Ahhh Shornhelm... the place where ERP does wonders...

I don't roleplay, but all my characters have backstories, and that makes me enjoy the game much more. For example, one of my alts is an Altmer brought up by a goblin shaman woman. She used to look as a goblin most of the time. Now she feels more comfortable in the world of different races, so she mostly goes as an Altmer, but she still turns into a goblin when she's feeling shy.
And I love seeing other people roleplaying. My main was once cleaning fish in a tavern in Riften and heard some people roleplaying on the upper floor. She crept upstairs very quietly, just to have a look, and then returned downstairs, trying not to be a bother, but still it was fun listening in on the conversation.

I choosed "No", but it actually depends xD Sometimes it is "Yes", sometimes its "No".

I'm a roleplayer since like... Few months after game was released. I always roleplayed in TES games, I had my character stories etc, here I tried to do the same. I would do the quests my character would do, then I joined an RP guild.

Now, for these people who say about RPers not being welcome in PvE/PvP. I'm RPer, and I'm in a PvP guild. I think RPers are always welcome, as long as they play well and have good gear. Yes, RPers love their gear, but for that there is an easy solution. Two sets of gear. Your PvP (or PvE, whatever you do) gear and then your RP gear. I currently do this, both my PvP sets and RP sets look similar anyway. RP gear can even be white quality level 1 items, as you're not supposed going to fight against players or mobs. Usually in RP mobs are "NPCed" and emoted by someone, not mobs in the world like sabrecats and all that. When I joined this guild I was afraid of them not liking me, because you know, PvPers have a funny thing for RPers =P, but they seemed to have no problems!


I do understand the people who want to RP the stories and fight mobs, those need good gear, yeah. But as I said, depends on how the RP is. It is not a problem either to craft some good gear and still look cool.


Now on if its cringeworthy... As always, depends on the person you ask, and what kind of RP is it. Normal RP like... tavern RP? For me that's not. Fight RP? Nah, that's cool. ERP? Take it in private please, that is cringeworthy, yep. Edgy characters? When like 70% of the RPers are edgy, yes, it is. Criminals who go around shouting the crimes they've done to look "cool", that too. It depends on the kind of RP and how its taken, and to what point it is taken.


Once we entered in Riften Mages Guild basement in our normal RP... and there were people doing ERP down there in /s and /e, it felt awkward...


EDIT:

Forgot to also mention these people who try to "RP". Few friends of mine try to do it, and to be fair, even if its not the way I do it, I find it very funny! I laugh with them, it's so awesome, them coming saying: "Zuna! We are RPing!" And they explain me a bit, and I really like it xD. Same goes for trolls who try to *** up RP, don't get angry at them, don't pay them attention, just laugh with them and keep on your RP! There was once in where we were walking through Craglorn, we got like six PvErs following us, and people were getting annoyed at them, but who cares! =D It was kinda funny! Hehe, I couldn't stop laughing. And if they want to try getting involved in the RP, I got no problems helping them if they ask ^^ This, ofc, does not mean trolls are welcome in RP. RPing with someone who has a serious character that is actually cringeworthy is not really funny. I stick with RPing with my friends, and done

I find every single person only either running for there life from A to B, or just standing there like a lifeless zombie for ages cringe worthy.

Mind you Zeni doesn't help by giving players the ability to stop my emotes and draw out my weapons, which they do every single time.

Woeler wrote: »

If ridiculous roleplay builds don't ask to nerf dungeons then I don't mind people roleplaying. As simple as that.

Im against the nerfs, too.
After all, I roleplay my characters as Boethia's and Hermaeus Mora's cultists and without a proper challenge they cannot prove themselves to their daedric masters, and this ruins my immersion.

Why would you even suggest that it's cringeworthy? If roleplaying is cringeworthy, then acting is as well.

Missing a third option: sometimes.

KanedaSyndrome wrote: »

Why would you even suggest that it's cringeworthy? If roleplaying is cringeworthy, then acting is as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU

Spending long hours grinding mobs or repeating content in an MMO is far more cringeworthy.

Pfft come talk to me when you've LARPed an entire week in full gear. Nothing wrong with typing some funny little words.

There is not enough RP imo

I've noticed that people who cringe or get embarrassed by other people being openly genuine often have trouble expressing themselves in their own lives. I don't RP any place but my own mind, but I would never be bothered by anyone just having fun in their own way. Perhaps there are "bad" roleplayers in ESO, but telling people they're poor at something they enjoy is just a recipe for misery all around. I'll take a genuine nerd who's not afraid to embarrass themselves over a buttoned-up 'normal' who walks a straight line any day of the week.

IcyDeadPeople wrote: »

In singleplayer RPGs, when we choose to do what we think the character would want to do, we are "playing the role" of that character. In pen and paper RPGs, the bulk of the gameplay is players choosing to do what they think their character would do and the DM choosing what he/she thinks the NPCs would do.

I started playing ESO the same way as the single player Elder Scrolls games, just wandering the world, going where I thought the character would want to go, interacting with NPCs, doing only a few quests if they seemed interesting for the kind of character I was playing. However, at launch the game was not a great fit for this approach. The PVE side was not so much an open world sandbox environment, but structured in a more linear way, designed for progression from quest to quest and zone to zone in a specific order. Some of the quests had interesting choices, though, and the story was engaging.

After experiencing the alliance war gameplay in Cyrodiil, this felt a bit more like the sandbox sort of environment where anything can happen. Not roleplaying any character though, just gradually learning how to improve combat skills with different classes and builds. At this point I don't do quests much, mainly just for skill points or trying to quickly get a character to the point where they can be competitive in PVP.

I learned that in MMOs there is another kind of roleplaying which involves emotes and storytelling or speaking in the voice of a character in zone etc. Nothing against this at all, but it seems rather divorced from the actual gameplay compared to single player games where you can get a bit more immersed in the role of the character while exploring or doing quests etc.

It is a bit divorced from the gameplay, but I suppose the game is just a vehicle for such people. They aren't looking for a game for just the quality of its gameplay. They are looking for a game that has an interesting enough world and sufficiently flexible systems so that they can do their own thing in it.