(05-17-2017, 08:50 PM)Etadhara Rhel Wrote: Personally, I think I will answer the Ban for new Roleplayers with the simpliest solution:
Fuck you Square, I'm giving my money to Blizzard again. They are absolute unable to write a semi-engaging story, but at least they are able to assigne roleplay servers right from the beginning and don't take 18$ for a by now worthless servertransfer.
That's your choice, but I don't know if it's a helpful contribution to this particular thread. It's important to remember that it was never intended by Square Enix as a "ban for roleplayers" - in fact, the restrictions apply to 5 other servers, as well. It is - as far as I can discern - an emergency measure designed to ease the login queues and server stability problems that tend to surround a new expansion release, such as the upcoming Stormblood release.
Balmung's predicament is, essentially, a problem at least partially of the RP community's own making. And I think it's one we should - and can - work together to equally partially solve, by creating and/or encouraging the creation of a viable alternative for people who aren't on Balmung already. Going forward, if this alternative attains the value I think we should be hoping for from it, it will remain a valid option for new roleplayers, and a valid alternative for existing roleplayers - whatever their reasons for desiring one.
I understood discussing the nature of that alternative as the point of this thread.