In WoW, there are two types of roleplay - that of a 'roleplay event', and roleplay whilst adventuring.
Through the larger community, you can advertise roleplay events - the LFRP channel, general chat to invite nearby people, posting a warning on the forum. People who want to roleplay will come, just for the roleplay itself. You won't advance skills, you won't be racing to finish a quest, everyone is there for the event, and no one is missing out on anything.
Roleplaying whilst adventuring means you get to play the game as well. A lot of people will pretty much rely on their mates for this part, because it is so much harder to find someone of the same level, doing the same quests as you, who is also happy to hamstring their progress by stopping and chatting IC.
Tom seems determined to stubbornly not enjoy WoW, and that's something that he'll either get over, or he'll leave saying it wasn't for him. He complains about the grind, when all he does is go out and grind. I'm not sure why he kills random passing things when they're unrelated to any quests, and then complains about it. He also doesn't seem to be being proactive about the game, but rather rides on your coattails a bit - he doesn't play unless he's with his recruit-a-friend.
I enjoy WoW most when I'm gaming and roleplaying at the same time. I enjoy just gaming, and I enjoy just roleplaying as well. I concede that I can't always do both, and that to get to doing both, I must do some of the gaming on my own - or just gaming in a group sans roleplay - until the both can happen. I think that's what most roleplayers on WoW have accepted.
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Date: 2008-10-23 07:05 am (UTC)Through the larger community, you can advertise roleplay events - the LFRP channel, general chat to invite nearby people, posting a warning on the forum. People who want to roleplay will come, just for the roleplay itself. You won't advance skills, you won't be racing to finish a quest, everyone is there for the event, and no one is missing out on anything.
Roleplaying whilst adventuring means you get to play the game as well. A lot of people will pretty much rely on their mates for this part, because it is so much harder to find someone of the same level, doing the same quests as you, who is also happy to hamstring their progress by stopping and chatting IC.
Tom seems determined to stubbornly not enjoy WoW, and that's something that he'll either get over, or he'll leave saying it wasn't for him. He complains about the grind, when all he does is go out and grind. I'm not sure why he kills random passing things when they're unrelated to any quests, and then complains about it. He also doesn't seem to be being proactive about the game, but rather rides on your coattails a bit - he doesn't play unless he's with his recruit-a-friend.
I enjoy WoW most when I'm gaming and roleplaying at the same time. I enjoy just gaming, and I enjoy just roleplaying as well. I concede that I can't always do both, and that to get to doing both, I must do some of the gaming on my own - or just gaming in a group sans roleplay - until the both can happen. I think that's what most roleplayers on WoW have accepted.