I joined one of the guilds where the chat sort of scrolls by, and people don't really notice you unless you smash them in the face. What I did was just ask in guild chat - OOC - if anyone wanted to RP face to face. Had a nice little couple hour RP from that.

I saw someone yesterday emoting with another someone in the open world. I asked them if they were an RPer. They were >:O Gasp! So, I added them to my friend list and plan on prodding them for RP later in the week. I almost constantly poke peoples in one of my other guilds for RP, and they respond. I think you're just looking in the wrong places ^.^ If you see me in-game, feel free to poke.

@Eorea

The Ebonheart Pact actually has quite a lot of rp. Several guilds have come together representing all angles of the pact to form one huge rp community. You can pretty much find a guild for whatever personality your character has.

RP in MMOs always confounds me. People stand around in a tavern or some other such place and talk about things they never have done. Worse, the back stories are usually ridiculously convoluted. It's not as bad here, but it's not uncommon to hear people talking about being the secret love child of Almalexia and a demonic prince or some such silliness.

Personally, I expected RP to just be a matter of staying in character at all times, whether questing, crafting or what have you. No one seems to do that, though.
Part of the problem is, I think, something I was talking about in zone chat tonight (and was berated for). There's nothing much else to DO besides questing. My character should be living in Mournhold acting as the Ambassador from House Telvanni. Aside from crafting, though, there's nothing to do in the town. I could go out into the countryside to gather crafting materials, but that's kind of dull after one has outleveled the zone. More, and worse, there's no reward for doing anything. No xp and even no loot! With all the 0 value loot now, there's precious little reason to be there, and nothing to finance your efforts.

Add to that the futility of crafting, because there's precious little way to sell your crafted goods what with there being no global auction/store, and it leaves one with the sense that there's nothing to do.

Perhaps I'm wandering off topic, though. Suffice to say, I've never seen RP in an MMO that was in any way as I'd imagined it. Kind of a shame.

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RP in MMOs always confounds me. People stand around in a tavern or some other such place and talk about things they never have done. Worse, the back stories are usually ridiculously convoluted. It's not as bad here, but it's not uncommon to hear people talking about being the secret love child of Almalexia and a demonic prince or some such silliness.

Personally, I expected RP to just be a matter of staying in character at all times, whether questing, crafting or what have you. No one seems to do that, though.
Part of the problem is, I think, something I was talking about in zone chat tonight (and was berated for). There's nothing much else to DO besides questing. My character should be living in Mournhold acting as the Ambassador from House Telvanni. Aside from crafting, though, there's nothing to do in the town. I could go out into the countryside to gather crafting materials, but that's kind of dull after one has outleveled the zone. More, and worse, there's no reward for doing anything. No xp and even no loot! With all the 0 value loot now, there's precious little reason to be there, and nothing to finance your efforts.

Add to that the futility of crafting, because there's precious little way to sell your crafted goods what with there being no global auction/store, and it leaves one with the sense that there's nothing to do.

Perhaps I'm wandering off topic, though. Suffice to say, I've never seen RP in an MMO that was in any way as I'd imagined it. Kind of a shame.

I understand your bemusement because RP is not for everybody, but we do it for the precise reason that there's not much else to do. We love the world and our characters, and we want to do more with them. So when the stories provided for us run out, we make our own, either with RP, fanfiction, fan art, or any combination of those.

RP is also a good way to play with others cross-faction. In-game mechanics won't let an AD character play with a DC or EP character, but using the chat window and our imaginations instantly makes that possible.

By the way, I agree with you about the crazy backstories. Over-the-top stuff like that, or godmoding in general, really breaks immersion and ruins the experience for a lot of players.