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Do people actually ROLEPLAY anymore?

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  • AntiquatedAntiquated Member RarePosts: 1,415
    edited May 2016
    MMORPG format is not well-suited to roleplay.

    And the GMs who once cared about such things all got fired years ago.

    Does [your game] have any manipulatable props, other than barstools? You can equip a sword, but can you set it down? Does [your game] have seating at all? Do you know why it doesn't?

    Every prop requires animation support. /emotes require animation support. It is because of this extra time and expense that no corporate developer bothers.

    Can you freeform /act to fill in the gaps left by missing developer support? No, because Wiseass Billy discovered you could cause players to panic with "/act reaches into your pocket and removes 10000 silver." So freeform verbs were also removed from the lexicons forever.

    And we're back to sentence one.

    That's why no one bothers anymore. Elves dancing on tables is not roleplaying.
  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    edited May 2016

    That's why no one bothers anymore. Elves dancing on tables is not roleplaying.
    "no one" I watched an entire tavern full of people RP tonight in ESO, while sitting in their chairs, emoting, emotive chat, etc... Where there is a will, there is a way... IF people can RP with nothing but a rule book, people can most certainly RP in most MMORPGs...

    For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson


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