PCSwift 1422]

What are your thoughts on the server? Did you find it easy to get integrates into a community? What are you looking forward to the most?

(5 gazillion questions but they don’t let me near fleepers)

[KidKrinkles 2044]

Favorite piece of lore?

 

Maybe a magic you think is neat, a material you thought was interesting, some religion or dogma or creed or code you found fascinating, or some event or person that was cool?

[Arianthe22 242]

1 hour ago, Benleft said:

What groups have you found to be the best at engaging you as a new player? Why? 

 

 

First and foremost my home Cerulia!! 

 

For context: Back when I first found Lotc and made my persona, while waiting to be whitelisted, I flew around the map as a wandering soul, checking out locations to decide where I wanna start off. 

 

Lurin spoke to me on spiritual level. From the location, to the architecture, to the religion, I could picture my chara living there. But I wasn't going to settle there immediately for rp reasons (personal backstory). 

 

I got whitelisted and began aimlessly exploring looking for rp (did join a settlement) aaaand quit after a couple of days. I was severely burnt out with the game and I wasn't sure where to start and too intimidated to ask. 

 

Onto why I love Cerulia:

 

Eventually the itch to check out the server came back and so I did just that. 

 

I joined, began looking around... Lurin was nowhere to be found... 

 

Eventually I found out Lurin was annexed and no longer existed (the ruins are there I just didn't find them at the time). This left me in a bit of a bind. I could change my chara's back story a little to be from somewhere else and call it a day. No one knew me. No one would care. I decided "**** it we ball", gathered my courage and made a post explaining my situation. 

 

Mika dmed me pretty fast, telling me there was a settlement, dropped me a vague post and then left me to my fate. :) 

 

This was sooooo good for so many reasons:

1. It provided me with a purpose and a direction 

2. It put me into the mindset of a refugee, risking life and limb to find her people, or what remained of them. 

 

I spend two very fun hours scourging both the map and the forums for a clue that would tell me where Cerulia was and I found it! And I got lost! And then I found two guys in a camp who I asked for directions only for them to tell me the place was cursed and they hated it. Back then I didn't know the difference between death and pk and genuinely thought I might die. Long story short, they were nice, took me to Cerulia and told me if they ever saw me again they would kill me. Good stuff XD

 

I could go on and on about why I love this place. It has given me a lot of direction and allowed me to flesh out my chara (even though I do struggle to participate due to time differences) 

 

 

The second group I absolutely love is the Serendipity Amusement  Park!! I still remember the feelings of awe and whimsy I felt when I found it. I never thought this would exist on a medieval fantasy server and it's incredible!! The musin are amazing and have gifted me some truly fun rp :) 

 

 

Beyond these two groups, I find myself returning to Haelunor a lot. The library is a big reason for it, any place with a library is a good place. I've found some very fun rp there and people have been quite nice to me icly and oocly. 

 

Last but not least is Alba. This one I found more recently while searching for my water Evo teacher and I find myself going back time and time again. I'm always guaranteed to find some fun rp there. It's where I met my adoptive family (icly) and where I met a ghost, got cursed (agreed upon oocly) and thus tried my hand at my own mini storyline/event for the first time. 

 

 

There are other groups I've had small rps with but these are the main ones. 

1 hour ago, Telmster said:

Is there anything that you would like to achieve/experience on the server in the future? Like creating a certain type of character, attending a specific kind of event, or getting a magic or a feat or anything like that. 

 

 

I really want for my chara to become a veil watcher and would love to be incorporated into something like the voidal tear in the swamp. I'd love it if someone dmed me and was like "hey I'm making this and since you are a veil watcher maybe you can be the one to find it" or something along those lines. But I do need to get the feat first :3.

 

I would also love to try out being a vampire or an epiphyte, although I'm nowhere near ready to make a second persona. 

 

And of course make a secret society or a cult! I'm fine with either :3

[Arianthe22 242]

1 hour ago, PCSwift said:

What are your thoughts on the server? Did you find it easy to get integrates into a community? What are you looking forward to the most?

(5 gazillion questions but they don’t let me near fleepers)

 

I'm having quite a bit of fun on the server so far! I am aware there are issues, perhaps I will encounter them in the future. Baby's first ban when? (not asking for one). I haven't been here long enough to have any big thoughts yet. 

 

Joining was very intimidating at first. I didn't understand the concept or the mechanics and the first time I ending up quiting after a couple of days (was also very burnt out with minecraft) 

Truthfully this is my first experience with roleplaying in general so I was lost on every front ar first and this was very overwhelming. I haven't even learnt all the commands yet but my emoting is improving :) 

 

I'd say yes, integrating wasn't particularly hard once I found a community that spoke to me and what wanted for my chara, although I have gone in a slightly different direction from what I expected originally (a more fun direction honestly) 

 

I'm looking forward to the new map and getting to explore it. I'm excited to see a lotc map from its beginning, to see it grow and contribute to its development through my role play. 

1 hour ago, KidKrinkles said:

Favorite piece of lore?

 

Maybe a magic you think is neat, a material you thought was interesting, some religion or dogma or creed or code you found fascinating, or some event or person that was cool?

 

I loved epiphytes so much when I read about them!! 

 

I also love love love the everwinter trees. This is one of my favorite locations on the map! 

 

I would have loved to become an everwinter epiphyte but it's not allowed (why? I want that! Just why? (I'm a voidal mage now so oh well)) 

 

I like the Eshtael religion even thought there isn't much lore behind it. My chara worships her actually. 

 

Not an event or a person but I wanna see inside the tower where the frost witches are trapped at the very corner of the map (tell me what I need to do Story Team!! I'll do it to take a peek inside!!) 

 

Also puddlemancy is supreme!! Enough said :3 

[McSteve 131]

1 hour ago, Arianthe22 said:

I loved epiphytes so much when I read about them!!

@Baccaaahere its this one, make them into an epiphyte salad

[Arianthe22 242]

51 minutes ago, McSteve said:

@Baccaaahere its this one, make them into an epiphyte salad

 

If I could be an everwinter tree epiphyte I would make a second Chara and go for it!! 

[DrFong 227]

What was your first day like?

 

What got you invested in the community and coming back for more?

[Arianthe22 242]

3 hours ago, DrFong said:

What was your first day like?

 

What got you invested in the community and coming back for more?

 

My first day (after I got whitelisted) was kinda borring. I think I just wandered around the map aimlessly, with little interaction. I lacked the concept of what I was meant to do. This was very different from any gaming experience I had so far and without any obvious minecraft mechanics I lacked a sense of purpose. I did join a settlement back then but there wasn't much activity (it was new and I think we just played at different time) so I didn't have much guidance.

 

Now the first day after I came back was a very diferent experience. Upon joining, the place of origin (Lurin) I had chosen for my character was nowhere to be found. This immediately created a mystery for me to solve. Where was Lurin? I started looking around, on the forums and around the map, until I found out what happened. (I mention the story in a different aswer on this same post.) This gave me a purpose and direction, I had something to do other than aimlessly wander around.

 

In terms of what got me invested, the server is  exactly what I want in terms of a multiplayer experience. I've had my slice of life rp, my magical rp, my combat rp, the weird rp that made me think I might be on drugs, you name it. There are so many different and fun interactions to be had. I've found the community to very welcoming and people here are very willing to help and guide new players. It's this welcoming atitude that slowly gave me the courage to become more active, seek out rp, speak out more in ooc (ooc is pretty fun when I'm not rping and just want to hung out) and overall is what got me invested and coming for more.