(01-17-2018, 01:29 PM)Symphony Wrote: I'm the type of MMO player who sees their character as themselves rather than something they control
I don't see my character as some type of puppet I manipulate since my character is basically me.
So my question is: what is this type of RP called so I can find like minded people who would like to do things like quests and dungeons ICly?
I've generally seen that referred to as self-insert RP. It can get kinda tricky to interact with people who are more on the in-character/out-of-character side of things, most often due to someone playing a mean/villainous/etc character because if someone's is playing the role of an antagonist, but they're doing so directly to you, the player AND character, it's far too easy for something that wasn't intended to be personal to be taken personally. Especially if you're telling people that your character is you and they should be treated the same.
Granted, even among IC/OOC RPers, there is always the issue of IC/OOC bleed, which is similar to self-inserting in terms of taking things meant only for a character as something meant for the player as well. There have been quite a few heated threads on this topic or because of this topic.
On a side note though, there are IC/OOC RPers who do RP the main scenerio quests, other general quests, and in dungeons. Although I would heavily advise that dungeon RP be limited to 100% premade parties for everyone's enjoyment. RP walking / being an ice-only mage/ etc in a random duty finder group probably would not go over so well. (And hasn't in the past.)
