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(09-20-2013, 12:14 AM)Strife Wrote: As for the original post, I to have wondered if Gilgamesh would have more RP, or at least be more welcoming. It's not that the Balmung community has been rude, but we are dealing with the Legacy community, with established cliques and sometimes breaking into those can be hard.(Bolded stuff for emphases on what I'm responding to)
It doesn't help with you think you see a group of RPers standing about, but none of them are talking outside of their group/party/linkshell. Doesn't exactly scream "hey come RP with us" rather in screams the opposite. Also I see "you need to join a linkshell/free company to find RP" posted a lot on this forum, and that's kind of depressing to think the community is so xenophobic of strangers.Â
The exact same problems may exist on Gilgamesh, I have yet to roll a character there. But with the community there being new, it may or may not feel more welcoming to someone looking for RP. I dunno, I'm not ready to give up on Balmung just yet.
Apologies if my words created the wrong impression. I wasn't trying to suggest that someone had to or even should join a linkshell to find RP. Rather, I was trying to suggest that it was a very useful tool to have in order to establish regular RP, and yes, new RP stuff. I'm on Balmung and a 1.0, but NOT legacy person. I played all of three days I think in the original. I've found the server to be very welcoming, and at least in my personal experience the RPers I've seen continue to be welcoming to new people. But yeah, I never meant to imply that a linkshell (or free company) was a necessity to find RP. Oh! And I forgot to mention before, I've seen many an RPer at the Bismark as well (the culinary guild in Limsa). Not as much as in the taverns, but still plenty active.
Even had a random walk up while RPing with some friends, who broke up a brewing fight between two of them, as he tried to look out for the other patrons before returning to his cooking. Made a new friend that day despite never having met the fellow before, and also a source for many OOC jokes about the extremely dangerous guy who everyone thought was just a cook (didn't they make a movie or six about that?
). I give him kudos for reaching out for RP in what is admittedly a very challenging thing for many to do (stepping into RP with strangers) and also to my friends for being welcoming and accommodating. That is how we grow a community and I was very happy to have been a witness/part of it!