Will this game have RP servers?

[Pike]

I don't actually roleplay (outside of my mind, anyway) but stupid names bother me so I only play on RP servers in MMOs. (RP servers still have people with stupid names but usually not to the same extent.)

So will this game have any?

[Ouch!]

There are not plans for designated RP servers so far as I am aware.

[Pike]

Oh well, was worth an ask.

[Jinx]

I'd like to RP in this game, because I think it'd be much easier to keep up with the lore, as opposed to WoW.

[Pike]

After immersing myself in TES lore for a while any other video game lore is kindergarten.

[Jinx]

Yeah, but, at least for me, picking up a game with a wide past lore is hard. If you aren't part of it from the beginning, it can be difficult to grasp.

[Mirage]

There is an unofficial roleplaying server. I forgot which one the community or whatever decided on, but I know a girl who is going there so I can ask her about it tomorrow.

-edit-
Or I can just search my skype logs. It's Balmung.

[Rostum]

Eww, RP servers...

[Citizen Bleys]

If you think that RP in MMOs is a good idea, play Star Trek Online and learn the error of your ways.

Regional servers may make it possible to do in FFXIV, but it never would have worked in FFXI due to language differences. You can't really roleplay through auto-trans. The Japanese don't understand what's so funny about {meat} {rod}.

[Miriel]

The RPers in FFXI always used to cracked me up. Don't know how anyone can sustain a "role" like that for any significant length of time.

Aside from those who role played as being female when they were in fact male.

[Pike]

Eww, RP servers...

The only good kind of servers

If you think that RP in MMOs is a good idea, play Star Trek Online and learn the error of your ways.

I can see this bothering me just because I know a lot about Star Trek and I'd get twitchy about seeing anything misused.

Aside from those who role played as being female when they were in fact male.

I pretty much only play male characters

[Loony BoB]

When you say you don't like stupid names, what do you mean? Because I don't know if you've seen the name Ouch! intends on using but for me, that is a stupid name. And that's the kind of names you can expect on an RP server in this game, because all the naming conventions are bloody weird.

Also, and this is important for you, Pike: Lore

Finally, the fact that you're considering names to be more important than playing with the rest of us EoFFErs makes me reconsider how awesome you are. >=(

[Pike]

Ouch!'s name is lore friendly and thus a good name.

I like knowing that people put thought into their character like that. It reminds me that I'm not alone in doing mental roleplaying

[Loony BoB]

You think my name of Loony Bob is a stupid name for my character, then. Psh to you! Maybe you BELONG on a different server!

*runs away crying*

[Elpizo]

Which actually raises the question: how DO people decide what to name their character?

I remember picking my 1.x character's name from "the Silmarillion", due to all names I came up with myself having been taken (a common problem when naming characters). I actually liked that name a lot, so I think I'm gonna reuse it for ARR if I can.