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Just wanted to mention how much I appreciate that discussion about an alternate RP server is actually happening. 
I have a few friends that have expressed interest in trying out FFXIV as a potential new MMO home. Most of them are RPers. In fact, RP is a primary interest for many of them and a dealbreaker if there is nothing to be found.
SE's announcement to lock Balmung is a seriously blow to those players, and players like them. And it doesn't look like SE has any plans to address the RP community and their concerns (otherwise, they would've done so when they first made this announcement). So it's up to the RP community to come together and pick up the slack.
I know that there's been attempts in the past to form communities outside of Balmung. But since SE didn't really force our hand before, those small attempts wouldn't gain too much traction. Now that SE HAS forced our hand, hopefully we finally can come together and build a new and semi-large community.
The important part is getting the community to start talking about it (in all social hubs where the Balmung RP community is present) and keep talking about it. And hopefully a consensus is formed.
I have no vote in this. Whatever server the community agrees on is the server I will bring my friends to. Simple as that. What's important is that the community DOES agree on a server and makes it "official" enough so that these kinds of players know where to go and will continue to know where to go after this thread has long disappeared. Otherwise, those players will simply have nowhere to go.
I have a few friends that have expressed interest in trying out FFXIV as a potential new MMO home. Most of them are RPers. In fact, RP is a primary interest for many of them and a dealbreaker if there is nothing to be found.
SE's announcement to lock Balmung is a seriously blow to those players, and players like them. And it doesn't look like SE has any plans to address the RP community and their concerns (otherwise, they would've done so when they first made this announcement). So it's up to the RP community to come together and pick up the slack.
I know that there's been attempts in the past to form communities outside of Balmung. But since SE didn't really force our hand before, those small attempts wouldn't gain too much traction. Now that SE HAS forced our hand, hopefully we finally can come together and build a new and semi-large community.
The important part is getting the community to start talking about it (in all social hubs where the Balmung RP community is present) and keep talking about it. And hopefully a consensus is formed.
I have no vote in this. Whatever server the community agrees on is the server I will bring my friends to. Simple as that. What's important is that the community DOES agree on a server and makes it "official" enough so that these kinds of players know where to go and will continue to know where to go after this thread has long disappeared. Otherwise, those players will simply have nowhere to go.