I have been extremely demotivated lately to rp, let alone boot the game up and I used to love it and loved getting creative with new character concepts and new bits of lore to explore, especially given the addition of allied races in BFA.
The current lore while perhaps interesting in the grand sheme of things, does unfortunately do nothing for average joe, the baker in stormwind, or the vast majority of characters we rp as.
You wouldn’t simply venture into the realm of death on a whim, nor would you be drafted into or effected by a war that takes place on an entirely different plane of existance.
I’d like to put this as:
We’re playing warhammer fantasy tabletop, but currently everyone is working on age of sigmar instead… and it’s just not the same.
(If you get the reference)
What would improve things greatly is if roleplay was being looked at properly, and that it would receive quality of life changes and little bits of content or tools that players could then adapt to make more interesting and diverse rp content themselves.
A wonderful example of that is something like Epsilon WoW, a rp centric fan project in which they allowed people to use private phasing and spawning, resizing etc of props and npcs to create their own fictional recreations of the world.
And after having experienced the pure joy and passion that went into this I am mindblown.
There is a whole phase dedicated to what vol’dun would look like now that the faithless are defeated and the war has stopped, with the port now seeing trade, the terrace having become a small metropolis, small areas slowly growing some crops etc…
I’d love to show it but alas trust level forbids me to post images so you’ll have to take my word for it.
If we want things to get better and improve and especially attract people to give roleplay a try to begin with, let’s make some noise and support threads and initiatives that do promote rp some more so they get seen and share them with likeminded people.
And if you got ideas or suggestions feel free to join the discussion in the general section as well: Roleplay Initiative - Suggestion Index and Wishlist