Paradox Posted July 30, 2015 Share #51 Posted July 30, 2015 I just obsessively look at people's search info. If people RP, it's usually there. Beyond that, I just look to see who already is Rping, and try to insert myself if possible. People Rp everywhere, it's not really hard to find. Link to comment
D'aito Kuji Posted July 31, 2015 Share #52 Posted July 31, 2015 I tried the thing but I didn't run into anyone from here, I suppose. Someone did walk-up but it was because of my search info. Link to comment
Zael Aders Posted July 31, 2015 Share #53 Posted July 31, 2015 I have the feeling that the lack of walk-ups in general RP has less to do with people not being able to identify who is IC/looking for RP and more to do with simple confidence and willingness to approach a stranger. As most people have said, the search info usually does a good job of holding information about RP. I've seen some with things like 'send a tell for walk-ups' or 'IC if minion is out' which seems to be doing the job just fine. While I commend the idea, I personally feel it's solving a problem that isn't there. 1 Link to comment
xelliexell Posted August 1, 2015 Share #54 Posted August 1, 2015 We're trying this out in our LS, and so far it's had a positive effect. One of our officers has been testing it out quite a bit, and hasn't really been that pestered by /tells for melds from non-RPers. (In fact, the main thing he's gotten is "What is that symbol for?", if anything. ) We had a fairly thoughtful discussion between our officers before we decided that it wouldn't do much harm to try this on for size. The benefits seemed to outweigh the effort involved, from our perspective. I also saw someone in the Thaumaturge's Guild with the symbol above their head today, and it was effective in generating the silent thought of "Oh, that person's an RPer and looking for RP!" (I already knew they were an RPer from a brief interaction. So, while they could have been looking for a Meld, I think they were using it for the purpose proposed in this thread.) My thought is, if you don't want to use it, totally understandable! No one will ever take that freedom away from you. But in my mind, there isn't much to lose in the attempt of utilizing it, at least until SE opts to give us a true RP icon (if they ever do.) As with most things, this is just another makeshift, totally optional tool to hook people up with RP opportunities. Disclaimer: I'm not attempting to convince anyone. I'm just adding my perspective and our experience to the topic and discussion. ^^ Link to comment
Dravus Posted August 1, 2015 Share #55 Posted August 1, 2015 I have the feeling that the lack of walk-ups in general RP has less to do with people not being able to identify who is IC/looking for RP and more to do with simple confidence and willingness to approach a stranger. This is an excellent point. I've encountered a lot of role-players in FFXIV who appear very reluctant to initiate contact when it comes to role-play. This, unfortunately, also extends to them maintaining contact once an initial introduction has been made. Obviously it's a two way thing but I'd be lying if I said my friends list didn't have more than a few role-players on it who haven't messaged me again after adding me. Sometimes this is understandable due to the real world/other responsibilities getting in the way but other times it feels like people are just too scared to put themselves out there and say 'hey, up for some role-play today?' Link to comment
banndsand Posted August 2, 2015 Share #56 Posted August 2, 2015 I like this icon because I can put in my chat "LFM=IC" and not have to use any more of the very limited space than that to tell people when I am available for RP (it's hard enough to fit a brief description and tinyurl wiki links in there). Also because I don't type up actions super fast, so if I am RPing on my own to signal "hey, look at me, I'm in-character", people walking by might not always see my messages. Another thing is I can easily turn it off if I need to brb to go grab a snack or something, thus making me less worried that someone might walk up and think I'm ignoring them when I'm just briefly AFK. x.x EDIT: repetitive vocabulary fix Link to comment
Kellach Woods Posted August 3, 2015 Share #57 Posted August 3, 2015 I have the feeling that the lack of walk-ups in general RP has less to do with people not being able to identify who is IC/looking for RP and more to do with simple confidence and willingness to approach a stranger. This is an excellent point. I've encountered a lot of role-players in FFXIV who appear very reluctant to initiate contact when it comes to role-play. This, unfortunately, also extends to them maintaining contact once an initial introduction has been made. Obviously it's a two way thing but I'd be lying if I said my friends list didn't have more than a few role-players on it who haven't messaged me again after adding me. Sometimes this is understandable due to the real world/other responsibilities getting in the way but other times it feels like people are just too scared to put themselves out there and say 'hey, up for some role-play today?' beyond a certain group, i've yet to have anyone message me more than once for RP. Link to comment
Z'ythe Solwind Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share #58 Posted August 11, 2015 Hi everyone! OP here, we've actually got this idea going full blown in the company now. It's had a few benefits I'd like to highlight. - No interruptions for your more private RP moments. (Friends tend to message you if your in your private room enjoying yourself. If that's your thing.) - This helps people on your friends list find hotspots of where the RP is happening. Link to comment
ɴᴘᴄ Posted August 11, 2015 Share #59 Posted August 11, 2015 Huh. I had thrown up the tag while in Limsa the other day when I actually needed a meld (recent emigrant faux pas, I suppose) and had a handful of people walk up and stare at me for a few moments before walking off. Perhaps this was the reason. I will keep it in mind for future use. Link to comment
KHMarie Posted August 11, 2015 Share #60 Posted August 11, 2015 It is a shame Square doesn't just implement it's own personal icon for RP. I mean one of the most popular servers in NA is an unofficial role playing server. Not only that but you can put the option to have a RP in what your FC does [ex. RP/Progression Casual/Hardcore etc.] so it's not like they don't know that's something people actively do in MMO's It's not like it would be something hard to put in, at least I would assume it wouldn't. I agree though, having a status icon for RPing would be extremely helpful for walk-ups. I've only ever seen what OP suggested used once in game, and ironically I was confused considering I had never actually seen the icon used before haha. May consider trying in the future! Link to comment
Eddard Posted August 12, 2015 Share #61 Posted August 12, 2015 This is an idea that Gilgamesh tried to implement a while ago. It may even be coming up on a year soon. In any case, as marvelous as it is, it caused confusion a number of times, fooling crafters into thinking we were actually looking for a meld and not RP. That happened more commonly than it actually gotRP. I wish SE would give us our own indicator and wish this could suffice until then. After seeing it implemented, I'd say it doesn't work as well as one would help and should be put to the side. Honestly, Balmung already has a trend that helps depict this. A whole lot of the RP FC's in this server have "RP" somewhere in the tag. "WE-RP," "TO-RP," "Rs-RP." It may not be a way to see if that person is in character at that precise moment but it is a way to show that you can at least try and at the worst be turned down due to being OOC, which isn't exactly a travesty. The tags, at the very least, act as some sort of filter between who's an RPer and who isn't (mostly at least since not every person in that guild may necessarily be an RPer). 1 Link to comment
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