(06-14-2017, 05:01 PM)YaraLyehga Wrote:(06-14-2017, 04:50 PM)Greenley Wrote:(06-14-2017, 03:09 PM)YaraLyehga Wrote:I can honestly tell you the community here is WAY BETTER than Balmung.Â
As fresh Mateus native I personally appreciate any effort to promote the server because more RP for everyone means more RP for me, but this is not the attitude we should be presenting, much less on forums that are so heavily tilted in Balmung's favor at present. Many people who have been helping us here are from Balmung, or are Balmung people rolling alts, or they've moved / will move entirely but still understandably have a soft spot for their original server.
Really, people, stop saying things like this. While I've never played on Balmung, I have seen a lot of it due to the person who got me into this game being from there. Mateus is neither better (let alone "WAY BETTER") nor worse. It is different.Â
Let's stop this ridiculous server rivalry trend. Balmung needs Mateus or when it opens again people will flood their server and they'll be right back to the issues they're having now. Mateus needs Balmung if it has any hope of ever having plentiful, varied events and FCs -- though I understand some people would prefer to be an oh-so-exclusively sandbox, but well, I'm not talking to those sorts. I'm afraid you'll just have to learn to share.
The focus should be "Welcome to Mateus!" not "lol Balmung suxorz amirite?"Â
To anyone reading this from Balmung who is now concerned about joining us, this is not the prevailing attitude at all. I and many others welcome all of you and have nothing but respect for your server.
I just want to state that my intention isn't to say Balmung is a horrid server: In fact I really enjoyed it. But I also want to say that I have had my fair share of bad experiences as well on there. On Mateus I haven't had a bad experience. I'll edit accordingly to not make it sound condescending because that isn't my intention. I wanted to stress the fact that the RP here seems to be a bit more centralized around serious themes versus ERP.
That being said, I am here to make RP flourish in any server on FFXIV. I like RP, I support RP. I have no reason to make people think RP is a bad thing on any server. But I do know there is a group of people whom want to get away from the Balmung community because of how toxic some of the groups can be. Not saying everyone on Balmung is horrid obviously, just trying to encourage people who feel like Balmung is their only option to come and try out something that could be a potentially better experience for them.
No offense, but how long have you even been on Mateus? The fact you immediately point to ERP gives me the impression your opinion is highly bias since you've already jumped to stereotypes. ERP is nowhere near as prevalent nor do people hound you about it. I get some tells if I idle around Ul'Dah but even those aren't a big deal usually.
All that aside, your overall sentiment differs little from Gilgamesh. They tried promoting a rivalry-- an alternative to the cesspool that was Balmung. It wound up alienating like-minded people aka other roleplayers who felt insulted. The inevitable drama that kind of mentality fosters slowly drove people back to Balmung while Gilgamesh roleplay collapsed into itself.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
What you're doing is precisely that; good intentions that could lead to alienating other roleplayers who don't want to be apart of a community who does little more than take jabs at how much better they are than Balmung. If Mateus is to succeed, it absolutely needs to do so without those idle jabs. Yes, your experiences on Balmung may be bad, but bear in mind your experiences are also entirely subjective.
Simply put, frame your recruitment strategy positively. People like to hear good things, especially about a server they may consider making a character on or transferring. What Balmung is or does shouldn't even be a thought.
