At this point will FFXIV collapse if all mods and third party tools disappear?

[Theodric]

Well, on that note it depends very much on what you mean by 'roleplayers'. A lot of the roleplayers who genuinely invested in the game's lore ended up being driven away between the sheer amount of people obsessed with ERP and the strange policing of anyone inclined to play anything even remotely antagonistic. Roleplay is about much more than attending 'venues' and it's telling that there's been all sorts of major server wide campaigns in WoW over the years but very little of the equivalent here in FFXIV.

[Metool42]

FFXIV: the most popular it has ever been

Doomsayers for some reason: wIlL tHiS gAmE cOlLaPsE??

[RitsukoSonoda]

FFXIV: the most popular it has ever been

Doomsayers for some reason: wIlL tHiS gAmE cOlLaPsE??

Well to be fair success has caused things to collapse in the past.

[Raikai]

Well, on that note it depends very much on what you mean by 'roleplayers'. A lot of the roleplayers who genuinely invested in the game's lore ended up being driven away between the sheer amount of people obsessed with ERP and the strange policing of anyone inclined to play anything even remotely antagonistic. Roleplay is about much more than attending 'venues' and it's telling that there's been all sorts of major server wide campaigns in WoW over the years but very little of the equivalent here in FFXIV.

In XIV, at least to my experience, there's a lot of campaign based RP and stuff beyond the 'venue attending' but that's more in the FC (or standalone organized groups, more uncommonly) territory. It's only a bit time consuming to actually find the group that suits your roleplaying needs, but they're there.

Ironically, the best way to find those groups is actually going to venues and discovering people there. I tend to find more 'engaged RPers' casually enjoying those areas, and was precisely how I found all of my previous RPing FCs, all with their own unique campaigns that kept us busy for months.

[Ivtrix]

In XIV, at least to my experience, there's a lot of campaign based RP and stuff beyond the 'venue attending' but that's more in the FC (or standalone organized groups, more uncommonly) territory. It's only a bit time consuming to actually find the group that suits your roleplaying needs, but they're there.

Ironically, the best way to find those groups is actually going to venues and discovering people there. I tend to find more 'engaged RPers' casually enjoying those areas, and was precisely how I found all of my previous RPing FCs, all with their own unique campaigns that kept us busy for months.

Nice to know it’s not too too hard to find. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about more casual RP like above is the dominant choice and wasn’t sure exactly how hard it would be to find more high fantasy oriented players

[Raikai]

Nice to know it’s not too too hard to find. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about more casual RP like above is the dominant choice and wasn’t sure exactly how hard it would be to find more high fantasy oriented players

I don't know if, with cross realm transit, it matters anymore with server differences, but I'm on Mateus and there's a well diversified array of groups here.

I think another solid way is finding the FFXIV roleplaying Discord servers, because they have lists of open FCs and groups - they usually advertise with their own websites and you'll find what exactly they're about and the style of RPing - saying that because you'll find some filters about what they want/want not in their stories/characters.

[CidHeiral]

Nice to know it’s not too too hard to find. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about more casual RP like above is the dominant choice and wasn’t sure exactly how hard it would be to find more high fantasy oriented players

Most venues with actual roleplaying have moved off of PF and into Discords or other websites. It's hard to compete when your medieval tavern PF is sandwiched between 800 listings for the same pretend nightclub. I run one myself every Wednesday. We get a decent amount of regulars and have a great time each week but the crowd is nothing compared to the horde of bees knees zombies and ERPers at the "clubs."

I think there's definitely still an audience for real RP at more lore accurate venues, I see people hungry for exactly that come through every week, but unfortunately it is quite difficult for that sort of venue to get its name out these days. Also I think a lot of people interested in that kind of RP have looked at the sea of "EXODIA NIGHTCLUB OPEN /W DJ SP0T1FY COME JERK OFF TO OUR COURTS!!!!1" and just given up.