In my opinion:
Balmung has the best RP. Most of this forum is Balmung-based. There are some from other servers, but their numbers are fewer and more in between.Â
From my understanding, an hour after server maintenance, the locks are down. Though maybe if you were around at like 4am EST, you might be able to get a character in on Balmung while the server pop is low.Â
RP is fairly public. Yes, there are cliques and some people like to just hang out in certain player taverns, but Ul'dah almost always has RP going on.
The story kicks off fairly well. Though you can't travel between cities via airship until the level 15 quest.Â
No level requirements for RP. Even the Grindstone, probably one of the biggest dueling events in Balmung, is done entirely through RNG. So a level 1 RPer in Ul'dah can go out there and presumably have a chance at winning.Â
Questing and leves are the main ways of leveling. Dunegones do it too, and once you have a few unlocked, you can do 1 random dungeon a day for extra XP. Bonuses if you're the 'needed role of the day', which seems to be Tank a lot lately. Never DPS. Lord knows DPS is a dime a dozen.Â
But the Quicksand and the area around it is the main RP hub of the game. The inns in Limsa and Gridania aren't as populated, through there are people who RP throughout the city, you just gotta hunt em down.
Balmung has the best RP. Most of this forum is Balmung-based. There are some from other servers, but their numbers are fewer and more in between.Â
From my understanding, an hour after server maintenance, the locks are down. Though maybe if you were around at like 4am EST, you might be able to get a character in on Balmung while the server pop is low.Â
RP is fairly public. Yes, there are cliques and some people like to just hang out in certain player taverns, but Ul'dah almost always has RP going on.
The story kicks off fairly well. Though you can't travel between cities via airship until the level 15 quest.Â
No level requirements for RP. Even the Grindstone, probably one of the biggest dueling events in Balmung, is done entirely through RNG. So a level 1 RPer in Ul'dah can go out there and presumably have a chance at winning.Â
Questing and leves are the main ways of leveling. Dunegones do it too, and once you have a few unlocked, you can do 1 random dungeon a day for extra XP. Bonuses if you're the 'needed role of the day', which seems to be Tank a lot lately. Never DPS. Lord knows DPS is a dime a dozen.Â
But the Quicksand and the area around it is the main RP hub of the game. The inns in Limsa and Gridania aren't as populated, through there are people who RP throughout the city, you just gotta hunt em down.
