tl;dr - Drood seeks friends(?)/allies in Classic. Considering RP.
Experience: Grew up playing DnD (THAC0), have always loved roleplaying but all in 3rd person, we never did the voices. Not ever interested in LARP or Cosplay but I’m fine around those who partake. In Vanilla I was super solo oriented, got my gear through PvP (rank 10) and played the AH.
Goals: Drood main. I want to branch out into PvE this time, really experience dungeons all the way through, as well as group questing. I realize I loved Vanilla because of its immersion, considering trying a RP realm to potentially double down on immersion. Playing a Drood to be able to tank, heal, or DPS. A happy hippie Night Elf who wants to help everyone… and likes killing Undead.
My challenge is sporadic play times due to adulting and general introversion, especially online. I play WoW to chill and escape for a bit, maintaining my happy vibe > all has led me to build a “bubble” of sorts when online to keep the peace. I don’t have anxiety about meeting people, I have anxiety about not being able to commit to regular playtimes and letting friends down.
All that aside I do hope to find some people to group with, a chill guild to perhaps raid with if the stars align (lol), or maybe group PvP with.
Questions: (mainly looking for 30k feet summaries, but share whatever)
- How much prep goes into RP? Is a 20 page backstory necessary, or too much? What’s the general rule of thumb here?
- Names, how important are they?
- Lore knowledge? I’m okay on WoW lore but consider a lot of it fanfic level writing and I generally skip that.
- Min/Max? I’m definitely not a min/maxer but I do like to have nice things. How big a deal?
- Progression? How “serious” do guilds typically get?
- PvP? How was that on RP servers? Not a huge WPvP fan, LOVE Battlegrounds! Getting an organized pre-made together would be ideal.
- Out of Character? Or, how often am I expected to be “in” character? That type of interaction wears me out after a bit and I’m not always in the mood for people. Can I be that Drood who runs off to Moonglade (metaphotically) for some recharge time without offending people?
That’s all I can think of right now.
Thanks in advance for replies!