In my opinion, characters should freely jump in to such scenes if it is of genuine interest to them. Whether or not you get dished to the side afterwards ICly or not is totally legal roleplay but I dislike the idea of people choosing to join in a scene just because there's nothing else going on or your particular conversation seems more interesting.
Magellan is right though. Emotes give a great sense of what is going on to all parties involved and is the best approach!
Actually on a related note, the other day I ran from Gridania to Ul'dah on my level 2 Bandit character. I was hoping to find some open world RP but never expected to. Although! I was surprised to find myself mistaken. I spotted two characters walking towards me from the bar that resides between Ul'dah and Blackbrush. So I drew my lance and yelled at them to stop. They didn't respond immediately and only started showing interest after they passed me(as in, they turned around, no words were spoken). At that point I felt it was too late to continue and mostly I was just really nervous so I continued running towards Ul'dah.
Would RP like this be bad? I swear I would love to have random encounters like this were I to roleplay publicly but perhaps its just me. Is it spoiling their scene or anything? The idea is that he is just a lowly bandit who at the very worst will steal some gil from them unless they struggle in which case he could wound them. Obviously I don't want to be some massive sadist that encounters a couple of non-combatants and butchers them while they were on their way to celebrate their new friendship by picking apples for orphans.
Magellan is right though. Emotes give a great sense of what is going on to all parties involved and is the best approach!
Actually on a related note, the other day I ran from Gridania to Ul'dah on my level 2 Bandit character. I was hoping to find some open world RP but never expected to. Although! I was surprised to find myself mistaken. I spotted two characters walking towards me from the bar that resides between Ul'dah and Blackbrush. So I drew my lance and yelled at them to stop. They didn't respond immediately and only started showing interest after they passed me(as in, they turned around, no words were spoken). At that point I felt it was too late to continue and mostly I was just really nervous so I continued running towards Ul'dah.
Would RP like this be bad? I swear I would love to have random encounters like this were I to roleplay publicly but perhaps its just me. Is it spoiling their scene or anything? The idea is that he is just a lowly bandit who at the very worst will steal some gil from them unless they struggle in which case he could wound them. Obviously I don't want to be some massive sadist that encounters a couple of non-combatants and butchers them while they were on their way to celebrate their new friendship by picking apples for orphans.
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
