Quote Originally Posted by Arillyn View Post
I've also never gone to a venue on Balmung that charged gil for an RP event. I mean, maybe it exists there? I've just never heard of it until the the few threads lately saying that's the norm on Aether and Primal. My first impression of those threads was "Huh, I guess people decided this was going to be their money-maker. I'd never pay for that, but whatevs."
The reason why I personally have been pretty vocal on this was because I didn't know free RP was even a thing until I heard how things work on Crystal. I've been in this game for almost a year for perspective and the only venues that I have been exposed to are ones that expect real gil in exchange for things (I have only ever been in Primal and Aether for context). Knowing that it's free elsewhere makes it seem a little like people are profiting off a community/putting RP behind a paywall when RP is literally meant to be something that everyone can participate in. I'm also a seller so knowing that people are also pricing up their items by half or more rubs me the wrong way as it feels a bit like robbing people of their money because they say something is worth more than what it actually is.

At the end of the day, no one has to listen to me or anything that anyone says in this thread or anywhere else. To be honest it doesn't really bother me if people don't even care that venues charge gil for RP services. That doesn't mean I'm not going to voice my opinion on it though. Do I expect a change? No. I'm still gonna speak about it though because I'm not one to sit on my thoughts when something feels off and if something I say can bring awareness to someone else who isn't aware, that's cool too.