Would you still RP?

[Nero-Voidstails]

I will not stop RP haha I wanna make a small group tho for venture and everything. deep lore anything goes ^~^ but I kinda suck as a leader!

[CidHeiral]

All you need for RP is a way to communicate and your imagination. People who were in it for ToS breaking reasons often made the RP scene very toxic for everyone else and drove them away as others have attested in this thread. If anything the RP scene may become healthier now which I would love to see. I miss all the unique and immersive venues that used to be very common before nightclubs took over.

[Volgia]

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously

[Seraph_Variel]

Honestly? I might start looking into RPing, not going to even lie. I had no problems with the people who kept to themselves, roleplayed a character within the world, and maybe went to SFW venues. RP-FCs I also imagine were largely this kind of group, the ones where RP is directly in their FC tag.

The kind I hope to see less of are the kind that are majorly freaking out about Mare's shutdown. The rampant 18+ clubs. Constant travelers cluttering the streets of Balmung for ERP types. I left crystal a few weeks ago because I was just fed up with seeing so much of that kind of player. (...And the fact that Crystal PF was dead.)

That being said I've always said that I was interested but never dove in, in every community I was in. Being an officer in an RP focused guild? Sure. Actually doing RP? Nah.

[Heavenchild]

I used to enjoy going to player clubs in the evenings, because I liked to make a cool glam for it, I liked listening to music with others, chatting a bit, and having
the opportunity to use lots of emotes. But once I realized what was really going on....that most people there were actually using animation
mods, that many were “mod beasts” or at least modded, and that a lot of them expected you to see their modded characters, otherwise
they wouldn’t even really talk to you..... I didn’t feel much like attending such events anymore. It really stole a lot of the fun for me.
Not to forget the whispers from strangers: “Mare?”


And it’s not just me. I’ve heard the same from many others. I think Mare users often have no empathy for how much they’ve hurt the player base.
It’s not just something on their private PC anymore. Mare brought it into the active gameplay.

Please don’t hate on me, but I honestly hope there won’t be a real successor to Mare.
Use your mods, take screenshots, just like before Mare came along. That’s not hurting anyone.
But letting mods reach so deeply into the active gameplay of the entire player base is not a good thing.

[TeresaFortell]

I used to enjoy going to player clubs in the evenings, because I liked listening to music with others, chatting a bit, and having
the opportunity to use lots of emotes. But once I realized what was really going on....that most people there were actually using animation
mods, that many were “mod beasts” or at least modded, and that a lot of them expected you to see their modded characters, otherwise
they wouldn’t even really talk to you. Not to forget the whispers from strangers: “Mare?”

I didn’t feel much like attending such events anymore. It really stole a lot of the fun for me.
And it’s not just me. I’ve heard the same from many others. I think Mare users often have no empathy for how much they’ve hurt the player base.
It’s not just something on their private PC anymore. Mare brought it into the active gameplay.

Please don’t hate on me, but I honestly hope there won’t be a real successor to Mare.
Use your mods, take screenshots, just like before Mare came along. That’s not hurting anyone.
But letting mods reach so deeply into the active gameplay of the entire player base is not a good thing.

You've mentioned that it was brought into active gameplay. Just exactly how did it do that? Besides people calling one out for not having it.

[Heavenchild]

You've mentioned that it was brought into active gameplay. Just exactly how did it do that? Besides people calling one out for not having it.

I think it’s obvious what I mean. I won’t get into pointless discussions that don’t lead anywhere. No offense intended. D :

[Solowing]

You've mentioned that it was brought into active gameplay. Just exactly how did it do that? Besides people calling one out for not having it.

Hit a critical mass. They have the don't ask don't tell rule. But players feel that their mods are too big to fail and would kill the game if it were ever touched.

Me personally i find that extremely disrespectful, imagine a community telling you that your game can't survive on its own two legs because the only reason why is does, is a unsupported mod that the players think is too popular to be touched and openly flaunt it.

[EchoingPulse]

Hit a critical mass. They have the don't ask don't tell rule. But players feel that their mods are too big to fail and would kill the game if it were ever touched.

Me personally i find that extremely disrespectful, imagine a community telling you that your game can't survive on its own two legs because the only reason why is does, is a unsupported mod that the players think is too popular to be touched and openly flaunt it.

Hard agree. It was only a matter of time before the bubble burst.
What's really sad is that Square actually tried to allow players to have their fun under the simple rule 'Don't ask us.'

[TeresaFortell]

Hit a critical mass. They have the don't ask don't tell rule. But players feel that their mods are too big to fail and would kill the game if it were ever touched.

Me personally i find that extremely disrespectful, imagine a community telling you that your game can't survive on its own two legs because the only reason why is does, is a unsupported mod that the players think is too popular to be touched and openly flaunt it.

Granted. But it seems shortsighted to do this at this particular point when subs are desperately needed to maintain a healthy player count, and considering this was also something purely cosmetic without any bearing on gameplay.