This goes for residents of Balmung as well as the groups on other servers.
To me, this seems the best answer all around. If Yoshi picks a low pop or new* NA server and slaps a sign that says "RP Here", would you up your tent stakes and move? I know I would.
I can't say I know what % of the active population of Balmung are RPers, but to me at least it seems that it's at least half. Having half of the largest pop server move elsewhere because they want to seems ideal.
What I can't do is post this concise request to the OF (like many, I was kicked off.)
I know most will say "Yoshi will never do that" and maybe he won't, but to me it seems the best solution and hell, maybe he would agree. *shrug*
The main issue I see with doing this is the Snowball Effect. If RPers get a designated server, raiders and pvpers would raise hell since they would ALSO like their own designated servers.
I feel bad for those who have friends/family on Balmung and now simply can't join them (friend tokens, please?). But I'm still seeing all the other servers' RP communities making cases for their server as alternatives without any coordination amongst them (and I get why, I do.) Hell, a month or two after the start of SB we may see transfers open back up and we'll be back to the status quo. But I'm still curious how many of you would move for an official recognition.
*I am aware a new NA server makes little sense considering the population of many servers is already damn low; I am acknowledging that some existing residents of these servers may be upset over the sudden influx of RPers and that an actual new server would not have that problem.
eta: Something that just occurred to me about the rationale behind NOT creating a specific server is that it doesn't hold water any longer since cross-server PF became a thing. Raiders and PVPers can use this feature and have access to many more players, regardless of server. The one large community that can't benefit from this feature is the RP community. So, imo, it makes even more sense for Yoshi to officially label one low pop/new server as the RP server.
To me, this seems the best answer all around. If Yoshi picks a low pop or new* NA server and slaps a sign that says "RP Here", would you up your tent stakes and move? I know I would.
I can't say I know what % of the active population of Balmung are RPers, but to me at least it seems that it's at least half. Having half of the largest pop server move elsewhere because they want to seems ideal.
What I can't do is post this concise request to the OF (like many, I was kicked off.)
I know most will say "Yoshi will never do that" and maybe he won't, but to me it seems the best solution and hell, maybe he would agree. *shrug*
The main issue I see with doing this is the Snowball Effect. If RPers get a designated server, raiders and pvpers would raise hell since they would ALSO like their own designated servers.
I feel bad for those who have friends/family on Balmung and now simply can't join them (friend tokens, please?). But I'm still seeing all the other servers' RP communities making cases for their server as alternatives without any coordination amongst them (and I get why, I do.) Hell, a month or two after the start of SB we may see transfers open back up and we'll be back to the status quo. But I'm still curious how many of you would move for an official recognition.
*I am aware a new NA server makes little sense considering the population of many servers is already damn low; I am acknowledging that some existing residents of these servers may be upset over the sudden influx of RPers and that an actual new server would not have that problem.
eta: Something that just occurred to me about the rationale behind NOT creating a specific server is that it doesn't hold water any longer since cross-server PF became a thing. Raiders and PVPers can use this feature and have access to many more players, regardless of server. The one large community that can't benefit from this feature is the RP community. So, imo, it makes even more sense for Yoshi to officially label one low pop/new server as the RP server.
