Most of what you ask i would say that given your experience it is what you would expect of an active and thriving RP community, in all its diversity.
On  Customizability for RP I would say the game offers a wide variety of support.
Short version.. very supportive of playing an RP character in a rich visual way.
ClassesÂ
[Edit added extras below]
Extras..
On  Customizability for RP I would say the game offers a wide variety of support.
Short version.. very supportive of playing an RP character in a rich visual way.
ClassesÂ
- each character can be all classes, that's 26, so can be very versatile in adapting to a persona
- Dying is possible for a lot of gear, with a one colour per item, and each item will then apply that according to it's look (each item is often multiple colours/shades)
- Glamoring (or overwriting an items image with another) enables you to look the way you want in any situation
- Outfits (no stat items) are plenty and include things like bathing attire and seasonal looks
- You can dress as a peasant, noble, fantastic-hero, etc.. it is very wide ranging
- Clear/blank items are available so they don't show
- Largely sword and sorcery fantasy
- Guns, flying ships and technology is also present
- The starting areas are western in style and there is the new area now that is eastern
- There is one player faction
- There is no open world PvP
- Characters are shape wise similar by race, with height being the main difference
- Face/features etc.. can be customized. This is somewhat less than BDO/ESO
- emotes (your character moves) are many and work in a variety of standing/sitting/laying positions
- you can sit on seats and on the floor or anyplace
- you can lay down on specific areas (beds etc..)
- you can swim in some zones
- you can go underwater in some zones
- There are no chat bubbles, all chat is in chat windows, you can 4 chat windows/tabs and they can be filtered
- You can tell/wispier people and join up-to 8 specific chat channels (called linkshells)
- In the starting area travel is on the ground, in expansion areas flying mounts are available
- Lots of building are closed, but some are open to use for RP
- There is an RP flag you can apply to your name plate
- Dungeons can be used for RP (within the limits of the dungeon)
- Housing works great, except there is not enough of it to go around (biggest flaw imo)
[Edit added extras below]
Extras..
- There are no add on/in programs, in fact they are not allowed
- There is internal macros you can write which can help with combat and crafting. They do get used extensively in RP for performing
- There is a new feature that lets bards play actual notes, so you can play actual music. It cant be macro enabled yet so it is literally playing an instrument
Char:Â [Nebula Stardancer] Â FC: [East Eerie Trading Co]
Link Shells: [Hugs & Cakes] Â [Witches' Wyrd Web]