Official Unofficial Request to Quarantine Balmung

[Vidu]

What you should be doing is asking SE to create a new world designated for RP and offer free transfers off Balmung to the new world. If you and other RPers are unhappy with the community on Balmung, that would be a better opportunity to get away from it rather than expect others to change for your sake. You can just RP your way through another Calamity when it comes time to explain why you no longer have a home, gil, friends, etc.

Judging from other posts this OP made, I dont think they're concerend about RPing but rather have a strong dislike for Balmung and its playerbase. Since Cactuar shares a datacenter with Balmung, they probably just want that to change, so they dont have to "deal" with Balmung-people anymore. Thats why Balmung would need its own datacenter, so it would truely be in "Qarantine", as the title asks

Easier solution for the OP: Transfer off Aether. There is a second NA-datacenter. Without Balmung.

[Risvertasashi]

Judging from other posts this OP made, I dont think they're concerend about RPing but rather have a strong dislike for Balmung and its playerbase. Since Cactuar shares a datacenter with Balmung, they probably just want that to change, so they dont have to "deal" with Balmung-people anymore. Thats why Balmung would need its own datacenter, so it would truely be in "Qarantine", as the title asks

Easier solution for the OP: Transfer off Aether. There is a second NA-datacenter. Without Balmung.

What really puzzles me is... it's not like cross server RP is a thing.

This happen when people take the "balmung is a den of ERP" meme seriously, I guess?

[Vidu]

What really puzzles me is... it's not like cross server RP is a thing.

This happen when people take the "balmung is a den of ERP" meme seriously, I guess?

I think its either they're making the equation RPer = bad at the regular game or they ran into people (E)RPing in a dungeon one time to often - I dont believe thats anything that happens on a regular basis or anything since most RPers are most likely respectful enough not to take any form of RP into a groupchat in a dungeon, but over my time in this game I've encounterd a few who werent - from outright RPing in group-chat to annyoing, RP-flavoured macros for things that really, really didnt need a macro.

Or they're just salty about RPers for no real reason.

[Elamys]

I think its either they're making the equation RPer = bad at the regular game or they ran into people (E)RPing in a dungeon one time to often - I dont believe thats anything that happens on a regular basis or anything since most RPers are most likely respectful enough not to take any form of RP into a groupchat in a dungeon

I have literally never run into someone RPing in a dungeon in my 17 years of playing MMOs so I have always wondered why people think this is such a rampant thing. And I always play on RP servers.

[Jijifli]

I have literally never run into someone RPing in a dungeon in my 17 years of playing MMOs so I have always wondered why people think this is such a rampant thing. And I always play on RP servers.

I have seen it.

But it's really rare. Only a severly small portion of the RP community goes into pug instances and does RP.

[BillyKaplan]

But it's really rare. Only a severly small portion of the RP community goes into pug instances and does RP.

I've rp'd in dungeons before, but like you said, it was always in a pre-made. You don't know how the rest of the pug will react, you're very likely to be kicked, and if you've the majority vote, get the last players, be it through friends or even PF. AFK-kick them later or what not, if you can't run it unsync.

[MOZZYSTAR]

Judging from other posts this OP made, I dont think they're concerend about RPing but rather have a strong dislike for Balmung and its playerbase. Since Cactuar shares a datacenter with Balmung, they probably just want that to change, so they dont have to "deal" with Balmung-people anymore. Thats why Balmung would need its own datacenter, so it would truely be in "Qarantine", as the title asks

Easier solution for the OP: Transfer off Aether. There is a second NA-datacenter. Without Balmung.

Seconding Vidu's solution, but honestly OP: you're going to come across a lot of people you don't like in any dataserver. I also don't think it's right to segregate people like that. If you have issues with individual players, either block them (go to contacts to block people from your previous runs regardless of servers) and/or report them if they're harassing you.

I have literally never run into someone RPing in a dungeon in my 17 years of playing MMOs so I have always wondered why people think this is such a rampant thing. And I always play on RP servers.

But it's really rare. Only a severly small portion of the RP community goes into pug instances and does RP.

I've rp'd in dungeons before, but like you said, it was always in a pre-made. You don't know how the rest of the pug will react, you're very likely to be kicked, and if you've the majority vote, get the last players, be it through friends or even PF. AFK-kick them later or what not, if you can't run it unsync.

Out of my 4-5 years on this game, I have only come across one person who RP'd in a dungeon (it was a tank), and it was via DF... but it was harmless. I had no idea what they were doing at first (cuz I had never seen RP on an MMO before somehow, at least... not that I'm aware of.). They were just acting as a strong, valiant female paladin. So, I'm guessing the majority of people who do RP in dungeons usually RP in pre-made groups as Billy does. Unless it's like... ERP in public, I think it shouldn't be a big deal.


(Also, I'm currently residing in Cactuar like the OP... and I have seen a handful of players with the RP icons by their names, so it's not like Cactuar is bereft of RPers. I RP as well, but not in MMOs cuz I think people would struggle to differentiate IC versus OOC, but I could be wrong.)

[Jijifli]

Out of my 4-5 years on this game, I have only come across one person who RP'd in a dungeon (it was a tank), and it was via DF... but it was harmless. I had no idea what they were doing at first (cuz I had never seen RP on an MMO before somehow, at least... not that I'm aware of.). They were just acting as a strong, valiant female paladin. So, I'm guessing the majority of people who do RP in dungeons usually RP in pre-made groups as Billy does. Unless it's like... ERP in public, I think it shouldn't be a big deal.

With FFXIV specifically, I've encountered... I think two.

One was still pretty decent, so I payed no mind. Another one though... A dps that RP'd as a pacifist, so he wouldn't hit any of the enemies and was mad at us for killing the enemies. If people get Ms Pacifist in their parties, I can see where some of the distaste comes from.

I also did get one back in my WoW days with a Warrior RPing as the protector of Goldshire. He was the tank. He never had threat. Would rather argue how I was stealing his glory.

[MOZZYSTAR]

One was still pretty decent, so I payed no mind. Another one though... A dps that RP'd as a pacifist, so he wouldn't hit any of the enemies and was mad at us for killing the enemies. If people get Ms Pacifist in their parties, I can see where some of the distaste comes from.

I also did get one back in my WoW days with a Warrior RPing as the protector of Goldshire. He was the tank. He never had threat. Would rather argue how I was stealing his glory.

...XD Oh, I see. I think the pacifist one would definitely be better in a pre-made group type deal that signed up for RP elements. Still, only two times (with one struggling incident) isn't too bad.
As for the WoW one, that's kind of funny. xD I hope you stole his glory good.