Lets stop being hippies.

[Majidah]

Lets talk about FFXI for a second.

FFXI was able to create through its own means a strong connection between a player and his nation and even his race.

Elvaans were proud, tarutarus were playfull and intelligent, humans were avant garde regarding technology and truly unruly, the galkas had a well forged sense of community and yearned for their land, and mithras were slutty (HEH).

People were very nationalist. Bastokers were bastokers to death, even if they always got last in the tally. Same for windy and sandy. There was this huge sense of loyalty and competitiveness in the game.

You'd walk into a city and you'd instantly sense the personality of each race. Be it the traditionalist elvaans or the class differences between humes and galkas who had no option but to work together.
Walking into a city really felt like stepping into a different country that held a different culture.

I feel like XIV is lacking this.

It doesn't matter where you start, we are all pretty much children of Uldah.
Races mean squat. Not much to say there. There's literally no difference between them.
And it doesn't matter which company you choose. There's nothing significant to put its members against each other.

In XI everyone was instantly brought into these very well defined elements and bought into them without questioning them. Players actually acted in some way or another as their race, or as their nation. And we loved competing against each other be it through ballista, conquest or whatever we had at hand.

I'd like to see this to be brought onto XIV.

[Hippo]

People from Twin Adder or Maelstrom selling their wares in Uldah MW should be taxed more.

[Rokien]

People from Twin Adder or Maelstrom selling their wares in Uldah MW should be taxed more.

that is a great idea

[Scherwiz]

that is a great idea

Which of course means it isn't.

[Majidah]

Which of course means it isn't.

I don't know man. It'd get people to use the other city wards; plus we'll have two HPs soon.

Decentralizing Uldah would be nice.

[Scherwiz]

I don't know man. It'd get people to use the other city wards; plus we'll have two HPs soon.

Decentralizing Uldah would be nice.

I agree, it would be nice, but that doesn't fix the problem of Ul'dah's lazy design (MW next to Aetheryte, next to event NPC, next to pimelle, near leve counter, next to repair NPC) and of course lazy player base who still won't change unless that tax would be very high.

[Colino]

I don't know man. It'd get people to use the other city wards; plus we'll have two HPs soon.

No it wouldn't. There's no point in torturing the market wards system any longer since they will all be connected with 2.0

[KidaKalastus]

that is a great idea

Actually... that is a terrible idea... if this was implemented NO ONE would join Twin Adder and Maelstrom.

[Urthdigger]

Actually... that is a terrible idea... if this was implemented NO ONE would join Twin Adder and Maelstrom.

Except the market changes in 1.22 mean you won't have to go to Ul'dah to do all your buying and selling. Not saying it's a good idea, I still think it's a bad idea. Just playing devil's advocate here.

[Wevlum]

People from Twin Adder or Maelstrom selling their wares in Uldah MW should be taxed more.

There will be no mercy for you if this comes to pass >_>

None.