When considering the larger hubs especially, the level of what is generally accepted as the idea of roleplay ‘quality’ varies hugely from person to person. It’s equally likely that a player will run into someone of extremely low character quality as it is that a fantastic roleplayer will wander around the corner, and I think it’s this disparity of interaction that causes roleplayers especially to form such sheltered cliques. Many of us don’t have the luxury of the seemingly infinite time that we might have done five or six years ago; as such we don’t want to take the risk that the characters we interact with might be shallow and unfulfilling. For that reason, most of us tend to stick more closely to established social groups that we might otherwise in real life, simply because we are at least guaranteed roleplay interactions that we find enjoyable.
To an outside observer or somebody new to Argent Dawn this might seem like elitism, but in my experience at least there’s not much of a sense of superiority associated with this behaviour. In most cases, once you break the ice and demonstrate to other players that you are considerate and your character is interesting, you’re likely to find them friendly and accommodating no matter how new you are.
If you’re not sure about getting in a guild yet, a fair bunch of people are following the Roaming Hub (currently in Sun rock retreat) ; it’s a good occasion to find casual/social RP and maybe join some events.
And also, welcome on AD!
Come swing by where the Roaming Hub is holed up at some point (currently that’s Sun Rock Retreat in Stonetalon Mountains, soon it’ll be Splintertree Post in Ashenvale).
It’s a mixed-guild community that’s intended to also accommodate people who’re just dropping in for an hour or two of RP.
I am fairly new on Argent Dawn myself but did meet very rp open and welcoming people.
As for guilds being closed in their own events, i can not speak for all. Surely there might be some events who are more of an internal matter, but others could as well be public?
For example a few of the trials my caravan is going trough are open for spectators if they happen to stumble upon us.
Walk up to the people you find interesting, or wave at them. At least that is how you will get my attention, since my chat is mostly active so i miss whispers
Bottomline:
Do not give up! There are many nice and good roleplayers out there, you can save some of the names in this thread and approach them maybe?
To watch pasta sauce role play or griefers on alts ? I think not mate
You should seek out the PCU, Ivysaur, whisper the Hand of Conquest or Bilgewater Battalion they are part of an incredibly large + active and very welcoming (in regards to new role players that want to learn) community
Yeah sadly one of the R*g’s members decided to do really weird OOC harassment in both the game and discord and is apparently defended by the aforementioned one
I think that’s not what the OP is about, let’s not veer off – come to the PCU to become a master role player and have the RP time of your life
That aside, you may have had a spell of bad luck OP, or as said before people looked at the boosted gear and went into defence mode. Get some transmog, write a description and give it another burl.
Unironically OP you can contact me in-game and I’ll be honored to help you enter RP and set you up with a fine looking transmog.
I’ll go as far as making my character know yours as if we go back(with minimal information to allow free creative character development on your side, like the protagonist from Saints Row).
This may come across as a little rude from me, but never blatantly interrupt people’s RP. People generally don’t take it well. When approaching people the best way to chime in is to wait a bit and do a few emotes in /e until they notice you. Sticking to the topic they are talking about is another good idea.
No, you shouldn’t.
Don’t take it personal. We have had a lot of problems with people from non-RP realms coming to AD only to grief. It is just our natural paranoia kicking in.
Ignore them, they are the minority, albeit a vocal one. Try and stay IC, ignore any OOC trash talking if you have had that experience, and simply walk away if someone is being a D-bag, it’s a game and don’t feel like you have to tolerate people being rude to you. If you’re new to RP however perhaps have that in your OOC section, this may make people more tolerant if you have not followed some etiquette, or at least keep the elitist RPers away from you.
I speak mainly from an alliance perspective, as random RP is the main way RP is conducted Alliance side due tot he larger population. The Horde is a much smaller community on AD and is inherently guild based, that can lead to less opportunities to RP outside of a guild and more exposure to those elitist RPers.
There is plenty of good RP to be had, on both Factions, it is just a case of finding it. Now is a really interesting time to RP on Horde, we’ve just been betrayed by a Warchief, her followers now a rebel group that have motives as yet unknown, the Horde has no Warchief, but a triumvirate (it seems from the cinematic) who are backed by the whole of the Horde, and now new allies in the Vulpera, it is a fantastic time for RP, whether as a Vulpera trying to find their place in the Horde, or as an established member seeking to learn more from these new allies. Add to that the whole N’zoth thing and you have a really good melting pot of ideas. SOunds like it was just bad luck to be honest, people dismissing Vulpera out of hand frankly are not the sort of people commonly regarded as good roleplayers, I mean the Vulpera are an asset to the Horde, not a liability. They need to start thinking like their characters more, and less like whatever the latest meme is.
Orgrimmar is good, Silvermoon is good for those willing to travel, the roaming hubs are good, if you want to play a filthy traitor there is a Sylvanas loyal community as well.
Persevere would be my advice, Keep trying, and you will hit gold. I like the look of some of the Vulpera guilds I have seen cropping up, and have had only good RP experiences with them, so keep at it, and you will find people worth RPing with.
Eh there are Elitists here and there where ever you go. Even in the other kind of RP.
Anyway, there’s a good bunch of nice people there. This is coming from me who started RP around 7.3.5 (end of legion). And there is a good amount of helped me around, and met in RP.
Something I learned though is having a decent RP profile helps you in a long way. I understood that from my experience. And its a fair argument that someone told me ‘if you are not willing to invest in your RP character, how can we ?’.
Writing the first RP profile can be difficult to some. It was for me. Even this day I keep adjusting stuff like a OCD person lol. You dont want a huge two page or more as some people have. Just a decent paragraph of the characters background and how he/she came to be is quite enough for starters. Plus reading other profiles help you a lot.
Another good way is to join a RP guild and learn from them even though this is not something i’ve done. There are good-frequent guilds that would help you out.
Same goes from me. Give me a should and I will definitely help
I converted myself to TRP3dom last week and I’ve found the RP scanner to be particularly useful. The addon also stores RP profiles, so you can see beforehand who the people involved in the RP are.
Leaving the self-compliments aside, I think a good idea is to not take a few encounters in Orgrimmar to heart. Some people are just generally crazy.
What helped me when starting to roleplay back in the dark ages of 2004 was to join a guild. They taught me the ropes of roleplaying and gave me a “point of reference” for where my character is, and more importantly, where my character was going. Try going through the Argent Archives and this forum and see if you can find a guild concept that you like.
There’s also roleplaying in hubs without guilds, mind you, but it’s generally easier to start with a dedicated group of players.
The first steps are always the hardest, but persist through and you’ll make it!
Show up around people regularly and more than likely they’ll warm up to your presence in no time.
To be honest, the replies here are proof enough as is and you are already way better off than I was when I came to AD and started RPing with a character called “Xwolf”. Cold sweat…
they are part of an incredibly large + active and very welcoming (in regards to new role players that want to learn) community
