There's a lot of grumpiness on this thread. 
For what it's worth, I RP in a number of different places; Limsa Lominsa and Mist, mostly, but I've also RPed in Mor Dhona, Costa del Sol, Camp Bronze Lake, Fallgourd Float... If someone tosses out an RP hook, I'll bite no matter where I am (though L'yhta's likely to get snappy if she's in a pitched battle and, say, someone comments on her hair
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I think it's fair to say that most of the random tavern RP is in Ul'dah, thanks to the network effect. People go there because that's where the RP is, and the RP is there because that's where people go. Back in CoH, Atlas Park and Pocket D were the RP hotspots; if you wanted random "tavern-style" RP, that's where you went for the same reason. It's challenging to create more spots like that for two reasons: one, RPers are a relatively small group of people, and two, you need a "critical mass" before the network effect takes over and the site becomes self-sustaining. Perhaps if an FC made a concerted, sustained effort (Lominsan Society ran into issues because it was concerted, but not sustained) to create RP in a particular location, it might take off.
For what it's worth, I RP in a number of different places; Limsa Lominsa and Mist, mostly, but I've also RPed in Mor Dhona, Costa del Sol, Camp Bronze Lake, Fallgourd Float... If someone tosses out an RP hook, I'll bite no matter where I am (though L'yhta's likely to get snappy if she's in a pitched battle and, say, someone comments on her hair
).I think it's fair to say that most of the random tavern RP is in Ul'dah, thanks to the network effect. People go there because that's where the RP is, and the RP is there because that's where people go.
Back in CoH, Atlas Park and Pocket D were the RP hotspots; if you wanted random "tavern-style" RP, that's where you went for the same reason. It's challenging to create more spots like that for two reasons: one, RPers are a relatively small group of people, and two, you need a "critical mass" before the network effect takes over and the site becomes self-sustaining. Perhaps if an FC made a concerted, sustained effort (Lominsan Society ran into issues because it was concerted, but not sustained) to create RP in a particular location, it might take off.
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