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FreelanceWizard · **09-25-2013, 12:54 PM**

(09-25-2013, 11:38 AM)Ildur Wrote: I don't have enough cookies to represent how awesome that is.
Sadly, roleplay in instances is severely limited thanks to the useless timer. There are later instances where my groups have reached the boss with about 30 minutes left to it. I'm quite sure we would have only a few minutes left if we roleplayed. Even if we limited it to pre and post boss fight interactions.

Thanks.

My time in CoH got me thinking a lot about how to handle IC PvE. It's more challenging in XIV due to the instance timer, but it's still doable, I feel. It's always a careful balancing act for us, because we obviously don't want to fail the instance because we ran out of time due to RP. Usually, it ends up with the setup RP (which we usually do outside the instance), occasional IC comments in the midst of the run, and any IC discussion/communication of tactics if needed. We haven't yet cut it close on any runs, but my experience so far is based on the early to mid-game dungeons.

Since it's come up, I have to agree that you can't really be 100% totally IC and never speak OOC. There's always going to be a need to talk OOCly, whether it's to apologize for your character being a jerk, planning when to get together, or deciding on company actions -- and that's even before you get into fellowship with your fellow players. Smile

Every group and player has their own style on this; Mysterium, for instance, has a fair amount of IC and OOC LS chatter in its two linkshells, but we also get together for IC dungeons and in-person RP ad hoc (usually based on those IC LS interactions). Some groups prefer to only do in-person RP, while others stick purely to their LS. Some do all PvE IC, others keep it all OOC. That's one of the major reasons I advocate groups having a charter that anyone can view that explains their RP style, since "heavy RP" or "45-75% IC" doesn't really capture the depth of what a group is actually like.

From OOC to IC

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