(05-21-2017, 02:32 PM)IvikBlack Wrote: Finally, I simply disagree that somehow Balmung is less cliquish than other servers. The claim itself is unverified and evidenceless, and it's been my experience generally after playing MMORPGs for nearly 20 years now that smaller communities appreciate each individual player more and are more inviting as a result.
Example: I rolled an alt on Mateus yesterday and have already been personally greeted by their roleplaying ambassador, but I've been on Balmung now for 2-3 years and no one welcomed me.
I will say one thing: I don't think comments about small communities being inherently cliquey are about what happens when you're starting out. They're about what happens when you fall out.
If I get in an argument with one guy on Balmung, then there are still five hundred other guys I can go and roleplay with who haven't even heard of the first guy. (And I'm not exaggerating there - if anything 500 is a lowballed number.) If I get in an argument with one guy in a small community, then everyone has heard about it and everyone has an opinion on it/me before the day is out.
To be clear, my stance on the issue is this: I advocate the generation of a second medium+ sized community, with a goal of reaching the critical mass required for community stability (i.e. enough roleplayers doing stuff there that if one guy quits/self-destructs, it doesn't affect the whole of the community, no matter who that guy is).
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