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RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Gegenji - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 08:27 AM)Flickering Ember Wrote: I dunno. Unless lowbies can reach Ishgard easily then it definitely won't steal king rp spot from.Ul'dah. Could turn into a hotspot though....unless it becomes a hang out spot for trade and pve, like Mor China currently is.
That's more or less my feelings on it. It'll probably see a lot of folks around it if there's a lot of quests and other progression-y stuff there like Mor Dhona, but Ul'dah is just too centrally located and easy for folks to get to comparatively to be unseated as the RP locale of choice.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Virella - 02-18-2015
Would say it depends on how the story is going to shift to Ishgard. As well how easy low levels can access it. But I'd imagine the Ishgardian lot and adventurers will mostly be there. Civilian characters, unless from Ishgard, will stick about in their 'main' cities in any case.
Time shall tell! But I will be there mostly myself on my elezen.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Coatleque - 02-18-2015
Chances are Ishgard will become the new PVE hub before it becomes an RP hub.
I foresee specific plots -maybe- shifting to the new city. Until trolling becomes unbearable.
On the other hand, Ul'dah and Revanant's Toll will probably empty out to allow greater RP presence.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - TheLastCandle - 02-18-2015
Events in Yvelont's RP have been leading him towards the land of his birth for a while now, so speaking only for myself: it's likely I'll be dividing mine between Ishgard and Gridania in fairly equal doses come Heavensward.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Mercurias - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 02:21 AM)Seriphyn Wrote: So, for Balmung, current RP hub is Ul'dah. Could this conceivably shift to Ishgard come Heavensward? I sure hope not, as I'd rather not contrive a reason for my character in particular to have to be up there. Of course, I'm biased, and know that other RPers have to do the same thing for Ul'dah..."but it's the trade capital of Eorzea with plenty of visitors!".
Ul'dah is safe. RPers will never, ever abandon a town that lets them dress in so little and get away with it due to the climate.Â
Seriously, the majority of characters lounging on the benches in Ul'dah are going to have some really interesting tan lines.
We more likely than not will see a brief surge of roleplay go out into Ishgard before people decide that it's too hard to go out there on alts and too extremely full of people running all of the new content to RP there comfortably. Then everyone will go back to Ul'dah, Limsa, and the residential districts.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - SessionZero - 02-18-2015
My character being a proud Ishgardian and his FC being a rigidly Ishgardian unit, I forsee much time spent in Ishgard for Reilan.Â
For my alts? Probably not so much.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Harmonixer - 02-18-2015
Can't imagine a total shift there. Too many players have alts that they never level and just stick around Ul'dah because they don't actually progress on them (or need to in some cases) Most of what I see is new characters being rolled and just left in the Sands.
Bar/Tavern RP is easier and what a lot of people are generally comfortable with, it's a lot harder to get out to farther places in this game without actually leveling a little.
Like what others said, it may be popular with certain circles, but not so much with the masses I don't think.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Erik Mynhier - 02-18-2015
I made Erik the way I did (dad from Ala Mhigo, mom from Ishgard) a long time ago so that he would have connections to various parts of the landmass, because it was obvious to everyone we will one day expand in this game to those areas first and I didn't want to have to make an excuses to go off and rp in those places. I know several people from beta and 1.0 who did the same thing for the same reasons. I will stay central to Thanalan for the foreseeable future, but will be exploring Erik's past and religious feelings more in Ishgard.
Now if we could just get a housing district in Mor Dhona....
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Gegenji - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 03:53 PM)Erik Mynhier Wrote: Now if we could just get a housing district in Mor Dhona....
That would be pretty nice. It'd be ICly appropriate for me to get a house there for Chachan too. Family home~
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Ashren Dotharl - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 03:53 PM)Erik Mynhier Wrote: Now if we could just get a housing district in Mor Dhona....
I don't see this happening, at least not anytime soon. It's not a city state so it doesn't have the economic backing to support residential wards, all of the current construction is pretty much funded by Rowena and the Adventurer's Guild. Not only that, but all three of the current residential areas are by far bigger than RT is as a whole. What they could do however would be add apartments basically that would act like the Private Chambers (or Mog Houses), where instead of having an entire area dedicated to housing just let people buy an apartment the same size as private chambers but without the need for a FC house.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Caspar - 02-18-2015
That's why I made Vira a foreigner. She can go to Ishgard to explore and any number of explanations can be used...
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Nalin - 02-18-2015
I could see it acting as an RP hub for people who roleplay Ishgardians that never leave Coerthas, which will be good on their part because they're currently stuck there until lore states otherwise. Will be a nice place for them to gather and RP since they can't leave.
As for it becoming the new Quicksand? It probably will during the honeymoon phase, where everything is so new and shiny. But I doubt it'll stick because, as people have said, it's probably going to be a high level zone.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Kellach Woods - 02-18-2015
Hah! The only time RPers leave Ul'dah is when they log out.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Cato - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 10:22 AM)Coatleque Wrote: Chances are Ishgard will become the new PVE hub before it becomes an RP hub.
I foresee specific plots -maybe- shifting to the new city. Â Until trolling becomes unbearable.
On the other hand, Ul'dah and Revanant's Toll will probably empty out to allow greater RP presence.
Trolling isn't much of an issue in this game. It's easily silenced through the use of the ignore system and from what I've seen it's usually other role-players causing issues for their own brethren more than outsiders.
We're never going to see any fresh role-playing hubs crop up unless more role-players stop letting a few incidents of 'trolling' scare them off. We desperately need more role-players out in the game world to make it easier to actually kick off fresh plots and get involved with new people.
RE: Will RP shift to Ishgard? - Inessa Hara - 02-18-2015
(02-18-2015, 07:58 PM)Graeham Ridgefield Wrote:This so much. If people give you trouble than remember this. We are RPers. We make up a huge majority of the server. They give you trouble, just come right back the next day with twice as many RPers to stick it to them. They cant push us around.(02-18-2015, 10:22 AM)Coatleque Wrote: Chances are Ishgard will become the new PVE hub before it becomes an RP hub.
I foresee specific plots -maybe- shifting to the new city. Â Until trolling becomes unbearable.
On the other hand, Ul'dah and Revanant's Toll will probably empty out to allow greater RP presence.
Trolling isn't much of an issue in this game. It's easily silenced through the use of the ignore system and from what I've seen it's usually other role-players causing issues for their own brethren more than outsiders.
We're never going to see any fresh role-playing hubs crop up unless more role-players stop letting a few incidents of 'trolling' scare them off. We desperately need more role-players out in the game world to make it easier to actually kick off fresh plots and get involved with new people.
Chances are that after heavensward drops and summer starts up, lots of fresh RP will crop up then. Like last summer, I really hope this will be the case for this summer because there was alot of really exciting and fun RP during the summer.