I suppose the problem's bigger on other servers, but since Balmung is already 'The RP server' (or as close as we have to an official one), I'm just going to assume that if someone has the tag on, aren't AFK, and aren't very obviously OOC (wearing speedos, jumping around, emote-spamming, etc), that it means they're IC and/or up for roleplay. I know that's what I'll be doing.
At worst I'll get told to bugger off.
At worst I'll get told to bugger off.