SE, please designate a Role Play friendly server!

[TessaJalloh]

Rowyne, thank you for gathering everything up into a calm, well written, well sourced post.

I'll never fully understand the hate against rpers, but that's people's choice and their right. I fully support the idea of a world being marked as RP friendly, and greatly hope to hear a response from a Community rep, or from Yoshi-p himself via a community rep.

We don't want to be on a server all on our own, not the point at all, as pointed out. We just want a place that rpers can easily recognise as the place where they'll find more of us. It's a community building thing more than an 'we want our cool club' thing.

Right now, even with besaid as the unofficial server, i know people spread over different servers who didn't know that, but have put in too much time to switch over now. And have small rp communities of their own over on their respective worlds. I'd love for them to be able to come together too.

[Rowyne]

Rowyne, thank you for gathering everything up into a calm, well written, well sourced post.

As usual with Rowyne's posts, I'm in complete agreement. She explained it even better than I could. The logic is rock solid to the point where not officially suggesting a roleplay server at least at some point in the game's life cycle could only be summed up as just plain ignorant.

Aww, thanks! I just hope it helps to get the devs attention.

We don't want to be on a server all on our own, not the point at all, as pointed out. We just want a place that rpers can easily recognise as the place where they'll find more of us. It's a community building thing more than an 'we want our cool club' thing.

Absolutely. I don't think anyone is saying that there should be a RP server that's exclusively for RPers only, where you are required to be in character all the time. Nothing like that. Just a place where those who wish to RP can find others they can engage in that activity with. To do so, it is necessary for them to have a hub. Plus, in many MMOs that officially designate RP servers, you'll find many people who play on them who say, "Oh, I don't really RP all that much, but I like being on RP servers." For many, it's just an enjoyable atmosphere and you'll tend to find like-minded people who are generally more into quests, story, lore, etc, so it may also help you find a good match for your playstyle. It's an environment that offers a more immersive experience to anyone who chooses to take advantage of it. Again, you don't have to be a RPer, but you should expect that while playing on a RP server you will run into it from time to time.

Right now, even with besaid as the unofficial server, i know people spread over different servers who didn't know that, but have put in too much time to switch over now. And have small rp communities of their own over on their respective worlds. I'd love for them to be able to come together too.

Very good point! I wish I had stated that in my original post. I had suspected that there were RPers that got scattered across the servers, despite the fact that, for most, it's common knowledge that Besaid is the unofficial RP server. Still, there's no way to really know that for a new player when creating your character.

This is what I'm hoping will happen: Yoshi-P goes with server merge idea ②, and Besaid is pronounced the official RP server ahead of time. This will give current Besaid residents (and those who will be merged into the server) an informed decision of whether or not they wish to stay, plus give RPers on other servers a chance to come join us!