One thing SE should definitely tell us..Follow

I don't know if you remember but Besaid used to be the 'unofficial' RP server in 1.0. - I think they migrated to Balmung with the rest of us.

There was this quote on the forums:



Recently there was a quote that they hadn't decided anything yet. They might 'prepare' one by asking the community for another unofficial server like last time.

The RP servers, I've found, always have the nicest community, even if you don't RP.

I don't know the costs / benefits to SE, but what in general would be the negatives from their perspective to adding a RP server? Do they just not get the types of populations in these servers required to make it cost effective?

Edit: I was on Balmung and I never knew it was RP!

Edited, Jun 7th 2013 11:12am by Parathyroid

thats why they should make a legacy and no legacy rp server

I thought RP was mandatory/enforced on an RP server? otherwise why have one if youre not gonna RP? Just join the other 10000 servers that arent RP then lol. (i know one game that actually forced RP youd get banned suspended just for talking about IRL or making an implications/suggesting that you were actually playing a game... like if you told people you were gonna "logout" You had to actually act as if the world you lived in was real and you were a character living in hat world knowing nothing of the existence of other worlds (i.e the REAL world lol) so how do you explain logging out you might ask? Easy just tell everyone youre going to "sleep" lol

I never played on an RP server, but the more I think about it, the more I'd like to. Hrmmm....

I've played on RP servers before, and like others, I agree that as a non-RP'er, the communities are something like 30% nicer.

But as far as an official designation, I think the folks who want to RP will find each other, even if SE doesn't add a [RP] stamp. It makes the RP experience easier, but it's not totally necessary either.

As far as i know if a server was flagged as RP you needed to follow their rules if you were breaking that you would get reported and Blizzard would have issued a notice to you with the second or third notice i believe you would had a more harsher punishment.

Besaid was the original unofficial RP server, and later it became Balmung after the merge. The server was selected by the RPC (Role-Play Coalition) based on popular vote. Most of the 1.0 RPers (so far) intend to stay with Balmung, and the majority of newcomer RPers are leaning that way as well. That said, there is also a group of RPers who wish to start on a fresh "non-legacy" RP server. The RPC will possibly hold a vote for this and support their endeavors, though will likely remain largely stationed on Balmung.

This is of course pending information from SE. We do not know what their plans for an official RP server are yet, but they stated they're looking into and we expect to probably hear more within the next couple weeks or so.



Yeah, that podcast originally formed under the RPC and then branched out to Eorzeapedia/Gamer Escape. It's no longer around, though I know there are some RPers out there who still do podcasts. The focus is much more on random chatter and game stuff moreso than RP I think though. I'll have to find out more about that.

This is actually quite radical for even heavy RPers like me . Most of us keep our RP between fellow RPers. When we get into party/dungeon situations with non-Rpers, we generally stay OOC (out of character). But yes, there is a minority that take it to extremes like that >.>

ROFLMAO soo shes too pregnant to pull but she can fight bomb tossing goblins, cursed sphering damsleflies, plaguebreathing lizards and crabs? lmao that had to be hillarious

Edited, Jun 7th 2013 11:24pm by DuoMaxwellxx

Edited, Jun 8th 2013 6:40pm by DuoMaxwellxx

Right. I'm perfectly cool with playing with RPers. Even if you want to RP while we're fighting that's fine, but situations like THAT are just ridiculous.

Edited, Jun 8th 2013 4:56pm by BrokenFox