Transfer Restrictions and Roleplayers

[Marluxia]

That still doesn't tackle the issue others have raised here which is that these communities are already established, and in some cases, heavily invested in. Even if an "official" RP server were designated who would move there if they didn't want to uproot their homes and stories and connections?

It's going to take players dedicated to establishing a community elsewhere, or an incentive for the non-RP crowd to shove off instead.

I agree that that remains a problem, but I think it's worth examining what form this "investment" takes.

By that, I mean that if Square Enix offers free transfers with the retention (or compensation) of all assets, and designates an "official RP server" on top of that, I think it'd be possible for all RPers to move with limited fracturing. If the cost for uprooting is thirty minutes for the transfer to go through (assuming that you are transferring with all of your friends, and your friends have no reason not to transfer because the transfer is free with no losses) then wouldn't that serve as adequate incentive?

I fully acknowledge that I might be overlooking a whole host of issues, but that's the reason for this discussion.