I was thinking about making a guild that focuses on world RP stuff but…I hate Shadowlands and I’m just running out my game-time clock. I even had an idea for an recurring event that would take place in different towns or just locations across the world, but there’s no point if I’m out in a week until the game gets better. If it does.
Kinda sad about that.
I think the simple fact that the world is just so much bigger is the biggest issue.
Vanilla had some 40 open world zones in which you could randomly bump into people. As of Shadowlands, it’s now well over 100. It’s very easy to not randomly bump into RP’ers when you’re in any of of the 99+ zones they’re not in. Sharding/Chromie time/Warmode or not.
I think that’s a large part of what’s led random people to congregate in the cities. They’re the only place where you can reliably encounter lots of new people without it being part of a pre-planned event or guild/community using a given space as their HQ.
Hmm… interesting. some of these latter posts, make me think, what if we try occasionally make casual, IC comments, when we have business to journey into open world?
When my friend haven’t left for Classic “because retail became too easy, it bores”. We used to level together, doing quests ICly, all the time, simply to enjoy ourselves. Then we began seeing other groups, doing similar open-world RP.
Initiating ‘npc mode’, on one’s own, is not that impossible.
Back in Wrath random dungeon finder, I recall meeting a Troll, who used to very enjoy RP and RP a lot. A bit too lot. Troll’s characteristic speech pattern, became his habit. And our real Earth citizen’s speech, became much harder – he said. He talked Troll way, for OOC PVE communication, entire instance.
Like, he would say, “Wolves under da’ secret stairs, bite Kajuta, mon! Bad, bad wolves!” - which, btw, means “Unplanned aggro mobs, come from blindside, behind stairs. DPS is very high.”
(Back in Wrath, instances were very harder, foreplan communication was needed for avoid getting wiped.)
3 of us found that, quite amusing. And missed getting group with that one. And that was PVP realm.
I really feel bad for the Vulpera RPers. I have a Vulpera, and rolled with the intention to RP. But the reaction to the race - and whispers I got - sent me running. It was the same with my pandas. The Vulpera are - I think - a race with a lot of possibilities. But, it’s going to take an expansion or two for the hate and creepers to wear off, sadly.
In terms of my own RP, I’m in a rut. Well, I was when I was playing a few months ago. It took me a while to scrounge up some Rp. Went I did, it was nice. Maybe not 100% what I had in mind. But some pretty decent RP I thought. I was happy. and just like that it went poof! I don’t know if it was me, or my character, or what. I got very discouraged and just stopped trying.
Maybe Kinarra needs to become someone else. I don’t know. It’s hard to give up on a character you like, and that you’ve had for over 10 years. I actually miss WoW, or maybe it’s the idea of the olden days of WoW that miss. I just feel estranged from the community as a whole. ANd once you are out in the cold like that, it’s hard to find your way back in.
I’ve never got the RP racism. There are good RPers and bad RPers regardless of the race. Also, and like not to be all “newsflash”- everyone on WoW RP realms is a huge nerd. Seeing other nerds make fun of other nerds because of the fake fantasy character they choose to pretend to be has always seemed just so ridiculous to me. This is escapist fantasy. No one here has any room to talk smack because we’re ALL goofballs.
Maybe it’s just my RL personality but I don’t get why it’s so hard to just let people do what they want, as long as they aren’t hurting anyone else. It seems so gdamn obvious.
Also I am right there with you Kina. I don’t want to give up on a place that I have so many fond memories of but it isn’t the same place anymore, is it? I feel like I am just holding on to the past and coming back every other year with my hopes up, but it’s just not the same.