So I’ve seen some open world RP but it feels like ever since Dalaran fell it’s been more spread out. I know the Horde has the Inn in the Valley of Honor, but where do Alliance roleplayers like to congregate now? I don’t see much roleplay around the mage tower anymore like I did a year ago.
Just looking to meet some more people and communities!
HORDE AND ALLIANCE WELCOME HERE
I’d love to know as well! I know the Crossroads has had a weekly/bi-weekly community for a while now, but there’s always some prior notice required to get people there. I’ve found most people IC in Orgrimmar aren’t up for RP, which is… rather strange.
Stormwind’s fun, yeah, but it becomes monotonous and predictable. I mainly lax around there if/when I’m hoping a guild might catch my eye, but as a Horde main we really don’t have much, if anything.
I’d like to add Darkshire/Duskwood has always had a soft spot in my heart for Alliance RP, however. Granted, half the people you meet may be 14yro edge lords but honestly it’s part of the charm. And you never know who or what you might encounter out on the road.
That’s so strange because I’ve been encountering the opposite. I’ve had a lot of casual roleplay just at that small inn in the Valley of Honor. Friendly people too, though some seemed sort of closed to their group.
I may have to try Darkshire with my Void Elf one day!
There´s community in Stromgarde (although right now it´s doing a campaign in Khaz Algar so you might run into way fewer people there), you´ve got Stormwind (albeit the quality there can be extremely lacking), Duskwood, there have been some community efforts to have Gilneas and Amirdrassil as a hub (but I can´t speak for their current state), and Dunelle´s Kindness in Hallowfall:
Also, I believe people who did the market in Dalaran are moving to Valdrakken, but I´m guessing it will be only one night a week just like the Dalaran hub was (didn´t really see much activity there on other days)
As Alliance, you have ton of options, however you need to keep in mind that War Within is the first expansion since BfA 6 years ago that created massive interest among RPers to utilize new zones for their RP which means the hubs won´t have as many RPers as they had before the expansion dropped for the foreseeable future.
Afaik, Duskwood and the Twilight Grove still have active communities. Though I’d avoid the latter due to all the high school tier drama that goes down there.
In regards to that if you’re not a human or high elf RPer, you might find it a little exclusionary. Not directly ofc–at least not in my experience–but people there generally prefer the vibe of orcs vs humans and sometimes like to pretend other, more fantastical races don’t exist. Again, some… not all. But enough to consider it worthy of note imo.
The scene of Boralus still has active roleplay, albiet a small gathering compared to the likes of Stromgarde community.
Commonly, towns, travelling camps, smaller events - I am guessing you meant campaigns? Else, if not, still, towns/cities/camps/mutual gatherings, etc.
False. There is no exclusive Horde RP hub that sees regular unorganised RP. Horde RP is built around scheduled events, community RP and guild RP. Casual open world RP basically doesn’t exist for the Horde, unless you also want to invest in elixirs of tongues and RP with Alliance players.
But right now, the most popular RP hub for both factions seems to be Dunelle’s Kindness in Hallowfall. Heaps of people from several different communities are showing interest in Khaz Algar so if you’re looking for casual walk-up RP, I’d head that way.
Otherwise, unlike the Horde, the Alliance has masses of spots for casual RP. Stormwind City, Stromgarde and Darkshire are the primary ones, but Astranaar has seen lots of activity from the night elf community lately. We’ll see if it continues after Ashenvale Autumn is over.
This is simply not true.
Random Horde RP happens, but not as much as on the Alliance side.
Enluu is right that you can go to the Valley of Honor tavern and you will find people there most of the time to roleplay with.
But Horde RP simply doesn’t have the hubs like Alliance does, this is true.
But to say nothing happens is not correct either.
I personally feel that the Horde is more closed.
You either need to get to know people and see where they hang out, or just strike up a conversation with someone, something that rarely seems to happen on Horde side these days.
If interacting with others to engage in roleplay is this horribly terrifying thing to so many, a lack of a serviceable Horde-exclusive hub might just be the least of any of this realm’s worries.
I remember when the Crossroads was a thing! It was running for at least a few months, but then it started losing steam; and not because of a lack of support.
Everyone in Horde was clamoring for something like it, and then, when it popped up, as I observed from a lot of folks (but not all of them), showed up and interacted with nobody but the one or two friends they brought along, retreating away from any attempt of interaction from anybody else, sometimes even going as far as to only speak and emote with each other in party / raid chat.
Eventually, the folks who did try to go out of their way to interact with others tired of talking to walls, and slowly dripped to other places, even if a fully serviceable roleplay hub existed in theory - as in practice, it did not, because a lot of you used it as a backdrop for private roleplay, and not as a true public roleplay hub.
