I was strolling around in-character through Limsa one day, several months back (closer to half a year, really) when I came across a rather large number of what were obviously roleplayers, most of them from the same free company, standing on some out-of-the-way marble platform in a circle. They were clearly roleplaying, and I got a little excited thinking that maybe I'd stumbled upon a scene and I could have my character react to it appropriately.
I'm sorry to say that I stood around for about ten minutes before concluding that they were obviously roleplaying in a public space in private channels, either /party or /ls, because there was no text that popped up in /say, /yell, /shout, or /em from any of them. I decided to move on, disappointed and a little bitter.
The supposed lack of public roleplay outside of housing wards and Ul'dah has little to do with location and more to do with lack of interest. If large quantities of individuals truly wanted to roleplay in certain areas on the overworld, they would do so and not fall into the "well, there's no RP here that I can see or find, I suppose I'll go to the Quicksand today" trap.
Ask folks who have frequently roleplayed or currently do roleplay in Limsa, La Noscea, Gridania, or the Shroud about their experiences. You'll be surprised. They're either already there roleplaying (be it in public or private, regardless of how frequent) or they've decided they'd rather not bother.
EDIT 1:
I didn't vote because I couldn't find a "I'm not having a problem" option. I bounce to the aforementioned locations when my character finds reasons or call for it, and the roleplay happens from there.
EDIT 2:
tl;dr: the folks who want to roleplay elsewhere are already roleplaying elsewhere, if someone's having trouble finding them, that's on them as an individual.
I'm sorry to say that I stood around for about ten minutes before concluding that they were obviously roleplaying in a public space in private channels, either /party or /ls, because there was no text that popped up in /say, /yell, /shout, or /em from any of them. I decided to move on, disappointed and a little bitter.
The supposed lack of public roleplay outside of housing wards and Ul'dah has little to do with location and more to do with lack of interest. If large quantities of individuals truly wanted to roleplay in certain areas on the overworld, they would do so and not fall into the "well, there's no RP here that I can see or find, I suppose I'll go to the Quicksand today" trap.
Ask folks who have frequently roleplayed or currently do roleplay in Limsa, La Noscea, Gridania, or the Shroud about their experiences. You'll be surprised. They're either already there roleplaying (be it in public or private, regardless of how frequent) or they've decided they'd rather not bother.
EDIT 1:
I didn't vote because I couldn't find a "I'm not having a problem" option. I bounce to the aforementioned locations when my character finds reasons or call for it, and the roleplay happens from there.
EDIT 2:
tl;dr: the folks who want to roleplay elsewhere are already roleplaying elsewhere, if someone's having trouble finding them, that's on them as an individual.
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