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killz2many
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Can anyone explain why there is no role play server? So far the servers are flooded with mmo nerds who hop from one game to another. Grind, Grind, Farm, Farm. This game has a ton of potential for true nwn and d&d fans with the foundry and all.
When are you going to set a server aside for your true fans who will ultimately keep this game alive?
When are you going to set a server aside for your true fans who will ultimately keep this game alive?
Killz2Many ~ Greatest Weapon Fighter ~ Dragon Shard
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Even if there was a dedicated RP server, you know that it would fill up with the same mmo nerds. Just ignore them and play the way you want.
A lot of the RPers seem to have chosen Mindflayer. If you're looking for RP now, it may be best to make a character there. Or, you could always just wait until the server merger if you're already established in another server.
just because the game has d&d name doesnt mean its d&d mmo
its PW f2p MMO
At that point it'll just be a matter of finding what zones and instances people RP in.
Those bios are outdated. Have some steam guides:
*CYBERMIND!*
*FIRE AND NOT FIRE*
Characters have to have appropriate names for their characters according to established standards. There is usually some sort of penalty in place for those that try to disrupt role-play on RP servers, and so forth. Basically it is a server meant to provide a RP friendly environment for RPers.
It would only be online when it was in character to be so.
>Complain about 'MMO Nerds'
>Want a server for Role Playing (Totally not for nerds at all)
There isn't a roleplay server because I would assume it is a safe assumption that anyone who wants to roleplay a D&D game would use D&D for that, and not a video game.
That is a significant amount of GM time. F2P MMOs generally have terrible GM:player ratios, so this is not really economically feasible.
Actually, many f2p games are quite profitable, so I doubt economics is the issue. Rather, the lack of a RP server is probably due to it being a major hassle to maintain a proper environment on a RP server, mainly due to those that make characters on them just to disrupt the enjoyment of RPers.
It is Mind Flayer.
They are profitable in part because they don't spend the money to hire an army of GMs.
It's rather unfortunate in my opinion so many people would like to roleplay in a game based off of a game that is commonly criticized for reducing the opportunity for quality roleplay, instead of them playing that game. I can definitely understand the appeal of an RP server in a game that doesn't have it's own roleplaying system, but it's kind of an alien concept for me for people to want to RP using the game (Which is fast paced, and doesn't really allow you to spend time to roleplay without everyone being on a VoIP server or something) instead of taking the hour or two it'd take to learn any of the myriad of pen and paper systems to get their roleplay fix. Maybe I'm just being silly, but as someone who regularly plays RPGs it just seems odd.
Yes, people like you will keep this game alive. Personally, I am all for having a separate shard for Role Players, less I will have to hear in public chat about your furry fantasy garbage.
Champions online
SWTOR
DDO
DCUO
EQ2
Vangaurd
Tera online
Few f2p mmo's off the top of my head that have rp servers, and or an rp community. I know for a fact that mindflayer has been designated as unoffical rp server for the moment, but if a merge happens it will be up to the rpers to form a community and band together. What we do need is an rp forum, and a place to share event times and the like,
Add COH to that list.
To my knowledge, in none of those is RP enforced. LOTRO has a somewhat enforced RP server.
Anyway, since Cryptic is single-server architecture, this is going to be moot anyway.
CoH is dead, or hadn't you heard?
While i agree with your idea in principle i would have to argue that any roleplaying in this game is severely limited due to rigged ability rolls, the unlimited race/class choice and lack of variety in weapons/armours.
Meaning that theres only so far roleplaying could help with the fact that EVERY fighter has a sword, or that EVERY mage has a tennisball floating round her head.
In an effort to balance everything they have created a bland world where every street corner stand 10 characters all looking the same..
And who knows, if your RP is strong enough, you might even make some sense of "ibest93"
Since there is no official RP server, any immature kid can walk up to a group of roleplayers, write: "RP IS GHEY DOODZ! LOLlololz!!1111one" and they will get away with it! Or maybe they can be suspended for harassment, I dunno.
But if they wrote the same thing on a RP server, it's an automatic suspension!
(edit) Another thing I also like about RP servers is that the community is a lot more mature! Since immature players are immediately banned for making fun of other roleplayers, they tend to stay away from that server so only the mature and fun loving RPers remain! I don't RP, but just playing on a RP server felt like a breath of fresh air!
Amen brother.
Grace, Tiefling Devoted Cleric
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Then leave the rest to Batman."
I think that core of the concept is that these people don’t have your ready access to either the materials or the other people with which to role-play offline. Not to mention that online existence is the oncoming paradigm. Sites have cropped up that provide virtual tabletops and cam/voice access to bring together diverse people for material gaming experiences.
The game provides a prefabricated framework in which to role-play and the role-play doesn’t take place at the speed of a dungeon crawl, it is a distinctly separate experience wherein the players show off their creativity chops through the chat system. A lot of it will happen in a tavern or meeting hall. Where you will usually not find RP is in the middle of a delve or combat.
And its perfectly legitimate so far as it goes. Beware of getting chat banned though. That would end your RP pretty quick.