Why cant we get a dedicated RP server?

[alimdia]

I still dont get the logic why some of you people think adding a RP label will fix anything. If they added that label to Balmung non-rp players aren't gonna leave, the server will remain as it is, the only thing gained is increased harassment to RPers in non RP servers and increased harassment to non RPers in Balmung. Another thing is they don't want to create special rules for RP servers.

All I see is big cons, no pros.

[Vilhem]

If I recall, the Legacy servers are exclusive to players who have been there since 1.0. I don't think Square wants to force open their server because..well...it's a Legacy server.

They're not exclusive to us 1.0 people. They're labeled Legacy cause they were the original 1.0 servers where 1.0 characters were made. You can still make new characters on them.

[Vivi_Bushido]

I personally never realized how big the RPC is across the bored. Balmung is still locked and Mateus is already getting locked to character creation. Soon both unofficial RP servers will be locked. At this rate, we might need a third unofficial server. An official server would be way to over populated.

[Kaldaka]

If I recall, the Legacy servers are exclusive to players who have been there since 1.0. I don't think Square wants to force open their server because..well...it's a Legacy server.

A vast amount of legacy players were driven OFF of their own servers, because of the congestion and flooding. We're all very salty about it too, considering we'd been there for at least half a decade :/ Waiting in queue for over six hours because of the vast quantity of players is not cool. It's like, being kicked out of your home by squatters.

Edit: I get that everyone there is in the same queue boat, but... /salt we were there first!

[reiichi]

I personally never realized how big the RPC is across the bored. Balmung is still locked and Mateus is already getting locked to character creation. Soon both unofficial RP servers will be locked. At this rate, we might need a third unofficial server. An official server would be way to over populated.

Most RPers don't even make use of the RPC all to much anymore, which kinda makes me sad as a staff member there. It's honestly nothing like it was in 2014-2015 where there was tons of activity (and tons of drama, like any place RPers tend to amass). Most have kinda clustered around tumblr's see-no-evil-curated-follows-only design and private discord servers.

...it probably wouldn't hurt to see another server start taking on the task of directing new/transferring RPers to their server. From at least the RPC's perspective, I'd want to say that's Jenova, since they have the next largest amount of FC/LS listings after Balmung > Mateus > Omega.

[worldofneil]

If I recall, the Legacy servers are exclusive to players who have been there since 1.0. I don't think Square wants to force open their server because..well...it's a Legacy server.

The legacy servers were the ones that were created in 1.0, but you could always create new characters on them (except when they were locked due to overpopulation) as all my friends who joined the game in 2.0 did just that to start on my server.

Initially you could only transfer to/from other legacy worlds, but that restriction was removed a long time ago.

These days the legacy tag on a server doesn't really mean anything and personally I'm surprised they still refer to them as legacy servers.

(I started on Saronia in 1.0 which got merged with Lindblum to become Sargatanas in 2.0 and 4 years later I moved to my current home, Omega)

[Rhysati]

What's most frustrating is that tons of people left Balmung and yet no change to access for the server. So now there are a multitude of issues:

Firstly, the RP community is dwindling fast. Recruiting for a RP FC is like pulling teeth as there is no fresh blood. I've gone to three different FCs and I run into the same people hanging out with every one of them. That isn't conducive to activity or growth.

Secondly, with no ability to have our friends come play with us, there is no reason for me to try to get new players to buy the game and give it a try. I have tons of people I think would love the game, but I'm not going to talk them into trying it out when they can't play with me.

Third, the overall community on Balmung as a whole is crumbling with most people's friends lists turning into ghost towns. And yet the doors don't open because those people didn't transfer off. They simply quit playing. Considering we haven't had a queue at all since a couple days after they locked the server down, it would be lovely if we could have people joining again.

But, most importantly I would LOVE if they made an official RP server. The moment they do that I think you'd have the RPers of Balmung and perhaps others jump ship to be in a solid community that will, hopefully, not end with the place getting shut down again. Having a soft cap on the population with the server locked with a queue is one thing. Flat out refusing to let people in is madness. Especially when we can't even make alts there.

[CSAustin2691]

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That is an assault to burritokind. They should be put to the sword, immediately.

[worldofneil]

Having a soft cap on the population with the server locked with a queue is one thing. Flat out refusing to let people in is madness.

They did had a softcap on Balmung already, for a long time you couldn't create characters there, but you could still transfer across. Over time so many people did that it got to the mess it is now, forcing SE to lock it completely.

They can't keep letting people on, there are software/hardware limitations. SE have made incentives/free transfers to other servers available, over time the population will decrease and then they'll open it again. They're probably waiting for it to get considerably lower to try and minimise the chance of them opening it, everyone flocking to it, and them having to instantly close it again.

If SE made an official RP server, everyone would just jump to that and within days that would also be locked and we'd hear nothing but complaints from people that their friends transferred already and they can't get on to join them.

[SilverObi]

This is probably coming from a place of frustration since you want to play with your friends. Unfortunately the easiest answer at this time is to coordinate with your friends and agree on a server to play on at the very least in your spare times. Uprooting established characters or starting over completely is not always fun (I enjoy going through the MSQ myself), friends will always come to a compromise to include the group as much as possible. Dedicated RP servers would be fine, but if you think that would keep RPers from filling space on other servers, it really won't and will just lead to shut down servers with continuous trickle to others. Like it is now