Roleplay in 2020

[Espinite]

Greetings all, I've come and gone from these forums and the game itself a good few times over the many years in which I've played the game; And I've read up on the coming events and seen the slow decline in average players. It's disheartening to see a game that I enjoy, and that has so many interesting and just cool mechanics fall off because of certain groups, and all should know who they are.

Despite the 'Core' of the community seeming to be breaking off, a la the people who blocked off resources and the likes, I've pondered if people have considered pulling in a few more roleplay-friendly folks who would enjoy the unique and open mechanics in the various systems such as cooking or alchemy -- People who'll come on now, without large looming zergs about to gank them as the build a tavern out in the open world to sell interesting recipes they try out, or build up a proper keep/town for people to congregate in, and communicate with one another.

That said, despite my curiosities I've yet to recommend any of my pals from other games to come over for RP here, as there's still a bit of a bad taste in my mouth from the various sieges on small communities and the likes that used to happen. Would other people be confident in inviting their friends over? I'm not expecting the game to be wholly 'safe' as that goes against the design, but has the blatant griefing that used to occur, particularly around new players and their buildings fallen off a bit? If so; How many people would actually be interested in following a community like this, one that could potentially spark life back into the game until the release of MO2?

 

[ruben ibarruri]

Myrland is as it is. If you play this game you cannot expect to be respected or that people do things as you wish.
It's useless.
This is a wild land, which resists civilization and where violence and brutality are the order of the day.
It is up to each one to make his way and choose how to act with friends and enemies. You cannot expect that they will not betray you because you will also be betrayed, you will be attacked, abused, besieged and destroyed.
This game is like this, it is a tough community, made up of warriors, looters, conquerors, assassins, spies, conspirators, thieves and swindlers.
I was never a warrior and I also did things my way and I was not limited at all by the community. I was also a roleplay player, even helping to vote for an emperor in the game, in this game there is room for all styles and ideas. I am the test, or the guys at ICH.

 

[ThaBadMan]

Greetings all, I've come and gone from these forums and the game itself a good few times over the many years in which I've played the game; And I've read up on the coming events and seen the slow decline in average players. It's disheartening to see a game that I enjoy, and that has so many interesting and just cool mechanics fall off because of certain groups, and all should know who they are.

Despite the 'Core' of the community seeming to be breaking off, a la the people who blocked off resources and the likes, I've pondered if people have considered pulling in a few more roleplay-friendly folks who would enjoy the unique and open mechanics in the various systems such as cooking or alchemy -- People who'll come on now, without large looming zergs about to gank them as the build a tavern out in the open world to sell interesting recipes they try out, or build up a proper keep/town for people to congregate in, and communicate with one another.

That said, despite my curiosities I've yet to recommend any of my pals from other games to come over for RP here, as there's still a bit of a bad taste in my mouth from the various sieges on small communities and the likes that used to happen. Would other people be confident in inviting their friends over? I'm not expecting the game to be wholly 'safe' as that goes against the design, but has the blatant griefing that used to occur, particularly around new players and their buildings fallen off a bit? If so; How many people would actually be interested in following a community like this, one that could potentially spark life back into the game until the release of MO2?

I wouldnt. But not because of the community but because of the game and how it ruined itself over the years.

The community just followed how the game turned out. A toxic game breeds a toxic community.

 

[Najwalaylah]

1. Role-play and murder, conquest, strife, and conflict are not mutually exclusive.
2. Role-play and those who play roles to any degree also have haters.
3. This means there will be no voluntary drop in what you call 'griefing'.

 

[BadRat]

The game is immersive as hell but your interactions with players are rarely gonna be very RP friendly in open world outside your personalized community. There is no way to make a role-play safe haven without limiting other aspects of the game and removing important pillars of a sandbox game, even if your intentions are good. I'm sure, with effort, you can create a controlled environment with a dedicated RP-centric guild that commands territory and hosts events such as tournaments to abide to RP rulesets but anywhere else it's free game.

In and out of itself it has a lot of RP elements ingrained into its gameplay that is conveyed through alliances forged and alliances broken, culture wars, and roles varying from your character's vocation, fighting school and the reputation you create for yourself. But traditional character exclusive role-play is gonna be hard to come by but not impossible.

 

[IgbyTheUseless]

Did anything come of this?