I will admit that Ul'dah is visually same-y on its outer ring - blocky houses and open streets straight through. However, it certainly DOES have its interesting places - the fountain in the "center" of the city, the Thaumaturge's Guild, the Miner's Guild. There's plenty of little nooks and crannies to check out and RP in besides just hanging around the Quicksand. And since you identified Costa when talking about Limsa, you also have to include all the other locations in Thanalan - the Silver Bazaar, Horizon, Little Aha Mhigo, and the GOLD SAUCER.
The biggest draw for Ul'dah, though, is its intrigue. Royalist and Monetarists, Sultansworn and Flames and Brass Blades. The Ala Mhigan refugee situation, and the overall unrest between the Haves and the Have-Nots. Maybe it's because the MSQ has focused more on it than the other city-states before Heavensward (where Ishgard is obviously getting a lot of attention), but there is a LOT going down for people to bite into in regards to plot in Ul'dah that you can't quite get in Gridania and Limsa.
Does it mean that those places shouldn't get RP too? Of course not, and they do get some RP - I've been running leves in Gridania and found people RPing in the Adventurer's Guild there. I've frequently seen folks hanging out at the Wench or the Bismarck, and certainly in Costa. But calling Ul'dah objectionably worse than the other two seems unfair.
The biggest draw for Ul'dah, though, is its intrigue. Royalist and Monetarists, Sultansworn and Flames and Brass Blades. The Ala Mhigan refugee situation, and the overall unrest between the Haves and the Have-Nots. Maybe it's because the MSQ has focused more on it than the other city-states before Heavensward (where Ishgard is obviously getting a lot of attention), but there is a LOT going down for people to bite into in regards to plot in Ul'dah that you can't quite get in Gridania and Limsa.
Does it mean that those places shouldn't get RP too? Of course not, and they do get some RP - I've been running leves in Gridania and found people RPing in the Adventurer's Guild there. I've frequently seen folks hanging out at the Wench or the Bismarck, and certainly in Costa. But calling Ul'dah objectionably worse than the other two seems unfair.
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