Sisiya Siya

I should add that I do think it is a fair decision. Players who can create stuff out-of-game for in-game currency is of course unfair on those who cannot. Whereas, every single player has a fair chance of making anything in-game for in-game currency if they put the work into it. I can understand some artists frustration on this but I think that's more disappointment than anything.

Have fun all! Reeally wish I could come but it's far too late for me! (GMT Time)

I was pretty fine with the way things were actually. I just didn't appreciate the idea of which - now that we do have an RP icon that if I didn't have it on whilst role playing then I would somewhat be assumed unavailable to role play. I quite like looking at search infos as I get to glean just a little more from the player/character than just the simple 'Roleplaying' status. As for taking away the need for a /tell, I prefer walkups much much more than a /tell that usually disturbs immersion for me anyway.

Welcome to Balmung Ayaka ^^ I'm fairly shy too but make it a habit of letting others know i'm free to RP with wherever, whenever.

I have mixed feelings about this new status icon. I really wish that it was added a long time ago but there we go. I now feel forced to use it to let others know that i'm available for role play. Now, I don't play with player character names on as I dislike blue letters hovering over peoples heads all over the place and especially when role playing. So with that, I never see anyones status icon anyway unless I target and click them. I was just role playing yesterday and somebody whispered me the following: "Are you a roleplayer?" (At this moment I am quite clearly roleplaying with someone.) "You know there is an RP tag right?" So I replied, Well I don't see peoples names or mine so I kind of just forgot about it. "Well people might get confused..." And he just went on and on. Fair enough if the status icon had been around for quite some time. But it was a day. I hate that I feel forced to use it now whenever I go to role play. I'm pretty much open to role play wherever I am unless i'm crafting, by the marketboards or in duty. All the places you usually don't find anyone being IC that often. Does anyone else feel abit 'forced' to use this to indicate whether they are available to role play now? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate their implementation of it but I feel it's a little late for it but I do believe it'll also just be a matter of time before we all get used to it too.