I honestly think embracing the reality and making the best of it is more productive. I think we should do our best to be inviting and welcoming to everyone on this server. I really believe every OOCer is a RPer that doesn’t know it yet.
I worry that the hostile attitude on the forums especially might scare people off.
How many times do I have to repeat that that is not an acceptable alternative. There is no alternative for a guild with scheduled raids. The CRZ features are useful for sure, but no substitute for a raiding guild.
And I’d much rather raid with people who RP, as those are people more like me that I feel comfortable around. If a raiding guild has a lot of RPers, that’s a plus to me.
i open my battle.net app, i see social tab, and i wonder ‘what is this? is this a way for me to interact with other people, and make friends with people from other servers without having the server difference whisper block?’
i shake my head. no, that would be silly. i then open wow, and press ‘I’, and i wonder '‘what is this? is this a way for me to interact with other people and do content with likeminded players?’
Ever heard of unwritten rules and customs? Blizzard doesn’t seem to mind ERPers, RP disrupting trolls and pedociraptors like Shonn either, but that does not mean that their existence is fine and that we should just accept them being there.
Sorry I couldn’t figure out your argument because you were randomly running around on your horse in Stormwind through busy RP areas while I am RPing. It’s very disruptive to my immersion, please stop.
As for all the other things you mentioned, they are actually clearly stated in the TOS?? None of those things are acceptable.
Unless you are some cutting edge mythic progress raider there is 0 difference between a guild with scheduled raids and a battle.net community with scheduled raids.
If all the OOCers left you wouldn’t kill the server, rather you’d just allow me to RP in places I currently can’t because there’s OOCers jumping around and spamming /pol/core memes in /s
This argument was levied at me before and it’s really boring. Just look up any night elf concept art if you think it’s so weird for a Night Elf to put on something like this.
I like the aesthetic, but Faelyda is a woman who is happily with someone (we fade to black, before you say anything!) with two children, so it’s no ‘cooming’ business. You can sleep easy now.