Elitism isn't always a harmful thing. Sometimes it's a necessity, especially if it ensures that some people maintain base standards. You'd be surprised at what certain individuals let slide as acceptable within role-play communities these days. Though like with so many terms such as 'troll' it's essentially become a buzzword thrown around at the drop of the hat. I've been labelled an 'elitist' for not wanting to have my character sleep with someone else's character within a few minutes of them meeting.
Putting that aside, however, we're not an official role-playing server and even if we were I'd much prefer to have non role-players around as they benefit the server as a whole in terms of PvE/PvP and the economy.
Honestly, most of the problems role-players face on Balmung don't come from non role-players at all. They're just made into convenient scapegoats. Most of the trolling, harassment and other nastiness stems from role-players themselves. It's something that I've seen happen in every MMO with a strong unofficial or official community of role-players.
Putting that aside, however, we're not an official role-playing server and even if we were I'd much prefer to have non role-players around as they benefit the server as a whole in terms of PvE/PvP and the economy.
Honestly, most of the problems role-players face on Balmung don't come from non role-players at all. They're just made into convenient scapegoats. Most of the trolling, harassment and other nastiness stems from role-players themselves. It's something that I've seen happen in every MMO with a strong unofficial or official community of role-players.
