(05-25-2017, 10:48 PM)Rowena Everstone Wrote: People RP at Bronze Lake all the time. I've also seen people at the Airship landing, in the Inn at Gridania, at Limsa at the docks, and more. Some people avoid Ul'dah and branch out. There just aren't a lot of them and they have odd hours so when people go looking for it they don't always find it.Exactly, but a lot of it feels like it's not so much due to just those concepts anymore. Everyone's mindset just seems to be "I'd like to RP... I KNOW THE ONLY PLACE TO GO!" because it's more accessible and easier to get to.
I mean, take for example this picture below.
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It's not "quite" in quicksand, it's around the outskirts still which is fine but I see them there so often, sometimes with new faces in that same spot. They talk about how awesome they are, their recent challenges, challenging each other, how badass their weapons/armor is, just general awesome things full-clad-armored adventurers like this would talk about. I know they're probably their own thing but I have seen others join around with them and it feels like they created a nice specific spot for tough warriors to kinda have a "my sword is bigger than yours" battle so to speak. It kinda makes sense too in this location, out in the open town road area in front of everyone. Kinda puts emphasis on "you talk big, prove it!" kinda thing... They made that their own smaller hub just because and it's likely others could join it too of the same variety.
Sure they could go into quicksand, have a drink, have the same discussions there or etc but they don't. Why? It's crowded in there, it's probably no place for full armored warriors to be lugging around swords and stirring a ruckus, and Idk.... They just made it their own. Can't it be possible for us to do the same? If not for all RP, maybe different demographics of players like chefs that want to serve people could have somewhere they can go to. Even if there's no customers, the chefs surely can make scenes with each other and RP together in their free time, bragging about recipes and etc. Or how about scholars discussing good books or magical techniques they've learned in the thaumaturge guild instead of always relying on the book store/library events? I mean I love those events but even the hosts of them get overwhelmed by how many RP'ers come to them and how few staff are available to help out. It's so much because things like going somewhere to find like minded individuals or similar characters is difficult to do otherwise.
There's so much untapped potential available, I feel like even the idea of just having a group afk in one area that all have RP tags or RP info in their search comment could even create a source or new hub area. If not hubs for specific groups, at least hubs of different settings to spread it out a lil bit. Even if it's all confined to just Ul'dah. I've heard people mention the spots you've said have RP but every time I go there, (and I've even stayed up at all hours of times for a week throughout each day in a weird sleep cycle I had lol), I see no one or just 1-2 people who aren't even into RP as far as I can tell. Rarely do I see someone afk there but that's about it.... I feel like it's possible to make a new or another hub, somehow.
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