Quote Originally Posted by Miralleux View Post
As a roleplayer and event organizer, I will easily say that RP was the single thing that kept me subscribed to this game during the post-launch patches of Endwalker. If I'm unable to host my events, see my friends, or find groups to play with due to this change, I see very little reason to continue playing this game. People have lives and jobs. We can't all log in at 4 AM to transfer servers and then /stay online/ for a group meeting at 8 PM. These changes need addressed sooner rather than later before the mass amount of people unable to play this game the way they used to go find something else.
This has thus far been my experience trying to attend events that previously I had no problem getting to. We've tried to adapt to this new system by "leaving the house early," so to speak, and even that isn't enough. Some overworld events can get moved around, sure, but the ones tied to housing that previously had very strong, consistent turnouts the last several years? Those are in jeopardy. The smaller events that were just getting off the ground and gaining support? Those also deserve to thrive in the community! These restrictions won't even give them the chance.

The rp community is in the beginnings of a crisis. I've heard from multiple friends at this point, talking about unsubscribing for some undetermined time (possibly permanently) because the social aspect is the game for them outside of the MSQ. It's disheartening and demoralizing to have one of our favorite hobbies turned so sour because of this. As horsebirds said earlier in the thread, I stay subscribed to this game because I like spending time together and having fun with my friends, but if I can do neither of those things then it becomes harder and harder to justify the monthly expense. I've been here since 2013 and this is the lowest I've felt about the game and the devs' decisions in a decade.

To bring up a suggestion I made earlier in this thread: at least institute a secondary queue system, if you aren't going to do away with the restrictions entirely. Even when I'm commuting and stuck in traffic, I know roughly how many cars are in front of me. There are queues for everything else; why not this?