Could we get an Official Roleplaying Realm

MMO's changed forever for me when I discovered the RP realms in Warcraft. It was there I got to experience player made events where people took the basic world and story of the game and expanded on it to make it something more personal. A lot of mmo's have role playing servers because there are quite a lot of people like me that enjoy roleplay.

Even in this game people have created unofficial rp realms. It's no coincidence those servers (Balmung and Gilgamesh) are at max capacity most times. An official RP realm would not only do a bit in alleviating some of the stress of those servers, but also serve as a beacon for newcomers who are looking for others to role play with.

I approve of this request (not that anyone needs my approval, but you have it, so deal with it!). I wanted to originally create a character for Gilgamesh but I never could because it was constantly full, so I just sorta gave up and went to Faerie. I could do a world change I suppose... Seems like making friends in FFXIV is hard so it wouldn't really affect me either way.

Balmung and Gilgamesh are also acting as those beacons, which is one of the reasons they're overcrowded and saturated, and another being that they are legacy. Other servers do have roleplayer pockets, (I help manage one for my server) and benefit from being smaller communities.

Admittedly an official RP server would be nice for those that wish total immersion.

Xev (Sandoria) and I are both on Faerie. There you go! Friends!

I don't really RP, but Xev is really interested in it!

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Originally Posted by Terrini

Balmung and Gilgamesh are also acting as those beacons, which is one of the reasons they're overcrowded and saturated, and another being that they are legacy. Other servers do have roleplayer pockets, (I help manage one for my server) and benefit from being smaller communities.

Admittedly an official RP server would be nice for those that wish total immersion.

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Gilgamesh isn't a legacy server.

How does the role playing thing work? Do you have to talk a certain way in chat? Do you have to walk everywhere? Do you have to change clothes and sleep at inns? Eat at meal times? I don't see the fun in that. What exactly do role players do?

While I'm not a roleplayer, I do agree that there should be designated RP realms. We know that Balmung and Greg are the unofficial RP servers, but what about new players? How are they supposed to know, when there's no RP flag like in most games?

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Originally Posted by DarkChild

How does the role playing thing work? Do you have to talk a certain way in chat? Do you have to walk everywhere? Do you have to change clothes and sleep at inns? Eat at meal times? I don't see the fun in that. What exactly do role players do?

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Only super crazy, dedicated RPers go to the extant that you just described, haha. Most RPers like me just like to chat and pretend that we are a unique character in that game world. Usually at inns or bar-like hubs, where you can talk about the adventures you've had and maybe even work with others on a branching RP story event. It's really fun for those of us who enjoy that sort of thing, but I can understand why some would find it a bit odd. We just enjoy going that extra mile and being totally immersed in another world :)

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Originally Posted by Amenian

Xev (Sandoria) and I are both on Faerie. There you go! Friends!

I don't really RP, but Xev is really interested in it!

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I'll make sure to add you and Xev then!

One of my RP characters just killed another player's character as part of the story we made. He's fantasia-ing into a whole new character with a name change.

You can have drama or comedy depending. Another character of mine went looking for grouuchy people to cheer up and put into a festive mood. She got mad at the other character and slapped him for being a big meanie.

Honestly, I don't think there's really a need for them to designate an RP server. I mean, they could, but it really won't affect much given the circumstances surrounding this game and the genre itself. To begin with, we have server capacity issues, where places like Balmung are among the top most congested servers... they probably don't want to add to the problem unnecessarily by making people feel like they MUST get to this one particular server to enjoy their game. They could always designate multiple servers as RP, but then comes the next situation. Most of the general player base just don't give a damn about which server they'll go to (exception if it were a PvP or PvE sort of thing). While not much of a problem, it basically means nothing happened as a result of the classification. You're likely to come across the same degree of RPers that you would on any server due to this, but I suppose there is still a better chance despite that. Then we come across the bottom feeders of all types. We'll have RPers (be it legit or just random people looking to take advantage) demanding SE offer free transfers because it wasn't classified when they chose a server. We'll have people actively looking to harass others for taking part in what they enjoy (RP), which has happened on RP servers on WoW. And so on.

