Why dont you play on a RP-server?

[Triceron]

I swear to God...every single time i dont use the words "IMO" i always get flack for it on MMO-C.
And i use "IMO" a lot in this forums, i simply forgot to use it here.

Just imagine i used "IMO" at the start of the sentence.

Why not just say 'I like RP servers' instead of saying 'IMO RP servers are better'?

Both carry the same subjective value, but the former isn't making a statement about it.

[KOUNTERPARTS]

I swear to God...every single time i dont use the words "IMO" i always get flack for it on MMO-C.
And i use "IMO" a lot in this forums, i simply forgot to use it here.

Just imagine i used "IMO" at the start of the sentence.



Understandable! No hate! You do you!
It was never my intention to start this topic of conversation to "shit" on people who disagree with my preference.

English is not your first language, but you understand it and communicate it well.
You've been on MMO-C for quite some time and this is an issue you've run into for years. This isn't anything new.

You, yourself, have acknowledged in the past that you come off as entitled and superior in threads and even if you do not intend it, you've done it so often that it has become your M.O. Don't get upset when people remember this and hold you accountable.

If you didn't mean it, fine. It's not a big deal. But don't act like it's not happening.

[Big Thanks]

English is not your first language, but you understand it and communicate it well.
You've been on MMO-C for quite some time and this is an issue you've run into for years. This isn't anything new.

You, yourself, have acknowledged in the past that you come off as entitled and superior in threads and even if you do not intend it, you've done it so often that it has become your M.O. Don't get upset when people remember this and hold you accountable.

If you didn't mean it, fine. It's not a big deal. But don't act like it's not happening.

Is probably a language barrier thing...because in my group of friends im the most submissive bitch you have ever seen who never looks for conflict and uses words like "UwU"....so...yeah...

[Soon-TM]

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I already do (or rather did, since Idgaf about the goblin patch), and it's great. It's probably the only thing left in current WoW that resembles a community, other than a quality guild.

[Winoralu]

My alt is on Argent Dawn EU and i love spending the evenings there, just watch the interactions, and my toon has become known in the city.
I plan on changing my main to it when it's on sale, only problem for me is that my name is already in use there by someone so i have to rename my old char which is a bit sad.
And stormwind has been extremely laggy, it seems to be a bit better now, but that's a thing that held me back last time when it was on sale..

[Algorath]

Is just a superior form of server when compared to "normal" ones.
People sitting on benches
Groups formed up on the streets talking
People gathered up at the stormwind bar
Roleplay-walking players

And hey, if you start conversation in chat the usual reply is not "shut up" like on normal servers...

So why dont you play on one?

(random nice walk on Stormwind garden always cheers me up)

I have played on RP-PVP servers 99% of my time on WoW.

My reasoning is pretty simple - 1) The world feels more alive 2) the chats aren't filled up with gunk.

I haven't RPed in years, but still gravitate to RP realms for these reasons. Although in general the average RPer is way WAY worse at the content of wow I like to do. (Raids/M+). So I can 100% understand people playing on PVE/PVP realms - Better players go there - The more chill, casual, relaxed (and probably older) players go to RP realms.

[ThatsOurEric]

I don't place any value or sentiment to playing videogames with strangers.

With a hostile sentiment like that, you sound like you're
not worth any value or sentiment either.

I am the one telling you to "shut up" in chat. Keep it to your friends

Actually, since there's a feature in the game that
blocks other players, completely hiding any of
their text.

However, you've instead chosen the route of the
douchebag, being unnecessarily hostile to other
players for no good reason.

Perhaps YOU should be the one to keep that kind
of personality to yourself and anyone stupid enough
to call you a friend.

Common experience for me is Solo Queue Rated PvP, and M+ where they are at.

I personally wouldn't know about those two experiences as I don't do either one. I'll grant you that Random PvP definitely gets there, especially when the team is losing, but the rare individual RPer I get paired with when doing LFD turning hostile is still more of what I'm used to.

[Lochton]

I personally wouldn't know about those two experiences as I don't do either one. I'll grant you that Random PvP definitely gets there, especially when the team is losing, but the rare individual RPer I get paired with when doing LFD turning hostile is still more of what I'm used to.

I have experienced Rated, and Random PvP with people raging for not having a more pure/straight win. I've experienced people raging and calling for all to give up because we're only 100 points ahead.. And I'm not even commenting on M+.. Haha

[Big Thanks]

I have experienced Rated, and Random PvP with people raging for not having a more pure/straight win. I've experienced people raging and calling for all to give up because we're only 100 points ahead.. And I'm not even commenting on M+.. Haha

I got really flustered yesterday on a 3k rated BG Blitz....i was called a noob and claims were made to report me
Didnt happen in so long. So toxic.

[Al Gorefiend]

With a hostile sentiment like that, you sound like you're
not worth any value or sentiment either.



Actually, since there's a feature in the game that
blocks other players, completely hiding any of
their text.

However, you've instead chosen the route of the
douchebag, being unnecessarily hostile to other
players for no good reason.

