SE, please designate a Role Play friendly server!

[Rhomagus]

Why do we need a role-playing server? What are you doing differently than all the other servers? Is Final Fantasy XIV a role-playing game? Do all the servers not role-play when they log in and create and than level a job/class? BVesaid dose not need any special treatment, your server is no different than any other server.

I myself do not like how SE is doing this so called server merger but to actually think your server needs special treatment because you believe or players call it a role-playing friendly server is no excuse for any special treatment. You need to remember 1 thing: This is an MMO aka role-playing game you either take the good with the bad or you might as well not play. At a later date Im sure SE will have it so if you dont like your server that you can pay to transfer to another.

MMO stands for Massively Multiplayer Online, not Role Playing Game. RPG stands for Role Playing Game. You can have an MMO that is not a Role Playing Game. You can also have a Role Playing Game that is not an MMO. Role Player, as used in this thread, denotes a sub sect of gamer who actively engages with others to create their own storylines in game and "act" them out through chat and gameplay.

Role Player, as used in this thread, does not designate anyone who decides to play a game in which they control an avatar. While that may be a true statement, the specific concept being used here is much more specific than that.

I would have to concur with Oskar and Verence on this. Not only has Yoshida come out in an interview reflecting the role playing communities want for an officially designated server, but it doesn't really hurt anyone by making a suggested server in the same way they did for the FR/DE. In fact, they'd merely be reinforcing their own words by carrying out something they said they'd do anyways. It also let's English speaking FR/DE role player's make a more informed decision on their final destination server.

There are more pros than there are cons to officially suggesting an RP server.

Pros
1.) Those who want to role play know which server to choose if they want to meet more people of their ilk.
2.) Those who don't want role play but appreciate the atmosphere know where they can go.
3.) Those who hate role play can avoid the server as much as possible.
4.) Those who want to have a fresh start in a different community other than Besaid can choose a different server.

Cons
1.) Those interested in Role Play on servers other than Besaid formed relationships and don't want to have to choose a new one.
2.) Limits the even spread of population across servers negating the numbering system to begin with.

In the case of con number one, it's still a matter of choice. The con in this instance isn't mutually exclusive to RPists nor is it withholding the user's ability to choose.

In the case of con number two, I'd argue the population decrease or increase is negligible enough to invalidate it as a sufficient reason to withhold action.

I support an official suggestion for a Role Play-centric server as more good than harm can come from it.*

*in reference to the principles of utilitarianism