So, no. Random Horde RP and unguilded Horde RP absolutely exists. I know it because it’s the only source of roleplay I had for over 2-3 years in my time in Argent Dawn, and it was fantastic - and for most of that time, Orgrimmar was dead, and the Crossroads Hub didn’t exist.
I can count the Argent Dawn discord groups I’ve joined in the span of five years with one hand, and I’d still have fingers to spare from my other hand to count the days where I did not get to roleplay on Horde side while actively looking for it.
Roleplay is only non-existant when the very idea of interacting with other people to roleplay with them is seen as an obstacle to be removed, and not the very concept of what roleplaying is.
If you see roleplaying as a means to write at an audience, and not as a means to write with fellow writers, you might have to reconsider if a lack of a perceived fix-it-all walk-up roleplay hub is really what’s hindering you from finding roleplay.
I wouldn’t say that this is the case, ever since the War Within came out. Occasionally a guild passes by and brings a little life to the area, but on most evenings when I’ve checked, there have been less than five roleplayers in the entire Valley of Honour, let alone the Wyvern’s Tail, with most of them not actively roleplaying at the time.
But this will be my last post on that topic, since the OP was more interested in Alliance hubs.
HAH! FALSE!
I will false your false with my false.
I have had nothing but non-stop Horde RP the past 48 hrs whilst being in the Valley of Honor with some of my Ashen or with new recruits.
I’ve also had a lot of minute to minute interactions with people and just today there’s been a lot of interactions and you know what I’ve done? Just sat in the Valley of Honor with my little arathi toy out doing some paperwork.
People are always quick to say there is no Horde RP because, don’t take this in any form of dig btw Shog it’s not you.
It’s because people are too scared to approach or just sit around and wait for a bit whilst doing their own thing.
The problem with you younglings today is you got that razzle dazzle tiktok attention where you can’t wait around for longer than 10 minutes without an interaction before saying “Yeah this is dead” and running off! 
(I’m joking here btw)
So, to what people are saying. Horde RP whilst yes not very concurent and sparse sometimes. There is definitely RP to be had and to do.
Valley of Honor I still see plenty of people waiting for an interaction here or there.
I will say this; People will always go where the activity is because they’ll just scan for TRP characters on their map or know the usual places and then they’ll show up!
It’s a case of just being a bit patient with it.
If all the people that said “Horde RP is dead now” RPed Horde it would probably bring the RP scene closer to what it used to be. Myself included. Draenei gang represent.
Alliance wise there is, obviously, the entirety of SW. Duskwood, I sometimes see people in Redridge, Stromgarde (A bit more headcanon and bubbly than I would like but it’s an option), Boralus has some on occasion also.
As for Horde, Silvermoon is a bit more lively these days and, on occasion, Valley of Honor and Crossroads. But history has pushed it to be more guild centric than it ever was. Horde representation in the game? Never heard of it.
Real and true! A lot of the people who complain about RP are people that don’t want to put in effort to get Horde RP! Or it’s from people who logged on that one time and seen it quiet and never logged back on again or logs on all the time at the wrong times.
This as well has a fair amount of weight to it. Especially the latter half.
I think a major blow to Horde was the complete shambolic way that Horde is now presented after they decided to call it quits on the Faction War.
Now the Horde are literally a backdrop for the Alliance and the Alliance is the main protag of the story (Unfortunately. What’s that? Midnight? You think Horde will get representation there? Haha.)
But yeah sorry I do not mean to derail as OP is for Alliance.
As Raz and others have said;
SW (All of it just avoid the Docks if anything)
Duskwood (Can be hit or miss on quality)
Redridge (Very aptly used here or there iirc)
Bel’ameth I think there’s a Kaldorei hub there? I don’t know last I checked there was.
Stromgarde and the North community. (You can suspect what you’ll get up there.)
A lot of already helped i see. I hope you know around where to go. I do recommend to also join a guild. Most guilds like ours create regular/daily roleplay events. Be it social or fights or go to social gatherings and interact with other guilds.
There are also a lot of community discords like a big Argent dawn one. So i do recommend to join some big community discord so see whats up and where most people are residing these days. Kaz’algar also has some cool place people go to and do social rp. Sadly there is a lot of sharding going on so sometimes its hard to find people. (Silly blizzard…)
I hope this helped, and have fun roleplaying!
I want to be honest I am interested in both sides of Roleplay as I have a lot of characters with head cannons!
Tell me about your guild and what you do and where you guys hang out!
These are all Horde hubs if you’re bloodthirsty enough.
Give chancellor Corpseburner emergency powers, NOW
Will all the real slim combatants please stand up?