(06-25-2015, 01:19 AM)Unnamed Mercenary Wrote:(06-25-2015, 01:02 AM)Thorgar Wrote: am I the odd duck out? I actually run my raids In character and do just fine (admittedly on the games im not new at lol). My wife and i are used to RPing during quests, raids, dungeons, or even out farming. We are no slouches when it comes to playing pve either, she was the top raid healer for her everquest 2 server for years, and i was ranked #3 tank on city of heroes virtue server for more than a year.
I have always seen RP as being in character while you play the character not stopping and pretending to move places while all talking in a circle. I run pathfinder games on Saturdays for that lol.
Am i just misunderstanding the RP talk? (the terms do seem to change everytime i turn around... yay getting old lol)
While there are a collection of players who RP within the main scenerio quest, I think the RPC has a wide variety of characters, many of which take on a much...lesser role in the story? I've found most are about standard NPC/city-NPC tier, generally without the Echo or Warrior of Light statuses. Some may go so far as to only roleplay a class and not a job, should the game's lore present the job as a "only the main character who is super special can become this".
That is not to disuade you from RPing what you like, however! I think a balance and perhaps even a gradient of characters and their abilities is what makes the game feel so alive. When one can be a simple city-dweller up to the hero who saves the day, it allows for a very diverse amount of roleplay to occur. That said, a low-fantasy minded player/character is not likely to mesh well with a high-fantasy minded player/character. It's just the nature of RP. It is expected that people be respectful of others' playstyles (even if you can't take their character seriously or anything else)
((in terms of my own roleplay, Franz is certainly not the main character. Or even that skilled in his matial abilities. But he's durable. And has a mess of problems that are fun to work through, although they certainly push some of the lore to its limits.))
actually when it comes to the point that the main story is a "chosen one" type i ignore it when i RP, cause everyone is the chosen one. I still make a character that fits the world and roleplay it accordingly. dungeons and raids i pass off as major raids or encounters other than teh story line one given as most dont want to kill teh big bad ubermiench every day ICly.
as to other peoples styles, i never try to step on anyone's toes, i dont like it when others try to ruin my fun so i wont do that to another. I usually talk oocly with the story teller for a RP session to make sure I know the ground rules and am comfortable with them. Â
I hope i didnt come off as some kinda elitist arsehat, was not my intention lol. I find it odd when i hear RP'ers cant do PVE or PVP, maybe cause i started on teh RPPVP server in Everquest?
hmm just hit me what tickles my bad bone with completely non lore characters. its like running a D&D game with a set campaign setting and suddenly one of your players throws in Gamma World characters. Im used to running or playing with a set of rules and playing within the set boundries of that universe. same goes for MMORPG's which are just the next logical step for table top gaming. heh my issue not anyone elses
.  all said and done i DO look forward to gaming with all of you at some point, we just set down ground rules ahead of time (like house rules) so everyone is on the same page and then have a damn fun good time.