Despite whatever negative outcomes there may be, it really wouldn't hurt the game as a whole to designate RP servers and may actually provide a positive experience for people. Just be ready for what comes with it, as there is never a completely positive thing when it comes to dealing with the possible interactions with people you meet on the internet.

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Originally Posted by Terrini

One of my RP characters just killed another player's character as part of the story we made. He's fantasia-ing into a whole new character with a name change.

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Lol! That is awesome!

OP: Liked! I remember reading a post around Beta/Early Release asking for an Icon by the server name that indicated an RP server. So anyone creating a new character or transferring could see which ones had a strong RP community.
I don't RP but do have a newbie alt on Balmung. It is quite entertaining to eavesdrop on some conversations.

I actually am thinking it might be nice for roleplayers to have a forum here... I mean there's the lore forum, but that's just for discussing the existing in game stuff... Groups make forums off site for their server or group... But it would be nice to have a place where we can just chat about those rp issues and cool storylines we come up with to share.

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Originally Posted by DarkChild

How does the role playing thing work? Do you have to talk a certain way in chat? Do you have to walk everywhere? Do you have to change clothes and sleep at inns? Eat at meal times? I don't see the fun in that. What exactly do role players do?

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Some people do those things sure, but it all depends on the person. From my experience there is no right way to rp as much as how you enjoy writing/interacting in the world. It's sort of like acting but in writing form. Personally, I like to tell stories and interact with people at player made events like balls, masquerades, secret meetings, tea parties, and all the other creative stuffs people come up with. I also like to imagine my character has her own personality and past. She's the type of elf who would tell you tall tales of grandeur while silently judging your footwear over her cup of mulled tea. Whereas out of character me is pretty much a giant care bear that wants to ♥ everyone.

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Originally Posted by Elmeron

Only super crazy, dedicated RPers go to the extant that you just described, haha. Most RPers like me just like to chat and pretend that we are a unique character in that game world. Usually at inns or bar-like hubs, where you can talk about the adventures you've had and maybe even work with others on a branching RP story event. It's really fun for those of us who enjoy that sort of thing, but I can understand why some would find it a bit odd. We just enjoy going that extra mile and being totally immersed in another world :)

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Yay friends! I will definitely keep an eye our for ya when I get on next. Haven't been around much this week due to the irls and a Guild Wars binge, but generally I'm an active player and love making friends on server. ^__^

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Originally Posted by Terrini

I actually am thinking it might be nice for roleplayers to have a forum here... I mean there's the lore forum, but that's just for discussing the existing in game stuff... Groups make forums off site for their server or group... But it would be nice to have a place where we can just chat about those rp issues and cool storylines we come up with to share.

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OMG YES!!! A roleplaying forum here would be so sweet.

I think it would be beneficial if SE did add a new server for RPing. It could help take some heat off servers like Balmung and hopefully encourage the RP community there to take off and get established enough to provide the immersion RPers are mostly looking for.

I may pull an odd duck now, but while I have been preaching for an RP server for a long while, I'm starting bit by bit to see that at the very end, a server of -only- roleplayers would struggle to keep going. Roleplaying is an activity that takes high amounts of time and usually gives nothing back in terms of progress of the server's economy or status within the game's advancement overall (meaning, endgame content). A server without non-RPers would probably end up being with an inflated economy, with only few people farming and providing the market with items and materials (because most of people would be busy RPing, and RP takes time), and with very hard times in finding help for difficult content (because most of people would be busy RPing, and RP takes time). Duty Finder can only do so much to help that, and everybody knows the bad reputation DF pugs have in endgame content.

So, while I am mainly a roleplayer and have a sour eye for those who grief RPers and what they do, I don't think I could have a stable server's economy and community without non-roleplayers. I think Balmung is as close as how an official RP server should be in order to be functional.

