I might suggest looking at the list of linkshells/FC's and getting in with that. Especially if you don't know anyone in the game, yet. RP'ers are notoriously cliquish and suspicious of strangers (this sounds like an alien race, doesn't it?) so a lone person approaching an established group often has their work cut out for them unless you win the lottery and that group happens to be one of the few who will interact with anyone/everyone for the sake of it.
To clarify, I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. If anything it's highly reflective of RL. If you and your friends go out to a place for drinks and/or food and you're all chatting and having a good time, then some random person none of you know shows up and starts talking at you then the reaction is pretty much the same. Funny looks, raised eyebrows, everyone looking to one another while shrugs are exchanged and some will opt to ignore while others might say "errr no thanks we're not interested in buying what you're selling crazy lady!"
To that end I might suggest a tactic of infiltration (join an FC or Linkshell) or divide and conquer (find a person who is just as alone as you are at the time and spark up a conversation). That person likely knows other people who know other people and so on. Social networking at its finest. =)
To clarify, I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing. If anything it's highly reflective of RL. If you and your friends go out to a place for drinks and/or food and you're all chatting and having a good time, then some random person none of you know shows up and starts talking at you then the reaction is pretty much the same. Funny looks, raised eyebrows, everyone looking to one another while shrugs are exchanged and some will opt to ignore while others might say "errr no thanks we're not interested in buying what you're selling crazy lady!"
To that end I might suggest a tactic of infiltration (join an FC or Linkshell) or divide and conquer (find a person who is just as alone as you are at the time and spark up a conversation). That person likely knows other people who know other people and so on. Social networking at its finest. =)
