Could we get an Official Roleplaying Realm

[Sandoria]

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.

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.

[Bluevann]

snip, character limit

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.