(05-19-2017, 03:37 AM)Skae Wrote:(05-19-2017, 12:28 AM)Sig Wrote: I strongly encourage all EU roleplayers to stay on Balmung. The greatest threat to the long-term health of the RP community in FFXIV is gradual fragmentation, dwindling population numbers, and a slow decline that eventually kills the community. We have seen this threat play out on a small scale countless times before when players attempt to create "alternative RP servers."  The idea that RP could flourish on any server is nice, but it is simply not realistic and wastes the time of all parties involved in the effort.
Many other MMOs have more than one RP server - each with an active community.
The idea that FFXIV - one of the more popular MMOs right now - could not support more than one RP server is simply not realistic.
Right now few of the events or Free Companies on Balmung are suitable for EU-players anyway - so even if all the EU players moved off to another server (which isn't going to happen) it would not impact the NA players all that much.
I would also add that as more players join FFXIV then the possibility of an alternative to Balmung becomes more real, as for them Balmung is not an option. In fact if the block remains Balmung can only reduce in numbers.
So I feel it would be best to support the alternative, and by making this about the EU it has a better chance of reaching a workable RP size focused on the EU timezone. Additionally it would come with benefits like housing, which is not available on Balmung.
Though I will say I am not going to jump unless there is a clear solidarity around a server, and would likely create an alt to see how it goes then move as/if it takes off.
I also don't think this would harm Balmung, as there is sufficient number in the NA zone to more than sustain it.Â
If I had two wishes for my play it would be:
- More EU RP (I have been actively focused on EU RP times and not NA)
- Housing to be fixed (just broken and wrong atm)
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