The RP Community Must Unite or Die

I’m an Roleplayer, but I don’t just stay in a chateau all day and play pretend. I view RP as another layer that enhances the already existing systems than acting as an entirely separate entity. I have been a progression raider and an avid PvPer while also engaging in comprehensive RP. However, not every RPer views RP the same way. Some don’t like PvP at all and hate it with a fiery passion, especially world PvP. My fear is this: a Hardcore PvP guild emerges on the RP preferred server and proceeds to destroy every node occupied by RPers and actively ambushes them at events and other activities. These insular and creative communities will be annihilated on the battlefield. The only way I can see them competing with a guild like that is by forming a defensive coalition and overwhelming them with numbers. If every RP guild acts in one bloc, it would be much harder for their play style to be consistently inconvenienced by people who only care about PvP. It’s something I think about often as an RPer, but what do you think? Do you think my concerns are unfounded? Do you think there is an easier solution? Let me know!

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ClintHardwood

I would love to join a guild that regularly raids RPer nodes. Easy pickings.

Galvyr

Kesthely wrote: »

A hardcore pvp guild will not go to the designated rp server, it will go to the designated pvp server. What you should be weary about is the disruptive player, Fortunatly with the vast size of Vera, and the length it will take to level up and transverse the world, the disruptive player will be to a minimum

It happened in WoW Classic. Just saying.

Vaknar

While some may not see it, or agree, IMO - Roleplayers play a super important role in making a world feel alive.

Similarly to other thoughts in this thread, that might be through the storytelling of events that occur. However, it is important to us that roleplayers feel they have a home in Ashes of Creation. I believe we'll be doing a Dev Discussion on this topic in the future, and I can't wait to see what everyone has to say in addition to threads like these!

daveywavey

RPG = Role Playing Game.

Clue's in the name!

Gospell1

Rp and rpg different concepts

Enigmatic Sage

Does thou prefer burial or cremation?

or shall I let the crows feast upon thou rotten corpses.

on a serious note, who knows, the game design could just make an official RP relatively pointless in comparison to "normal" servers. Could be an interesting dev discussion down the line as @Vaknar mentioned.

It's definitely not a new subject/topic to the forums.

Arya_Yeshe

There's plenty of roleplayers who are fantastic pvpers in other games!
Where you people have been, why do you think rpers are bad pvpers?
In my experience, the rpers are the most fun and competent pvpers.

Ultima Online:
Who else played in rp Ultima Online shards? I did play as pk ORC!
Always being hunted by everybody, always ambushing unsuspecting victims.
You gotta be an exceptional PvPer in UO to take this rp, otherwise people will snow plow you.

EVE Online:
The most significant and competent war alliance in EVE is Blackflag alliance, they rp as mercenaries who ramsom player structures. If the player who is a station owner doesn't pay them, they will pretty much destroy your station.

The most significant and efficient gankers among all games in history are the alliances CODE and Safety, both rp around asking mining permits from miners and ganking miners. They have fantastic players skill wise and rp wise.

Both groups are fantastic PvPers, they crush their targets... they keep their rp going and the pvp being delivered.

Ashes of Creation:
There is plenty of space for PvP rp, guilds and nodes will be able to bring piracy and sieges to a whole new level. If savagery is the rp itself, the PvP will delivered.

Barab

We welcome all challengers big or small, self-proclaimed hardcore or elite pvp, rp or not rp on whatever server the RP community chooses as home.

Anduin Kayvaan

@Galvyr you already know my group has your back. Bring on the PVP and the RP PVP.

Plus as @Barrab has stated, bring on the challengers. Larger PVX rp guilds like Mithril Warhammers, Dunhold, and my own guild fully intend to not only actively hunt griefers but to fight larger threats. Besides it will be fun when someone encroaches on the Dwarven holds and an army of Elves show up to answer their oath by defending their friends and allies.

Roleplay in this game will be amazing stories but also be mixing content with story telling.

Looking forward to fighting along side you Master Dwarf @Barrab may we always be on the same side cleaving enemies.

Mag7spy

Rp community will be calling me Thanos because when i show up they disappear.

Galvyr

Anduin Kayvaan wrote: »

@Galvyr you already know my group has your back. Bring on the PVP and the RP PVP.

Plus as @Barrab has stated, bring on the challengers. Larger PVX rp guilds like Mithril Warhammers, Dunhold, and my own guild fully intend to not only actively hunt griefers but to fight larger threats. Besides it will be fun when someone encroaches on the Dwarven holds and an army of Elves show up to answer their oath by defending their friends and allies.

Roleplay in this game will be amazing stories but also be mixing content with story telling.

Looking forward to fighting along side you Master Dwarf @Barrab may we always be on the same side cleaving enemies.

Good man as always!

Galvyr

Mag7spy wrote: »

Rp community will be calling me Thanos because when i show up they disappear.

Well, we’ll be in active conflict then.

daveywavey

Mag7spy wrote: »

Rp community will be calling me Thanos because when i show up they disappear.

Or, maybe you just smell really bad.

Depraved

Mag7spy wrote: »

Rp community will be calling me Thanos because when i show up they disappear.

lmao but only half of them T_T

Mag7spy

Depraved wrote: »

Mag7spy wrote: »

Rp community will be calling me Thanos because when i show up they disappear.

lmao but only half of them T_T

Got to leave some people to tell the stories ;o

Yuyukoyay

Honestly I don't think hardcore roleplaying is going to be realistically possible in this game. If it's casual roleplay and you don't annoy people with it then I'm sure no one is going to care. The problem is when people start noticing huge groups of players who don't want to play the game or do dungeons and stuff. It gets really annoying differentiating roleplayers from normal players.

Maybe a color tag for it or a title can help avoid that issue. The more people have to ignore to have roleplaying in the game the more roleplayers will probably be hazed. So it has to be done with as few inconveniences to non roleplayers as possible.

Now while player interaction is good. Flat out Hazing is too far in the negative direction. Could result in legal trouble with the company. That's how serious allowing Hazing to exist in this fashion can be. So reducing it as much as possible is a necessity.

Solvryn

Mag7spy wrote: »

Rp community will be calling me Thanos because when i show up they disappear.

I played on Emerald Dream for years, heard this too many times.

Arya_Yeshe

People who only played carebear games have no clue about how hard is facing pvp RPers from full pvp games

The pvp RPers will pretty much force people out of the game, this is the reality

Galvyr

Yuyukoyay wrote: »

Honestly I don't think hardcore roleplaying is going to be realistically possible in this game. If it's casual roleplay and you don't annoy people with it then I'm sure no one is going to care. The problem is when people start noticing huge groups of players who don't want to play the game or do dungeons and stuff. It gets really annoying differentiating roleplayers from normal players.

Maybe a color tag for it or a title can help avoid that issue. The more people have to ignore to have roleplaying in the game the more roleplayers will probably be hazed. So it has to be done with as few inconveniences to non roleplayers as possible.

Now while player interaction is good. Flat out Hazing is too far in the negative direction. Could result in legal trouble with the company. That's how serious allowing Hazing to exist in this fashion can be. So reducing it as much as possible is a necessity.

The vast majority of RPers do all content.

Mag7spy

Solvryn wrote: »

Mag7spy wrote: »

Rp community will be calling me Thanos because when i show up they disappear.

I played on Emerald Dream for years, heard this too many times.

I'm not like those other false ones, i am absolute the time of the RP is over. I'll send it where I sent the 7th.

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