Plus, if you want to raid with your friends but they’re on/in another server/guild, their guild might not even invite you since you might not be in their guild (obviously most raiding guilds prioritize their guildies over non-guildies/friends as harsh as that may sound).
You can’t even do Mythic Raiding Progression with them, since Mythic raids aren’t cross-realm enabled at the start.
I know some people who are nowadays said “full time OOCers” but they actually used to rp on AD and respect all the RP-rules still. They’ve made friends, are in active raiding guilds and just like the server’s atmosphere. You might see them as “OOCer” but they might just as well be ex-RPers who’ve made friends on this realm and like the immersion all around them on the server.
I’ve been roleplaying in WoW for 10+ years and, yes unfortunately, we all have to deal with non-RPers, no matter the server. However, if someone decides to grief/troll your RP (which mostly happens in the capital cities) you have toreport them (be it RPer or non-RPer).
You can’t monitor the entire server, because frankly, we’re not Blizzard and cannot control the sheer influx of RPers or Non-RPers. I, personally, also do not understand why people would want to join a server specifically made for RP, just like how I couldn’t fully understand people joining PvP servers in the past when they did full-time PvE, etc.
I think at this point this discussion is just going in circles. All I can say is, well, we can’t just point fingers at some random Non-Rper and tell them they’re unhealthy for the server.
In my opinion, griefers and trollers and lollers are unhealthy. Those who don’t respect the rules (like the naming rule on RP servers) are unhealthy.
Tl;dr: people who disrupt roleplay intentionally are unhealthy. We can’t control how many RPers or Non-RPers are on this server. Said Non-RPers can be old-RPers who just want to focus on content, etc. while still calling AD their home. They’re not disruptive to the server if they just mind their own business and never grief RP intentionally.