>Then, I keeping playing in hopes that people like that will ultimately suffer some negative consequence, but I am resigned to the fact that it never, ever, ever will happen.

We just had an exodus of several long-time players who were severely penalized for afk scripting, and a couple other prominent paying players have gone F2P for the same reason.

The afk-hammer has come down hard recently. Good, it's about time we cleaned shop some.

>>Persida, I might have missed you saying, but I was wondering if this thread was just for fun or if you found some useful tidbits that can be worked into future happenings and development?

A little of both.

-Persida

>>can still choose to RP when they want to

To go back to an earlier discussion we had, and to get back onto the topic of how I play DragonRealms, this is what RP: None means to me. When I am set to RP: None, which is pretty much all the time, it means not to approach me with no prior contact or background in search of RP. Don't come to me and try and impose your roleplay on me, but that doesn't mean I won't actively engage in roleplay I come across if the situation fits and my mood strikes.

This one's done, guys. People keep posting off topic or conflicts posts in the thread, and it's taking a great deal of manpower to continuously have to hide or remove those posts, so I have to shut the thread down.

I'm sorry to the people who were still invested in the thread, but thank you to everyone who contributed in the spirit of my initial post, and please know that your input was seen and appreciated.

-Persida

I find that my play is affected by the race and guild of the character I'm playing. My Elothean Empath spends most of her time working. Socializing is a waste of her time. She'll heal anyone who asks, but you won't catch her sitting around the guild, partly because she has things to do, and partly because she can't stand the chaos of crowds. She's the easiest for me to play because she's a loner, I'm an introvert... perfect fit.

I have the most fun playing my halfling, but I really have to be up for it. She doesn't get much game time.

I have a gnome who is probably my most developed character (in rp terms), even though he's my newest. He was meant to be a functional character, but he surprised me by developing a personality. He's IC even if no one is around to see it. Some of his best friends are NPCs.

And when I said "" I thought it would post what I was responding to. I was responding to someone saying they RP alone at times, ie, talk to critters they're killing. Say hi to the NPC healer. That sort of thing.

Well, I do spend a lot of time training for TDPS, but that's just because I want to be relevant when exciting things happen. Sometimes big monsters come in that only the really strongest can have a part in fighting and I want to catch up to be relevant.

Right now you could say I'm a "relic hunter," someone looking for magic items or weaponry often not thought of or remembered or just seen very often and adding them to my collection of things. Following the events of HollowsEve a couple years ago theres a forum post around somewhere that mentions using 911 assist to try to get some srs RP in flow, especially during events, but I've been rather afraid to attempt to use that, so my RP is generally only when I see others doing it.

Solo RP I used to amuse myself at the hunting preserve manor where the Crazed Madmen are at. After being injured sufficiently or needing to rest from fighting so many I'd go down the secret hatch and close it behind me as that was a safe area. I didn't actually need to close the hatch for it to be a safe area but being able to interact with the environment was very amusing to me and highly nostalgic. But now doors cant be opened or closed like that anymore, which I think is a shame, because when you're in a room doing something you might not want others to see, the act of the door being opened gives someone a warning that someone is or may be about to come in so they can stop or hide what they are doing. People do things behind closed doors in this game you know..

Also I constantly roleplay when praying to Truffenyi in my ever present quest for "spontaneous attunement." :3







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