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Post by joshivar on Nov 6, 2012 18:46:42 GMT -5
Alright, I'm probably gonna get spammed into oblivion for this, but I feel it is necessary.
Myself and a few of the other players have begun wondering what the point of rp on the server is. I truly believe the slump AOC's rp life is currently experiencing can be reversed, but I need suggestions.
Everyone, veterans and nooblings, who have suggestions on what can be done to fix rp and bring 'er back from the dead, send me a pm and comment on this post letting me know you did, unless you prefer anonymity.
Here's hoping enough of you still care.
Edit: I don't want any blame being thrown, that isn't what this is for, I just want suggestions, this is not a list of reasons, this is a list of how to improve.
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Post by Acenvar.Crystillin (meyboo) on Nov 6, 2012 19:57:30 GMT -5
What if OOC Chat is only on forums for a few weeks to see what happens. Just a thought.  |
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Post by joshivar on Nov 6, 2012 20:20:04 GMT -5
Interesting suggestion, but that would absolutely cripple rp and interplayer communication.
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Post by Dean.Fowler on Nov 6, 2012 20:21:31 GMT -5
Uhm... we could make it a hardcore RP server...
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Post by joshivar on Nov 6, 2012 21:22:10 GMT -5
No, that doesn't work either because some people are only interested in playing the game.
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Post by piwii999 on Nov 6, 2012 21:42:37 GMT -5
I think one of the best Ideas would be to create RP only zones. Rull, Newings, Towns etc. This means that when you play the game for the first time you will be able just to play the game ooc. But when you actually get a character you can go into rp chat and play along with people inn Rull and towns. People have been trying to do this recently with the reason to get into towns you would need a rp character. But you have to keep in account that AoC was originally a PvP and Towny server, no Rp.
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Post by mageaegis on Nov 6, 2012 21:48:59 GMT -5
I was actually thinking about this at school today! I was thinking about the so to speak rp legends that most of us know. Aku, for example, Datric, even igs character seems to have disappeared. But I was thinking that maybe we could get new legends of rp. I have found it near impossible for any newer player to be considered important. give this a thought.
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Post by Dean.Fowler on Nov 6, 2012 23:00:33 GMT -5
Well a short while ago Me, Joshivar, and Denael, were at VarFarms RPing...
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Post by kingmii on Nov 6, 2012 23:02:36 GMT -5
Older players should just spend as much time as they can walking around in RP interacting with everybody they meet, if we each take responsibility we can turn it around. also people need to lighten up a little and have more fun with it instead of being so serious. A Noobs guide to RP could also be good, as well as player organised events (there should be a thread for that). I think Marcus will start holding church sponsored community market days in rull once a week after I have finished my exams.
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Post by joshivar on Nov 6, 2012 23:07:06 GMT -5
Those are all excellent ideas, kingmii. I believe a guide SHOULD be written up for noob rping, and I shall work on it tomorrow if it pleases everyone.
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Post by sbongkh on Nov 7, 2012 7:28:49 GMT -5
All the major RP roles are taken by inactive players. We need a new king, general, etc; staff need to trust the people to do the right thing in RP, but because we have no chance at major roles, which are taken by staff members, we can only ever be, at best, minor characters in Mirugan's storyline.
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Post by joshivar on Nov 7, 2012 12:05:08 GMT -5
The big thing that I'm seeing is that the veterans are leaving because the rp is failing, but we need the veterans to get out of our slump...Hmm...There has to be something else. Yes, this community is driven forward by more experienced players, but as for us no-names, we can't lean on mikey or veterens or admins. WE have to get it rolling.
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Post by scheyst on Nov 7, 2012 13:47:24 GMT -5
The reason people can't RP very much is because RP lore is poorly documented, the website is difficult to navigate and the forums are ugly. Cleaning up the stuff that goes on outside of the server would go a long way to building up in-game experiences as well.
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Post by joshivar on Nov 7, 2012 13:56:32 GMT -5
Fair point Scheyst, Would you care to work on it? Perhaps someone can give you the ability to do so, I've seen your posts, they are well put together.
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Post by ZipZapMan on Nov 7, 2012 16:50:20 GMT -5
The reason people can't RP very much is because RP lore is poorly documented, the website is difficult to navigate and the forums are ugly. Cleaning up the stuff that goes on outside of the server would go a long way to building up in-game experiences as well. Yes I agree that the forums are ugly and need work done. Most of the lore is unorganized. But another problem with the rp, and I think what most people fail to see is. The rp rules are poorly written and unorganized. What I've seen other RP servers do is they organize the lore into their races. Therefor it is more organized and it's easy to get to. It then allows people to gather more info faster on the race they are wanting to become. |
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