(07-01-2014, 10:02 AM)Rurutani Wrote: Sorry if this topic has been discussed before but I wanted to see how you all felt about the issue of the areas in Eorzea in relation to roleplay.Provided, I haven't been on a lot recently due to some RL changes I'm going through...
I know Ul'dah's the hot spot, and Limsa coming in second (I guess?) But I wonder why places like Gridania, Coerthas, or Mor Dhona don't have much if any rp going on there? It makes me sad to see everyone get so confined to one place and fail to expand the rp world past the boundaries of a given city. Yes, stories happen in Ul'dah, and yes, stories happen in Limsa, but the other places should have stories going as well. I get the whole "Well, Mor Dhona is where endgame folks hang out." Right. And? So no one can sit in the tavern there and rp? No one can explore the areas outside maybe and rp?
Or Gridania. Why is Gridania so left behind? It's a beautiful area and there are plenty of areas to rp, and just there but the Shroud as a whole. And Coerthas is the same. Why wouldn't we have people up there scheming and plotting in the dark castles with the snowy backdrop? I mean...maybe stories in the snow just don't work (cough cough Game of Thrones cough cough)?
It just baffles me that we as a community tend to isolate ourselves. I applaud those that work to try and set up rp spots in the other lands. Why not? It isn't like Ruru says "Mor Dhona....I can't go there....I hear only those who raid dungeons dwell there." We travel in real life. And some travel far quite often. So why wouldn't folks in the game? Coatleque and Warren....thank you for having a story set in Coerthas! Kiht and others! Thank you for your efforts in the Shroud!  I hope we can begin to push outside of our "comfortable circles" in the towns and get a better sense of connectivity in the world we dwell in. It's a shame if we can't because it's lost opportunities if that's the case.
TL; DR: We live in a big damn world so why do we bottle ourselves up in one or two places and not expand past those places?
I see RP in Limsa and Gridania often enough that I can't say that there's never RP there. It's just quieter, and usually in places other than the Canopy and Drowning Wench. The Canopy seems more prone to trolling/disruptive-to-RP-behaviors than the Quicksands and Drowning Wench (even from other RP'ers, believe it or not; I actually had an RP-LS leader jumping up and down like a crack-addicted monkey on my table, alternating between advertising for both the RP-LS and FC he/she/it ran and doing massive /emote spam to Miounne). As someone pointed out earlier, I suspect that part of the reason why the Drowning Wench is quiet is because Limsa is just so oddly constructed, and it's not in a major path of travel except if one is going to an inn room.
I also see RP enough out in the outlying zones (Shroud, Thanalan, La Nosca, Coerthas) to again say that it does happen out there. Might not see it every time that I run through and might not be huge groups (packs of 2-4 RPers seem to be the norm) but they're absolutely out there. Mor Dhona... honestly, I can see why it doesn't happen there a lot: so much filtering and temp-blacklisting in Revenant's Toll to not get an overwhelmed chatlog, and OMGlaaaaag and lots of moments of "dude, this thing is chewing on me..." in the rest of the zone. Not saying that it can't be done, but if you're not in the mood for combat in your RP, then it's a definite mood-killer.
Quicksands and Ul'dah have the benefits of having more seating (tables, spots outside, etc), and already strongly 'claimed' as RP-territory. It's easier (and, in a way, safer) for newcomers to find/be introduced to RP there, and sometimes people just don't move away from it. Personally, I just love Thanalan so most of my RP has happened out that way.
(07-01-2014, 10:48 AM)Rurutani Wrote: Let's liken the three major hubs Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. Now living in Los Angeles, if one had the means and opportunity....why wouldn't they go visit Chicago? Why wouldn't they visit New York? Forget real life fears of planes, etc. You have the means to get there. Why wouldn't you go?ÂAs someone who just spent the last three years doing nothing -but- traveling... there is much to be said about having that little comfortable niche and coming up with reasons to -not- go somewhere. Just because I have the means to go to Chicago, doesn't mean I'm going to go gallivanting halfway across the country to Chicago when I know I'll have just as much fun going four hours to New York City.Â
(IRL, I wouldn't even go to NYC... I'd just go forty-five minutes to Boston and have even more fun because I know where things are)
