I came back to Balmung for RP at the first of this month and I found the RPC was a huge staple in the levels of activity I've found. Not the only one, but a large one.
I consider myself a floater in RP. What that means is I try to integrate myself into other people's stories and help them progress theirs as well as mine. I haven't yet had the chance to host my own only because of how insanely occupied I am anytime I log in. But I'm very, very big on utilizing other players as much as I can for any story progression, so I am very big on approaching and doing my best to maintain an OOC and IC line of communication.
That being said, I'm FAR from good at it. I know there are people who reached out to me who managed to fall through the cracks. I made a thread in the Making Connections and got much bigger of a response than I anticipated. And I keep up with most of the people who I managed to get to. (Sorry to those that I didn't! Trust me, I didn't forget you.) Through that thread, I even managed to reconnect with someone I knew from around six years ago.
My RP is to the point where I have to block time for people, and I don't like having to do that. Mainly because I think RP should just flow fluidly, but I also don't want anyone to feel left out. To sort of combat this, I've just written it into my character that he is insanely busy so most people who know him know he is always out doing something.
The RPC has brought me to awareness of events, and of people I most likely would not have gotten a chance to meet. The only other thing that has brought me to a group of people whom I love most on this game is actually Party Finder. One of the linkshells I am in advertised their website on party finder and ever since I applied, I have been in skype with and actively engaged in activities with them on a daily basis.
I know one way people get me to their events is to post a thread here then shoot me a PM in game or on skype to let me know what's going on and that's how I block that time out to be free for it. So I guess my advice is to be proactive and not shy about putting your event out there. There are people like me who check that calendar on the top bar frequently. So, I know what's going on even if I have no IC reason to be there.
Bottom line, I find the less closed off and shy you can try to be, the more it becomes apparent how easy it is to just pick up RP at the drop of a hat. I have never had trouble finding people to RP with, even if it is slow. I have, however, noticed people are timid to brach out of what's comfortable, and that creates the illusion of 'dying open world rp' and the like. I rarely ever go to the Quicksand and I am never short on roleplay.
TL;DR: Put yourself out there, you'll find everything is healthy.
I consider myself a floater in RP. What that means is I try to integrate myself into other people's stories and help them progress theirs as well as mine. I haven't yet had the chance to host my own only because of how insanely occupied I am anytime I log in. But I'm very, very big on utilizing other players as much as I can for any story progression, so I am very big on approaching and doing my best to maintain an OOC and IC line of communication.
That being said, I'm FAR from good at it. I know there are people who reached out to me who managed to fall through the cracks. I made a thread in the Making Connections and got much bigger of a response than I anticipated. And I keep up with most of the people who I managed to get to. (Sorry to those that I didn't! Trust me, I didn't forget you.) Through that thread, I even managed to reconnect with someone I knew from around six years ago.
My RP is to the point where I have to block time for people, and I don't like having to do that. Mainly because I think RP should just flow fluidly, but I also don't want anyone to feel left out. To sort of combat this, I've just written it into my character that he is insanely busy so most people who know him know he is always out doing something.
The RPC has brought me to awareness of events, and of people I most likely would not have gotten a chance to meet. The only other thing that has brought me to a group of people whom I love most on this game is actually Party Finder. One of the linkshells I am in advertised their website on party finder and ever since I applied, I have been in skype with and actively engaged in activities with them on a daily basis.
I know one way people get me to their events is to post a thread here then shoot me a PM in game or on skype to let me know what's going on and that's how I block that time out to be free for it. So I guess my advice is to be proactive and not shy about putting your event out there. There are people like me who check that calendar on the top bar frequently. So, I know what's going on even if I have no IC reason to be there.
Bottom line, I find the less closed off and shy you can try to be, the more it becomes apparent how easy it is to just pick up RP at the drop of a hat. I have never had trouble finding people to RP with, even if it is slow. I have, however, noticed people are timid to brach out of what's comfortable, and that creates the illusion of 'dying open world rp' and the like. I rarely ever go to the Quicksand and I am never short on roleplay.
TL;DR: Put yourself out there, you'll find everything is healthy.
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[5]<Kayllen Stormbringer> I'm kinda wondering if Rhalgr and Halone's relationship
is like strong independent warrior queen and her tourettes-ridden father with a drinking problem.
