Square: You need to open servers before this community is slowly choked

[DeaconMoore]

If server A has 100 rpers, server B has 1000 rpers and server C has 10 rpers, server B is the ideal destination if rping is important to your gaming experience. Can you rp on server A and C? Yes. But say you move to server C and discover that 6 of those 10 rpers strictly rp pirate storylines and you don’t, you are now left with a pool of 4/10 people to rp with. That is why the dogpiling happens in every mmo that has rpers.

Server B is locked, pick another server.

Here's the deal, if you insist on dog piling you limit the number of rpers anyone will ever encounter. In fact if all the rpers dog pile on one server people who've never rped in their life will continue to not be exposed to it and may likely never rp. They may hear about it and think maybe, but with the servers locked where are they going to go to find out? Open world RP can net you more RP players than you never knew existed in the first place. You'll never find them stuck in the bottle you're in now. The community needs to spread out more to grow and flourish.

[Rokke]

Server B is locked, pick another server.

Here's the deal, if you insist on dog piling you limit the number of rpers anyone will ever encounter. In fact if all the rpers dog pile on one server people who've never rped in their life will continue to not be exposed to it and may likely never rp. They may hear about it and think maybe, but with the servers locked where are they going to go to find out? Open world RP can net you more RP players than you never knew existed in the first place. You'll never find them stuck in the bottle you're in now. The community needs to spread out more to grow and flourish.

People are free to go wherever their heart desires, Im just trying to explain why unofficial rp servers happen in pretty much any mmo. Even as early as the BnS beta, through twitter and tumblr I already knew what server to roll for rp. The bulk of a rp community will usually clump together- This is not a XIV exclusive thing, its just what happens when you're got niche interests.

[MistakeNot]

Server B is locked, pick another server.

Here's the deal, if you insist on dog piling you limit the number of rpers anyone will ever encounter. In fact if all the rpers dog pile on one server people who've never rped in their life will continue to not be exposed to it and may likely never rp. They may hear about it and think maybe, but with the servers locked where are they going to go to find out? Open world RP can net you more RP players than you never knew existed in the first place. You'll never find them stuck in the bottle you're in now. The community needs to spread out more to grow and flourish.

Most RPers are not very interested in "exposing" non-roleplayers to RP. Certainly much less interested in that than in getting a good RP experience for themselves.

Servers getting locked is not only due to roleplayers moving there but also because lots of non-RPers go there.