Welcome to Wyrmrest! I always feel weird plugging my own thread but I made it for this reason so please do check out:
WrA Information & Directories (Guilds | Communities | Events)
I know its a lot to read through though so hopefully I can summarize some answers (and others who are more active than me can give more details!)
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I only play Horde so I can’t say much for Alliance RP, although I do see a lot of advertisements for regular public RP events! I’ve also seen interest in cross-faction RP expressed pretty often, its just a matter of making the effort to find those connections I would assume! Best bet for making connections on WrA in my experience is through the many server Discord groups.
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Walk-up RP is a thing, but its mainly concentrated to one or two areas per faction. Can’t say what that would be for the Alliance (somewhere in Stormwind I presume) but for the Horde that’s mostly the Valley of Honor in Orgrimmar.
Open world RP is much harder to come by unless you’re attending a public event or are part of a guild. -
Discord servers and these forums are your best bet outside of just getting involved in-game at the RP hubs mentioned above. There’s a few listed in the directory but there’s many more (and I’m behind on updating them that’s my bad but it will be done soon.)
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Most guilds/events seem to operate around the EST timezone, starting events between 5-6 server time (PST) usually, although there’s plenty of guilds who operate on different timezones, some even catering to Oceanic players. I’m sure you can find something to fit your schedule!
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Keeping an eye on these forums and the discords as mentioned is your best bet to stay informed on public events/people seeking RP/etc. We’re a pretty friendly server as long as you are, so don’t be afraid to reach out in-game and ask questions!