I’m new to CC-SoE myself (been here about 4 months now). In my experience, there is definitely RP happening here on the server! I haven’t seen much walk-up, but there are regular weekly events and several active RP guilds.
The RP community is small and close knit, but very welcoming to new folks! I’m sure others will be along shortly to chime in, but in the meantime, here are a couple of useful threads: