FFXIV is one of the few MMO's I know of that have a veil on that sort of thing. Unlike most MMO's that have their one 'spot' where people aren't afraid to be loud on shout chat, that kind of stuff is mostly underground. It's there if you want to look for it, if you know what doors to knock and passwords to say for said doors to open for you.
But it's not out in the open.
I'm no stranger to the jokes people make about Hermit's Hovel and various places around the Wanderer's Palace, with the hot springs and changing stalls and stuff. As well as the immense database of Quicksand jokes. But if you go to either, I doubt you'll run into more bad experiences than good ones. So if you are expecting a bad experience (or have expectations that are way too high), you have a better chance of being disappointed than anything.
But again, taking this subject and turning it around to suit the thread... the idea that people aren't running around shouting for debauchery aka 'Goldshire-ness' is an example of roleplaying etiquette. I can't really tell you why it is this way, but I believe that part of it has to do with how hard it is to make a character on here so people from other servers can't really sneak on here that much.
Though I -want- to believe that the RP community here on XIV, as a majority, have respect for one another's public space if that makes sense. Unlike someone who pours thousands of words into reporting nothing but negative experiences they have on some thread on the official forums. Out in the open.
But it's not out in the open.
I'm no stranger to the jokes people make about Hermit's Hovel and various places around the Wanderer's Palace, with the hot springs and changing stalls and stuff. As well as the immense database of Quicksand jokes. But if you go to either, I doubt you'll run into more bad experiences than good ones. So if you are expecting a bad experience (or have expectations that are way too high), you have a better chance of being disappointed than anything.
But again, taking this subject and turning it around to suit the thread... the idea that people aren't running around shouting for debauchery aka 'Goldshire-ness' is an example of roleplaying etiquette. I can't really tell you why it is this way, but I believe that part of it has to do with how hard it is to make a character on here so people from other servers can't really sneak on here that much.
Though I -want- to believe that the RP community here on XIV, as a majority, have respect for one another's public space if that makes sense. Unlike someone who pours thousands of words into reporting nothing but negative experiences they have on some thread on the official forums. Out in the open.
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