Setting up a separate subcategory in PF is a reasonable request. That way the venues get separated out from FC recruitment (why is there no dedicated in-game recruitment tool??), crafting commissions and other activities that are also placed under Other.

If you think that the core activity of the game is venues because that's all you see in shout, try playing the game instead of spending all your time sitting around in Limsa, Ul'dah or Gridania. The reason why those cities end up with most of the venue spam is because that's where the players not doing anything hang out - prime audience for venues. I go in and out of those cities frequently while I'm playing but the venue spam doesn't add up enough to be annoying in the 2-3 minutes I'm there. I stay focused on the reason that took me into the city.

TLR The venues bother you because you let them bother you. Stop letting them bother you by actively using your time for something more than reading shout spam.

Quote Originally Posted by LianaThorne View Post
Pretty much. If it can't be overly monetized and/or involve "dancers" then it's not worth having as a form of RP these days. Maybe it's different on other DCs but that's just the reality of NA. It's very rare to find something that doesn't open at 9PM+ lol.
But that's not what RP is.

Again, people are conflating virtual venues and RP when they are very different things.

Someone mentioned a sports bar as "RP" earlier. Well unless all they're discussing at that sports bar is chocobo racing and Franz the Fair's last battle at the Coliseum, chances are it's not a RP spot at all. It's a just a place where players get together to talk about real life sporting events.