I just want to say that as someone who will be playing on Gilgamesh and roleplaying, this is incredibly insightful.
I've played every MMO out there and, yes, if you ignore the troll, they might go away. They might also start dancing naked and slinging spells. Depends on the troll.
But what I take away from this thread is not a "how to get trolls to leave" but rather "how to get trolls to not bother you in the first place." The whole first chapter about how we (as roleplayers) are perceived by the rest of the gaming community is dead-on. I've had plenty of non-roleplayer friends tell me the exact same.
So I'm a bit disheartened to see all the dismissive, "Ugh, just ignore them" replies here. That's not what this is. Gilgamesh is going to have issues. Roleplayers will be a minority. (Reddit, hello?) Instead we need to realize we need to change how roleplayers are seen in the first place. I'll gladly take the time to include/address the rude ones if it means they'll leave me the hell alone for the rest of my FFXIV career.
Honestly I wish I'd been given this advice a few years ago. Would have made several games a lot more pleasant to engage in.
Sorry for the wall of text. TL;DR: Thank you for your post and insight.
I've played every MMO out there and, yes, if you ignore the troll, they might go away. They might also start dancing naked and slinging spells. Depends on the troll.
But what I take away from this thread is not a "how to get trolls to leave" but rather "how to get trolls to not bother you in the first place." The whole first chapter about how we (as roleplayers) are perceived by the rest of the gaming community is dead-on. I've had plenty of non-roleplayer friends tell me the exact same.
So I'm a bit disheartened to see all the dismissive, "Ugh, just ignore them" replies here. That's not what this is. Gilgamesh is going to have issues. Roleplayers will be a minority. (Reddit, hello?) Instead we need to realize we need to change how roleplayers are seen in the first place. I'll gladly take the time to include/address the rude ones if it means they'll leave me the hell alone for the rest of my FFXIV career.
Honestly I wish I'd been given this advice a few years ago. Would have made several games a lot more pleasant to engage in.
Sorry for the wall of text. TL;DR: Thank you for your post and insight.
