I've thought about making a "The 1% of Eorzea" linkshell myself for a very long time now.
My reasoning was simple: The vast majority of the population in Eorzea is incredibly poor, or just plain average - even in terms of adventurers. It makes no sense for the incredibly wealthy elites/nobility of the City-States to not have any idea who Spoiled Merchant Prince/Princess #7 is. If not personally, then at the very least by name. It makes. No sense. It's like... the owners of Walmart not knowing who Kim Kardashian is, or something.
I think it would be ideal for such roleplayers to have access to a listing of other rich/noble RPers, so if you wanted to meet up and RP with one of them, you could have a basis for a relationship or a hook already. "Oh shit, you're the daughter of XYZ? Damn my grandma hates the way your dad does things." Etc etc.
Ultimately I decided against making one however, mostly because I think a directory thread would serve the same purpose just as well, rather than a linkshell (on top of being more accessible). Aside from that, I've found that there's only so much room for rich people in RP circles, just as there's only so much standing room on one yacht. With that being said, attempting to reach out to so many characters that have very similar backgrounds to your own can get stale and fast.
But hey, I don't think it's a bad idea by any means. Would I join such a linkshell? Hell yeah. Do I think it's a good idea? Sure. Do I think it would see much use? ...Probably not.
My reasoning was simple: The vast majority of the population in Eorzea is incredibly poor, or just plain average - even in terms of adventurers. It makes no sense for the incredibly wealthy elites/nobility of the City-States to not have any idea who Spoiled Merchant Prince/Princess #7 is. If not personally, then at the very least by name. It makes. No sense. It's like... the owners of Walmart not knowing who Kim Kardashian is, or something.
I think it would be ideal for such roleplayers to have access to a listing of other rich/noble RPers, so if you wanted to meet up and RP with one of them, you could have a basis for a relationship or a hook already. "Oh shit, you're the daughter of XYZ? Damn my grandma hates the way your dad does things." Etc etc.
Ultimately I decided against making one however, mostly because I think a directory thread would serve the same purpose just as well, rather than a linkshell (on top of being more accessible). Aside from that, I've found that there's only so much room for rich people in RP circles, just as there's only so much standing room on one yacht. With that being said, attempting to reach out to so many characters that have very similar backgrounds to your own can get stale and fast.
But hey, I don't think it's a bad idea by any means. Would I join such a linkshell? Hell yeah. Do I think it's a good idea? Sure. Do I think it would see much use? ...Probably not.
