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Freelance wizard has a valid point, but Ul'dah has had that sort of split for a long time. For example many people claim to be members of various law enforcement linkshells, we had the Sultana herself at the ball, etc etc.
I think the way the plot has gone allows for people who want to ignore it just as much as they can ignore Natalie is a brass blade. I think most RPers are really good at compartmentalization, and if somone goes, "What poison." My reaction won't be to shun them, it will just be, "Oh good, if you don't feel the effects then you'll be fine."
My character wouldn't really talk about plot stuff unless it's someone involved or someone who wants to get involved. Even despite all the craziness I still wander around sometimes on patrol and harass people with RP tags as a brass blade, (I have a love of telling new highlander characters to get a job, ul'dah doesn't need any more mouths to feed.). No one as running around telling people they need to accept the poison plot, or that they even need to accept it to RP with us.
The RP community is a tangled web of continuities, as is the game itself, depending on where you are in the quests. The only way to avoid the problem is to either never do any RP besides light tavern RP, or do all serious RP so it doesn't leave a FC or LS. I don't really like either of those options, I like that you can make a new character, walk around Ul'dah and see crazy stuff going down, and it doesn't take any more then a tell to get involved. No other city has that at the moment, and I think it makes Ul'dah a magical place.
Again though, no one has to accept our continuities, and I think it's responsible for any of us involved to give players an out when we interact with them so they don't feel like they have to accept it or lose out on RP with us.
I think the way the plot has gone allows for people who want to ignore it just as much as they can ignore Natalie is a brass blade. I think most RPers are really good at compartmentalization, and if somone goes, "What poison." My reaction won't be to shun them, it will just be, "Oh good, if you don't feel the effects then you'll be fine."
My character wouldn't really talk about plot stuff unless it's someone involved or someone who wants to get involved. Even despite all the craziness I still wander around sometimes on patrol and harass people with RP tags as a brass blade, (I have a love of telling new highlander characters to get a job, ul'dah doesn't need any more mouths to feed.). No one as running around telling people they need to accept the poison plot, or that they even need to accept it to RP with us.
The RP community is a tangled web of continuities, as is the game itself, depending on where you are in the quests. The only way to avoid the problem is to either never do any RP besides light tavern RP, or do all serious RP so it doesn't leave a FC or LS. I don't really like either of those options, I like that you can make a new character, walk around Ul'dah and see crazy stuff going down, and it doesn't take any more then a tell to get involved. No other city has that at the moment, and I think it makes Ul'dah a magical place.
Again though, no one has to accept our continuities, and I think it's responsible for any of us involved to give players an out when we interact with them so they don't feel like they have to accept it or lose out on RP with us.