(01-11-2018, 07:56 AM)Dawnstar Wrote: Personally what bothers me about the move to Discord is that it feels so hard to get into as a new player. You have to already know the Discord exists, AND who to contact about joining it, and how, in order to have access to it and its information.
And I've found that really troublesome. For example, as an EU roleplayer I would love to know what is going on on Omega, but I am having real trouble finding this information. A google search brings up no forums and mostly posts that are 6 months old. The official omega forum on the XIV website barely has any posts related to RP, and I was not able to easily find a post about any RP resources that might exist. For new players, this is a problem.
That to me has always been the upside of a forum. If I type "XIV RP" into google search, this forum will be one of the first hits, and it's the same for most other MMO's who maintain similar resources. So even as a complete newcomer, I can find out where I need to go. And now I feel like I can't.
That being said I can understand why people may not want to use the RPC in particular. Even as a Balmung player, I have had people "warn" me about it. It seems the RPC has a bit of a reputation, probably acquired years ago. I don't see much drama on the forums right now, but I know reputations tend to stick.
And in the end what you need is a resource, but this doesn't necessarily have to be an existing one, or the one that has been around the longest. Making your own can also seem practical.
Personally I would be happy with *a* forum for each community, at least.
All agreed. Discord does add an extra barrier to entry, but somehow people these days seem to think that web-based forums are outdated somehow - or at least they act like it.
(Personally I think that Usenet is still superior in many ways over all the newer discussion venues, but I have long since given up that fight as lost.)
Now for Omega in particular this post: http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=21046 contains a link for the Discord where most of the discussions for Omega RPers currently take place.
The linkshell that post is mainly about is also helpful to join.
