SE, please designate a Role Play friendly server!

[Wulf]

All you RPers, please decide on a server ASAP.

I want to make sure I avoid it.

Thanks.

[Abauge_Goga]

All you RPers, please decide on a server ASAP.

I want to make sure I avoid it.

Thanks.

Got nothing against people playing a game in their own way, as long as it is not expected of me to do the same.

With that said, Besaid + Fabul it is not an official RP server until SE makes it official. At that point, I will probably move.

[Nabiri]

Seeing as Besaid is going into Balmung, it's likely that most role-players from Besaid will be staying just so people don't have to all re-organize and get up and move.

IF in 2.0 SE created a new server and called it a RP server, I can see it tearing the current role-players apart.. being more of a hindrance than a help. Since many already have friends on Besaid/(Balmung).. half the community may choose to stay on Balmung, and half move to the RP server. It would do no good. I think if SE is going to label a server "RP friendly," it has to be the existing server with the highest population of role-players.

[TheVedis]

Seeing as Besaid is going into Balmung, it's likely that most role-players from Besaid will be staying just so people don't have to all re-organize and get up and move.

IF in 2.0 SE created a new server and called it an RP server, I can see it tearing the current role-players apart.. being more of a hindrance than a help. Since many already have friends on Besaid/(Balmung).. half the community may choose to stay on Balmung, and half move to the RP server. It would do no good. I think if SE is going to label a server "RP friendly," it has to be the existing server with the highest population of role-players.

yet in doing so they would be alienating the non roleplayers on that server, thus why they WILL NOT do it
much like they made a seperate server to designate the EU server, thats the only route i bet they will go with it

[Nabiri]

yet in doing so they would be alienating the non roleplayers on that server, thus why they WILL NOT do it
much like they made a seperate server to designate the EU server, thats the only route i bet they will go with it

That is your opinion. Or perhaps you have a crystal ball and can tell the future?
I don't see how it could possibly alienate anyone. Just as the "recommended EU server" won't alienate NA players. I've seen plenty already who are choosing to go there because it suits their needs/wants.

[TheVedis]

That is your opinion. Or perhaps you have a crystal ball and can tell the future?
I don't see how it could possibly alienate anyone. Just as the "recommended EU server" won't alienate NA players. I've seen plenty already who are choosing to go there because it suits their needs/wants.

of course the EU server wont alienate NA players, no one is forced onto it, its all by choice

but what im saying is that if they go for a RPists server, its only fair they do it in the same manner, that all RPists who wish to participate should choose to transfer to it
and that it shouldnt be forced onto a current server, cuz by doing so you do alienate everyone who doesnt want to be a part of it

dont force people who dont want to be on a roleplay server to transfer off, thus breaking ties with those who are gonna stay

The RPists want the special server, then they should have to do the legwork and choose to go to it as such, its a consequence of wanting one, you cant say its not fair that your releationships may break up, but then say its ok that others may have the same happen to them so that you can get your way

[Nabiri]

of course the EU server wont alienate NA players, no one is forced onto it, its all by choice

but what im saying is that if they go for a RPists server, its only fair they do it in the same manner, that all RPists who wish to participate should choose to transfer to it
and that it shouldnt be forced onto a current server, cuz by doing so you do alienate everyone who doesnt want to be a part of it

dont force people who dont want to be on a roleplay server to transfer off, thus breaking ties with those who are gonna stay

The RPists want the special server, then they should have to do the legwork and choose to go to it as such, its a consequence of wanting one, you cant say its not fair that your releationships may break up, but then say its ok that others may have the same happen to them so that you can get your way

Nothing would be forced. Nothing is being forced now. RP exists on Besaid(and other servers in smaller amounts) and non-rp(OOC) exists. Neither is forced on anyone. Labeling Besaid/Balmung "rp friendly" would not change this. There would still be role-players and role-play.
IF RP is "forced" on others as you say, it's no more "forced" than OOC is, probably even less so. I see much more OOC chatter than role-playing.
No one has to participate in it. Role-playing is not a disease that you can catch. It's a hobby.

I wonder if you think that Fabul will split up over something so trivial as a small part of the community's hobby.

All we're hoping for is a sign on the server door saying "There is an established role-play community here."

The community is already here. Some people may need to get over that fact. I see no harm in saying "We're here, come join us if you wish" in a place for all to see.

[Serdapi]

All RPers should just stay on Besaid or Transfer to Bulmung. Problem solved. If you don't want to RP transfer away!

[TheVedis]

All RPers should just stay on Besaid or Transfer to Bulmung. Problem solved. If you don't want to RP transfer away!

and thats fine, it can stay unofficial and no one will take any real issue with it
just like its always been

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

I have a long history of rp outside of mmorpgs that tends to make me very understanding and empathetic towards people who do so in mmorpgs. My history also makes me prone to jump into bouts of spontaneous rp in this game due to nostalgia and pure habit. Out of rp habit, I also see things through my character's eyes and my first instinct is to interact with others as my character would before I do as my rl self, these habits are more fit to a rp environment. I can imagine how frustrating it would be if I did not like playing in other styles.

I can also empathize with those who do not wish to be in a community of majority rping players and people should have a visible understanding of a choice between the two before merging. When you are not rping, it is very difficult to understand why everyone is rpwalking instead of running and typing long dialogs into their macros. It is frustrating when some one breaks the rp because they don't know about it or deliberately wish to troll.

So my vote is to make things as easy as possible for those in a comfortable and established rp server to get to a similar destination. Having their own server also helps those who don't like rp, understand that they are choosing a rp server.

Without an official designation, there is no easy way for people who are not established in the community to realize that they are choosing an rp server. [I had no idea that there was an 'unofficial' rp server and I have been here since beta.]

Ask yourself if you were new to the game, how would you go about learning that there is an unofficially designated rp server? Insert whatever process you imagine might obstruct the ease of finding one and there is the problem with not having an officially designated rp server.

Either way, I don't mind being on a rp server and would probably get into it too if it was the kind I can handle. I know that for those who do not understand rp servers or respect it, it can be a very uncomfortable or hilarious situation for both parties but usually leads to breaking the rp mode, mockery, resentment and confusion...

Just like ending up on a EU populated server and not realizing it until you are already locked in can be bad if you have the opposite schedule and want to party with people who unfortunately are unable to because they are asleep, ending up on a rp server when you wish not to, or ending up on a non rp server when you wish to can be frustrating and game breaking.

TL/DR
My vote is yes, make it official [or at least make some visibly easy to locate official flags] for new players to understand it is an 'unofficial' rp server that they are choosing.