Perhaps YOU should be the one to keep that kind
of personality to yourself and anyone stupid enough
to call you a friend.



I personally wouldn't know about those two experiences as I don't do either one. I'll grant you that Random PvP definitely gets there, especially when the team is losing, but the rare individual RPer I get paired with when doing LFD turning hostile is still more of what I'm used to.

Engaging in RP with someone who doesn't want to is solicitation-lite

[czarek]

I dont becasue i want to play a game not role play character in virtual world.

[Illuminance]

I dont becasue i want to play a game not role play character in virtual world.

I know what you intended, but this is really funny considering we're talking about World of Warcraft

[czarek]

I know what you intended, but this is really funny considering we're talking about World of Warcraft

I mean in some way i do role play but not as main activity and reason to play. Im killin stuff and get loot im simple man.

[kranur]

As cool as that may sound, with WoW I'm more interested in the action. Besides, WoW is not even a decent RPG, why would I RP in a bad RPG to begin with.

[Al Gorefiend]

My experience with RP realms are they lack far more variety of race/class combos as more people aim for the "correct" choices like human DK and very little people choose to RP as the zugzug races on Horde. You end up with a lot of people all roleplaying the same types of characters.

Like if you're a night elf druid you can spin your story however you want and it won't be unique.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

My experience with RP realms are they lack far more variety of race/class combos as more people aim for the "correct" choices like human DK and very little people choose to RP as the zugzug races on Horde. You end up with a lot of people all roleplaying the same types of characters.

Like if you're a night elf druid you can spin your story however you want and it won't be unique.

On Horde side RP on Moon Guard (Horde side RP is usually centered around guilds that do military campaigns out in the world, not standing around in a city for slice of life walkups like in Stormwind), I have seen some race/class combinations that you do not typically see represented by Blizzard NPCs, such as Goblin and Tauren Death Knights. Very gungho Pandaren warriors wearing Horde armor and serving in Horde state units. Etc. IIRC I have seen some people RPing as human or elf traitors too. I think the increased variety stems from the mentality that people go into the RP with. Because Horde MG RP is centered around campaigns and action, people think "wow, it's a big wide fantasy world with lots of different things that happened in it that I didn't hear about, ofcourse maybe there was a Tauren who got killed and raised and then rejoined his tribe after the war ended" or "ofcourse there would be a Pandaren out there who decided to join the Horde and is quite fervent". People make whatever cool character they want and then try to find what Horde guild organization or tribe or military unit best fits them. Whereas on Alliance side, most people's first exposure to RP is not to a campaign out in the world, but lazy slice of life fluff out in a mundane, realistically themed medieval city where people RP as town guards or as bread sellers, so people start trying to think "oh, a Pandaren death knight with these magical weapons and cool mount wouldn't be walking down the streets of Stormwind! That's too out there!" or some such, forgetting that it's a wide world. They restrict their imagination. I do think Blizzard is partially at fault here for keeping their races as strictly defined hats. You don't see a lot of Tauren NPCs taking an interest in becoming stonemasons or engineers or practicing arcane magicks. Same issue with Star Trek where when most writers write a Klingon character, they just regurgitate the same narrow hat of them being boisterous warriors talking about honor and such. You don't see them write Klingon farmers or carpenters, who would be quite different.

[DechCJC]

When I started playing WoW in 2007, I was on Anachronos-EU, a PVE server. I didn't change because it wasn't an option and I had no desire.

These days, everything's merged and retail just doesn't... have a huge focus on roleplaying (not that I wouldn't appreciate it). If I wanted to RP, I'd probably just play classic -- And if I played classic, I'd probably be playing hardcore so... Yeah.

[THEORACLE64]

Because I don't value the things you mentioned.

It's entirely fine if you do. That's awesome. But other people will value other things. That's why there's so many ways to play the game, neither of which is "correct" or "incorrect" because they're just different, that's all.

I prefer minimum social interaction. I'm happiest when other players limit themselves to functional communication - talk to me about strategy, tell me when you need me to do something, all that. And that's it, really.

And I totally get that many people are not like me, and want different things. That's cool. But I don't point fingers at them going "why do you want to talk about your day you weirdo!" and ask them what's wrong with them because they haven't gotten Cutting Edge yet. I leave them to do their thing, and trust them to leave me to do my thing. And if by chance we happen to be doing the same thing, we negotiate a compromise between both our expectations.

That's how it works.

We enjoy different things. And neither thing is "superior" to the other, as you put it. That way toxicity lies.

I love it when people want minimal interaction from others in an MMO

[Biomega]

I love it when people want minimal interaction from others in an MMO

You did not quite read that correctly.

I said I want minimal social interaction. I'm all for playing with other people - I just don't want to talk to them or socialize with them. I want to, you know, play.

[Relapses]

I find it amusingly ironic how much this thread perfectly exemplifies the reasons I avoid RP servers.

Some people take this shit wayyyyyyyyyyy too seriously and really don't like to be reminded of the fact that we're all complete strangers slaying internet dragons for imaginary loot.