I completely empathize with looking for an RP outlet online after losing your tabletop group. I was in an 5 year long campaign that took over my creative life for that time span, and when that story finished, we lost the group due to moves and real life changes. I had this void to fill suddenly.
Then I discovered FFXIV! I find that first thing I had to relearn (I had played through text RP before... 10 years ago) how to describe things in text. Â Tabletop is SO much easier, DM is describing almost everything and I just had to act out my character. In an MMO, you have to text it out. Some emotes are fitting to use at times, but not all. I mostly /em the descriptions.
As for a long arc of a story, COMPLETELY doable, as long as you have a group of trusted players to carry it out with. We have regular OOC discussions on ideas and brainstorms, although never scripted since this is RP after all. I have been surprised more than once in a scenario that *I* planned! And of course I love it when I find my character thrown into a situation that totally catches me by surprise.
That's kind of the beauty of RPing in an MMO I find. While I can run an arc with others, there are still PLENTY of room for other players to throw their own twists and surprises that makes it a spontaneous, dynamic, and an evolving story. Everyone can be a mini-GM of sorts for particular scenario, affect the overall arc and maybe even turn it upside down from where it was headed.
Wherever you go, I hope you have fun on however you RP in an MMO. That's all that really matters in the end. But from one tabletop RPer to another, I think you will find what you are looking for.
Then I discovered FFXIV! I find that first thing I had to relearn (I had played through text RP before... 10 years ago) how to describe things in text. Â Tabletop is SO much easier, DM is describing almost everything and I just had to act out my character. In an MMO, you have to text it out. Some emotes are fitting to use at times, but not all. I mostly /em the descriptions.
As for a long arc of a story, COMPLETELY doable, as long as you have a group of trusted players to carry it out with. We have regular OOC discussions on ideas and brainstorms, although never scripted since this is RP after all. I have been surprised more than once in a scenario that *I* planned! And of course I love it when I find my character thrown into a situation that totally catches me by surprise.
That's kind of the beauty of RPing in an MMO I find. While I can run an arc with others, there are still PLENTY of room for other players to throw their own twists and surprises that makes it a spontaneous, dynamic, and an evolving story. Everyone can be a mini-GM of sorts for particular scenario, affect the overall arc and maybe even turn it upside down from where it was headed.
Wherever you go, I hope you have fun on however you RP in an MMO. That's all that really matters in the end. But from one tabletop RPer to another, I think you will find what you are looking for.
