Argent Dawn - open or guild restricted RP?

[Naeliren-argent-dawn]

Hi there,
I am a long time RPer, from both IRL RPGs as well as other games. And I am looking into getting myself some Warcraft RP. My quick research through the servers resulted in a quick Argent Dawn pick, as it seems the most alive one.

What would your advice be for a total lore noob, as to the starting point? Finding a Guild seems the most obvious choice, but I am yet to find one recruiting. The only ones I saw were using the Stormwind Chappel as their hub. Horde side Ogrimar seemed somewhat empty, haven’t seen anyone IC there.

Another question would be, are there any “must have” addons for Roleplayers?

[Azkiel-argent-dawn]

Totally recommend Total RP 3, it helps you to create more depth for your character.

And with RP, I think that on blue side is more opened, since it’s 70% of server and on red side is more by guild managed and sometimes opened for the public.
But these are just my opinions.
But overall, I think the AD is the best RP server

[Brigante-argent-dawn (Brigante)]

I echo that, TRP or MRP are good choices, they not only allow you to describe your character better than just what the model looks like, but also they kind of are a bit of a sign to other RP’ers that you are an RP’er yourself, so they’re not just going to get some nutter talking about football in /say, for example.

It’s good to know the RP Hotspots. For Alliance its simple. That’s Stormwind. Old Town, Cathedral district, Mage Quarter, just not that Trade district, that way lies madness. There are other hubs which are awesome, but those are the big ones.

For Horde its trickier, there is no one big hub, Horde RP tends to be numerous in Orgrimmar’s Valley of Honour, and also the East side of Silvermoon….If you treat Murder Row as kind of a border, you’d not be far wrong…

Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t -need- to be in a guild to get RP, I mean it sure helps, having a merry bunch of comrades and can open a lot of doors, but you don’t -need- to, an unguilded character can have fun, and make friends who are in guilds, without joining the guilds themselves.

You say you’re a long time roleplayer from tabletop and such, ugh, I am guilty of that as well, 22 years rolling that D20, After a couple of years I moved on to hardcore stuff, fell in with the ‘wrong crowd’ and started LARP, so it sounds like its just the ‘where’ for RP rather than the ‘how’, so those areas listed above are good, but also checking the AD forums and going “Hmm, whats going on there, looks like a large conglomeration of people, I may try to hook myself up with that…”

(Pro tip, I think the Silverpine campaign advertised on the AD forums is still open to individuals, just not massive guilds…Might be worth having a look at that)

[Naeliren-argent-dawn]

Yeah, posted on AD server forums as well. Realized there are not only thematic forums but also server ones like half an hour after posting this.

I am tempted to join a guild, as I am somewhat noobish in terms of lore. And I figured having a bunch of RP “fanatics” throwing their info at me would be the “easiest” way to get my hang on things.

I will take a look at those Addons and then see what AD forums pop out. Thank you both for the input <3