Ultimately it's best to just practice discretion, if people are rping out in the open in a well populated area then chances are they are doing so as an open invitation for anyone to join, while in some cases the subject matter might or the specific circumstances (see: location, number of people, etc) might make it apparent that what is going on is intended to be private. I definitely advocate open rp, a lively world, and a strong community above anything else!
As far as griefers go, during beta I haven't really encountered any in game so far but I do need to issue a warning to those who can't access the beta forums. Prior to me joining RPC, this was back in Phase 2, I remember searching the beta forums looking for threads to see what server the majority of the RP community was going to be on come launch and if there was already a strong community somewhere (coming from TERA I was a part of the Council of Seven community for a while). Upon searching I found a LOT of hate towards Roleplayers, a surprising amount of it to be honest. There were a lot of threads that go so bad they ended up locked after only a few pages because they had become so inflammatory. A lot of this had to do with people wanting us to stay off their server, and primarily it involved servers like Hyperion and Behemoth though I saw it on a few others. Ironically a lot of these people viewed US as griefers.
Sorry for going off topic with that, but since the question was asked about griefers I felt that cautionary tale needed to be told. Though then again a group of 10 or 12 people on the beta forums does not make up the majority of the FF Community.
As far as griefers go, during beta I haven't really encountered any in game so far but I do need to issue a warning to those who can't access the beta forums. Prior to me joining RPC, this was back in Phase 2, I remember searching the beta forums looking for threads to see what server the majority of the RP community was going to be on come launch and if there was already a strong community somewhere (coming from TERA I was a part of the Council of Seven community for a while). Upon searching I found a LOT of hate towards Roleplayers, a surprising amount of it to be honest. There were a lot of threads that go so bad they ended up locked after only a few pages because they had become so inflammatory. A lot of this had to do with people wanting us to stay off their server, and primarily it involved servers like Hyperion and Behemoth though I saw it on a few others. Ironically a lot of these people viewed US as griefers.
Sorry for going off topic with that, but since the question was asked about griefers I felt that cautionary tale needed to be told. Though then again a group of 10 or 12 people on the beta forums does not make up the majority of the FF Community.
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