Coul...Could we have a Role-play forum?

[Jinrya-Geki]

Lots of people have interesting ideas for stories in the worlds of MMOs. Could we have a forum specifically for those who want to write fanfic stories about XIV?

[Zenaku]

Issue is the forums are just to give SE info on the game it's not about getting offtopic on stuff. If people want to RP forums i would say make one or go too the fan site. Not being rude i would love to have offtopic Forums but that just what the forums here are all about

[Jinrya-Geki]

Don't most other official websites to other mmos have a forum and one of them is usually a Role-play thread?

[Urthdigger]

I think as far as making stories go, that's what the lodestone blogs are for.

[Azurymber]

A roleplay forum would get more people enjoying something out of the game and therefore would be profitable to SE to implement.

Put another way, if you can get even 50 people to keep playing FFXIV (when we start paying) as a result of an RP forum, you pay for the costs of maintaining said forum. Thus its the rational thing to do.

just sayin.

[Zenaku]

Don't most other official websites to other mmos have a forum and one of them is usually a Role-play thread?

Yes but there not in Beta stage they still fixing and asking players for info on the game. Maybe when the game goes p2p and PS3 release you would see offtopic forums.

I think one of the reason they give was they did not want to have so many GM working on the offtopic forums making sure they following the rules atm when they only trying to focus on the game. They want everyone on the forums to stay on topic about info about game that was the main goal of Forums at least what isee for now.

[Konachibi]

Don't see much harm in a roleplay 'thread' though that everyone could join in on. SE may even consider using ideas in it for future events, plus it'd give them an idea on the kinds of plot-lines the more story-involved players prefer, so when making new quests with cut-scenes and suchlike they can adjust it to a more generalised player-base. At the moment they seem to be resorting to "if we can't think of anything better, we'll use Lalafell". :P

[Falcus]

Issue is the forums are just to give SE info on the game it's not about getting offtopic on stuff. If people want to RP forums i would say make one or go too the fan site. Not being rude i would love to have offtopic Forums but that just what the forums here are all about

I can't help but state that this is wrong...
Unless if you're telling me the world and class forums are for feedback for SE, which means that everyone who posts on them must be using them wrong
Class forums are for discussing said class with other people who play as that class.
World forums are for discussing things that relate to that world like linkshells advertising, player run event wide events etc and generally anything else socially related to that world.

It wouldn't be unrealistic for a Role-Play forum to be implemented, and imo it would be a good idea.

Oh, and to quote the sticky on the Trabia board

The purpose of this forum is for players from the Trabia World to hold discussions with fellow players from Trabia.

That board has nothing to do with feedback.

[KiriA500]

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[AsterBarnivere]

NO.

(You people and your fantasies... A game where you create an alter ego and thrust into a fake world isn't good enough is it?)