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Okay, I'm brand new to this community and am already a bit lost as to how to integrate so to speak when the right time comes.
The question of which server is going to house the RPrs is a question I had (in another thread) Â It got no answers and now I think I know why.
I did play 1.0 for about 30 days, I maybe hit lvl 12 on a pug, but the game was attrocious and I just couldn't bring myself to play it. Â At that time I did not RP in MMOs.
I did not realize that there was an unoffical RP server already either.
I have two other friends that are going to be playing, now neither of them RP so I'm not likely going to be joining them, however I won't lie about my hesitation to join a legacy server over a new one, for a small handful of reasons.
1: Equal footing, I know the game technically already had a launch with 1.0, that aside, when I join a "new" game I like the feeling that everyone around me is right where I'm at, and that as a server, we have to push forward, progress and learn about each other and the game.
2: 3rd wheel syndrome. Â As has been stated, the 1.0 community is a tight knit group of pre-estabished RPrs. Â They have deep backstories and have not only earned their levels but gone thru who knows how much RP to bring their characters to where they are now....and then there's me, the lvl 1 dude, the new kid in school who knows nobody at all. Â Yes, a lot of people have said, well there's level sync we can always go backwards and help out, which is true..but that makes me feel like a 3rd wheel. Â Here's a bunch of people who COULD be doing something else, now taking time to gain nothing but assist me. Â I'm sure that's rewarding the first few times but after a while I can only imagine I'd be thought of as a hassle, and even if that's not the case, the thought would be lingering at the back of my mind.
    In this case, as a person trying to re-establish my RP roots, I imagine that I'd likely just withdraw with that thought constantly bombarding me wether it be true or not, which would not be condusive to me being able to actually RP.
3: The economy, This has nothing to do with RP so I won't go into detail other than to say, I want to be able to be amongst the first of those who hit a decent level in various crafts to help establish an economy. Â I don't want to be the guy at the bottom trying to establish himself in an already established one. Â This again to me, feels like its going against the whole new game launch feeling.
Now it would be absolutely..frankly heartless to ask anyone from 1.0 to toss away their achievements to start again. Â That's clearly not a good solution. Â For those who are from the 1.0 community, do try to understand the perspective of not only the new players, but new role players. Â Many say that we can benefit from the experience of the established, and to a point I agree. Â However I also believe that the same experience can be a detriment and a road block to newly formed RP'rs or gamers. Â There is going to be awkwardness, there are going to be people who shy away and stop RPing either altogether or for a period of time while they acclimate.
Having the 1.0 RP server and then another RP server seems like a solution, of course, I've been around gaming for more years than I can count and that situation is akin to a guild splitting their top lvl members from their lower and mid leveled members into a sister guild and then saying that sister guild will still get the same support. Â At first it may happen, but ultimately it is the high tier, or the origin guild where the action is at and the sister one tends to end up feeling like an abandoned puppy.
For me the first peg of forming an answer as to where I'm going to go will depend greatly on knowing where the RP community as a majority is going to be. Â If that turns out to be on a legacy server then I need only ask myself is my drive to want to start RPing again equal to or greater than my aprehension about joining a pre-established server?
The other big factor is if SQUEENIX does end up branding an "official" rp server, than I suspect that's likely where I would go given that..well it is the official one.
The question of which server is going to house the RPrs is a question I had (in another thread) Â It got no answers and now I think I know why.
I did play 1.0 for about 30 days, I maybe hit lvl 12 on a pug, but the game was attrocious and I just couldn't bring myself to play it. Â At that time I did not RP in MMOs.
I did not realize that there was an unoffical RP server already either.
I have two other friends that are going to be playing, now neither of them RP so I'm not likely going to be joining them, however I won't lie about my hesitation to join a legacy server over a new one, for a small handful of reasons.
1: Equal footing, I know the game technically already had a launch with 1.0, that aside, when I join a "new" game I like the feeling that everyone around me is right where I'm at, and that as a server, we have to push forward, progress and learn about each other and the game.
2: 3rd wheel syndrome. Â As has been stated, the 1.0 community is a tight knit group of pre-estabished RPrs. Â They have deep backstories and have not only earned their levels but gone thru who knows how much RP to bring their characters to where they are now....and then there's me, the lvl 1 dude, the new kid in school who knows nobody at all. Â Yes, a lot of people have said, well there's level sync we can always go backwards and help out, which is true..but that makes me feel like a 3rd wheel. Â Here's a bunch of people who COULD be doing something else, now taking time to gain nothing but assist me. Â I'm sure that's rewarding the first few times but after a while I can only imagine I'd be thought of as a hassle, and even if that's not the case, the thought would be lingering at the back of my mind.
    In this case, as a person trying to re-establish my RP roots, I imagine that I'd likely just withdraw with that thought constantly bombarding me wether it be true or not, which would not be condusive to me being able to actually RP.
3: The economy, This has nothing to do with RP so I won't go into detail other than to say, I want to be able to be amongst the first of those who hit a decent level in various crafts to help establish an economy. Â I don't want to be the guy at the bottom trying to establish himself in an already established one. Â This again to me, feels like its going against the whole new game launch feeling.
Now it would be absolutely..frankly heartless to ask anyone from 1.0 to toss away their achievements to start again. Â That's clearly not a good solution. Â For those who are from the 1.0 community, do try to understand the perspective of not only the new players, but new role players. Â Many say that we can benefit from the experience of the established, and to a point I agree. Â However I also believe that the same experience can be a detriment and a road block to newly formed RP'rs or gamers. Â There is going to be awkwardness, there are going to be people who shy away and stop RPing either altogether or for a period of time while they acclimate.
Having the 1.0 RP server and then another RP server seems like a solution, of course, I've been around gaming for more years than I can count and that situation is akin to a guild splitting their top lvl members from their lower and mid leveled members into a sister guild and then saying that sister guild will still get the same support. Â At first it may happen, but ultimately it is the high tier, or the origin guild where the action is at and the sister one tends to end up feeling like an abandoned puppy.
For me the first peg of forming an answer as to where I'm going to go will depend greatly on knowing where the RP community as a majority is going to be. Â If that turns out to be on a legacy server then I need only ask myself is my drive to want to start RPing again equal to or greater than my aprehension about joining a pre-established server?
The other big factor is if SQUEENIX does end up branding an "official" rp server, than I suspect that's likely where I would go given that..well it is the official one.