Avoiding Besaiders and Balmung

[Jadi]

Dear Fabul,

I write to you a letter of caution when you are deciding your new home. Besaid is the unofficial Roleplay server for the FFXIV community. It has a much higher population of people who enjoy RP currently then any other server and will receive players transferring from other servers to Balmung in order to roleplay.

Most roleplayers will probably leave you alone but some will exclude you, some will make fun of you, some will kick you from party and some will shun people who do not roleplay. It's a fact, it happens to non-RP'ers on RP servers in every game. And it happens on Besaid currently. It's why most games label the servers RP. There are people who complain about the RP currently on Besaid and there are people on Besaid whom are glad that they can move to other servers. The only reason Besaid/Balmung isn't labeled RP now is because it wouldn't have enough population to support it.

You are free to make your own decision. Due to this and the above risk I've decided to avoid the Balmung server and decided to choose a more normal server for me and my group. Where as Balmung may be fine, there are many other fine servers that are just as good having all the positive elements that Balmung can offer and none of the negative elements. In other words FFXIV has a great culture and you will be welcomed anywhere just as much as you will be on Balmung. Personally for me, I don't really know if Balmung will be ok or not for non-RP but I just don't want to gamble on it. I'll just choose a normal server and continue to enjoy the current type of culture I've come to expect.

Thank you for taking the time to read and good luck in finding you new home, wherever it may be.

Kind Regards
-- Jadi Kama