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Originally Posted by Bluevann

I may pull an odd duck now, but while I have been preaching for an RP server for a long while, I'm starting bit by bit to see that at the very end, a server of -only- roleplayers would struggle to keep going. Roleplaying is an activity that takes high amounts of time and usually gives nothing back in terms of progress of the server's economy or status within the game's advancement overall (meaning, endgame content). A server without non-RPers would probably end up being with an inflated economy, with only few people farming and providing the market with items and materials (because most of people would be busy RPing, and RP takes time), and with very hard times in finding help for difficult content (because most of people would be busy RPing, and RP takes time). Duty Finder can only do so much to help that, and everybody knows the bad reputation DF pugs have in endgame content.

So, while I am mainly a roleplayer and have a sour eye for those who grief RPers and what they do, I don't think I could have a stable server's economy and community without non-roleplayers. I think Balmung is as close as how an official RP server should be in order to be functional.

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While I get what you're saying, the roleplaying realms of warcraft would suggest otherwise. Wyrmrest Accord and Moon Guard were two of the biggest servers and bustling with literally every kind of activity you could think of. Even Balmung's market is more stable and plentiful than my main's server. A lot of people that roleplay are like me. I still play the game outside of roleplay. There's a whole world of dungeons to raid, classes to master and achievements to hunt. Roleplay just makes the whole experience that much more immersive. The problem is I come from a game where all my friends Rped. I love this game and am one of it's biggest advocates but it's really difficult to get some of these friends from wow to come over here when there is no official Rp realm and the unofficial realms are always locked to character creation.

Even if they decide to make one of the least populated servers into an offficial RP server how will they go about it? Even with free server transfers people are only limited to 1 million gil + 100K gil per retainer.

Other's also have houses and FCs that they may not want to leave.

In the end, I do think it's still a good idea to atleast make one on of the leasr populated server an official RP server after heavensward crowd dies out

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Originally Posted by Sandoria

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Yeah, in fact, I was talking of Balmung. Plus, there is another thing that the OP has to consider: housing. If friends aren't enough of a reason for current Balmung/gilgamesh RPers to not transfer to an official RP realm (if this was offered), those of them who own a house will hardly choose to give it up. As of now, we do not have ways to transfer servers and bring our house with us, unfortunately. Which is sad, because I imagine an RP server would have much less ghost towns than we currently do, as many houses are also in the hands of non-RPers who only bought them to garden.

I didn't start this game with roleplaying in mind but I made some friends on Brynhildr that were into it and we made a group and I've been trying to promote our little community as much as possible. Really, if we don't get an official server, or even if we do, a forum for roleplaying would be nice, all about telling stories, promoting different server communities in one place (I keep looking at server forums looking for a possible location to get more characters made if I find I just need to make some new characters to play and there are main threads looking for end game and then a couple on like Balmung only about roleplay) and we can see the kind of stories different groups are telling and it'll be an official place to promote roleplay and have it be officially sanctioned by the powers that be.

I do not care much about adding a new RP specific realm but I think SE will have to add some new ones when 3.0 comes out since if go by the latest information regarding current restrictions almost half the current worlds are new character locked and I expect 3.0 will bring a huge influx of new players who will need worlds to play on. I am not saying cannot squeeze all the potential new players into those remaining unlocked realms but I am a bit concerned about how limited the amount of choices by the time 3.0 comes out would be. So I am expected new realms to open up around the time of 3.0 personally.

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Originally Posted by Parodine

I think it would be beneficial if SE did add a new server for RPing. It could help take some heat off servers like Balmung and hopefully encourage the RP community there to take off and get established enough to provide the immersion RPers are mostly looking for.

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Not a new server. Mark one of the less populated servers as a rpg server, so it can fill up.

Especially for a game like this that is so Lore heavy and story driven. I voted for this along with the EU database finally being moved to the EU I hope they do both at the same time then offer people a free, one time, unlimited server transfer (Let us take all our gil with us, just this once!)