Gridania is Dead (and other talk)

[Fensfield]

I find it really stupid that people complain about roleplay to begin with when they choose Besaid as their server. It's been known since even before the game launched a year ago that this was the unofficial RP server for FFXIV. It's like going to a restaurant and then complaining about the fact they serve nothing but a certain kind of food. Yet you knew it serves only that. Maybe not the best analogy, but my point still remains valid: You chose that server, quit whining about your decision. Many of us were there before you came along, many of us will still be there come 2.0 and most likely grow unless during server merges the RP community decides to travel to another server. May as well get used to us now, we've had to with the trolls. But these days I rarely ever see trolls anymore when I RP and if I do they're usually just ignored/blacklisted, life goes on.

But to make an attempt at being on subject here, it is kind of sad to see the other cities barely populated. There's roughly two reasons to this however: 1.) Ul'dah is the central city as it's been pointed out, so if you want to do something/need to do something, this is the place. 2.) Right now every server has a low population, so the emptiness in other cities is going to be noticed much more than it might have been earlier on. Everyone's going to flock to Ul'dah instead since this city sees the most interaction than the rest.

I just find it stupid people complain about roleplay full stop.

Setting aside the fact it's right there in the genre name, if a player is so offended by roleplayers' /say output, why the hell haven't they blacklisted the people doing it? If roleplayers are anything, they're consistent enough in their playing habits for a blacklist entry to be worthwhile.

That said, while Answa was a bit of a jerk about it, it is somewhat true that while we roleplayers have made it clear amongst ourselves and to each other that Besaid is where the roleplayers will gather by and large, people do have to have a passing interest in roleplay to bother looking up the RPC and finding that out.

Then again, you might think if people were so horribly offended by roleplay they might have the passing interest to make a quick check for that and all - seriously, '"Final Fantasy XIV" roleplay server' on Google and the information was right there without so much as a click further.

But, well, is Gridania dead? Ul'dah's crowded, sure, but Gridania's still seemed fairly active since I joined the Twin Adder and moved most of my activity there .. 'only thing it seems to lack are those oddballs stand around with weapons drawn forever and much in the market wards.