(03-01-2013, 03:36 AM)Ryanti Wrote: Next question!
Beyond RP, which I will be doing, obviously, I'm considered a man of many colors when it comes to MMO's. I RP. I PVP. I OOC.
What I mean by that is, I alternate. Usually, when I log into a MMO, I'm with friends whom I either talk to in guild chat (in this case, LS.. ) or do things with (quests, raid, crafting, pvp, etc.). Sometimes I go on general chat and just live it up, sometimes I meet new people, sometimes I *dot dot dot* whatever.
I noticed a lot of members here are heavy, heavy roleplayers. Some wouldn't even be OOC at all, ever. While I have to say that while I RP, I RP really heavily, which means I get really into it.. I can't say I will be IC ... all the time. In fact, I will be IC, when I RP. But I won't be, when I'm not.
There's RP. But then there's my MMO social life.
My MMO social life and my RP are two different beasts, and both need attention.
I don't just play a MMO for the RP. I could log on and play all night and log off without RP'ing if I get no opportunity to (call me an opportunist). That leads to me sticking my neck into OOC stuff like what you would expect. Raids, PvP, LS stuff, PvP, events, PvP... PvP.
How much are you all going to be invested into such OOC stuff? I'd like to know, mainly because I'd like to see who else is going to dive into that stuff with me. 'Cause, y'know.. it would suck if I was only one..
I understand the need to actually PLAY the game in addition to RPing. As you said, there is also an MMO social life. In order to address this, OOC social shells like Backstage are created to promote communication between the wide variety of RPers. Backstage has been used to create leveling and Primal hunting parties. Towards the End of an Era, it saw much use when creating parties to finish all the story quests.
As for me, I do value playing the game almost as much as I do RPing, and odds are, I will be joining you, shouting LFG FOR GARUDA FIGHT in Ul'dah's market streets and spamming the OOC social shells for people to join, haha!
