Welcome back, Cannibal. I used to have a second S at the end of my name, but I’m still here; I know we only talked a bit, but I always enjoyed your posts. It’s really good to see you again.
I second/third/fifth all the recommendations above about joining the Wyrmrest Community Project. You’ll find a lot of Wyrmrest events listed there, as well as discussion channels and an LFRP channel. It’ll help with networking, which should help offset the fact that it’s true that the RP community on WrA – especially in terms of public/walk-up RP – quieted down a lot during Shadowlands (though I think it had already started to during BfA).
In counterpoint to the above, though, I’d also say that it’s already doing a lot better than it was, and I think it’ll continue getting better through Dragonflight.
Regarding walk-up RP:
- I haven’t checked in on the Valley of Honor in a long time, but I think RPers still go there.
- Silvermoon has gotten very quiet, but while people have taken to calling it dead, it’s actually starting to pick back up again these last couple months – just not consistently. There are also a few people trying to foster activity there. My guildie and I aim to go to SMC and hunt around for walk-up RP for at least an hour or two every Sunday evening.
- Stormwind is also much quieter, but there have been some recent efforts to revitalize it. I know someone has run a couple of impromptu bar nights at the Pig and Whistle in Old Town in the last few weeks.
- Alliance walk-up does still exist, but it’s moved to Duskwood. All over Duskwood, not solely Darkshire, and there’s lots of crossfaction RP there, too. It seems to happen mostly late at night, though, like post-8pm – people in the WCP Discord could tell you more.
I hope you decide to stick around a while, and I hope the game sparks joy.