Syp's Playlist [3]: Servers & Factions

In my experience from LotRO, its a minority on RP servers that actively roleplay. Most are just there for the better community, lore-appropriate naming, and not having to put up with constant OOC chatter in the say channel.

 

I agree with you on all. My friends and just about everybody I know are going destruction or dwarf engineers. I'll most likely be a destruction healer. They all look great to play. Zealot, Shaman, Disiple oh my! Order healers yuck. Even tho I don't like elves the Disiple looks awesome to play and because it was fabricated by Mythic it has no Warhammer IP chains. 3 years on a WoW PvP server sucked. I am going normal also and like you I don't roleplay.

 

I like RP-servers..as long as it's sensible.

As a healer..i don't want to call for the help of gods for hours before i can cast the healing spell on someone to be just in the role

So sensible RP-RVR would be my kinda server. It can be fun when you are not in the mood for the hot action at the front just to rp a bit..

 

I can't base this assumption on anything more than the RP servers of DAOC, but from my experiences on Nimue, 99.9% of the players didn't RP. They were just way more mature than your average l33t-speaking ganker.

 

RP servers sometimes tend towards more mature, but not always. Sometimes its just a different type of immaturity. I'll be looking for a normal server.

As for Destro/Order... It's a toss-up. I tend more towards Order (loving the Witch Hunter/Bright Wizard/Rune Priest) but there's some awesome Destruction classes too (Magus/Zealot/Sorceress/Witch Elf)... so yeah. Can't wait for Open Beta so that I can actually try the different classes out and settle on a main.

 

Oh you know you're going to play on whatever server I am, Moxie. It is... your desssstiny.

 

I'm a WoW refugee who got possibly one of the very, very last collector editions and who is *extremely* excited about WAR. (I've been on the closed beta list for... uhm... a long time.)

My last server on WoW was Moon Guard. I had transferred there from a PVP server. MG was claimed to be the BEST RP experience in all of WoW-dom. I was simply looking to get away from the ganking.

I guess what RP means is: People randomly walking up to you and saying ((I'm going to report you if you continue to sell those gems OOC.)) Plus, let's be honest. There's very little to DO in WoW for RPers. Interactive chairs is about the extent of it.

No thanks. There's a certain honesty in ganking, free-for-all PVP realms. And when random kindness DOES happen, it's all the cooler.

I'll never, ever, ever, ever be on an RP server again. More sanctimonious killjoys per capita than Saudi Arabia. Fooey!

 

I know what you mean about playing Alliance in WoW. My wife and I were going to play Horde, but then our friends from SWG were dead set to play Alliance for some reason, so we played with them. That guild eventually fell apart, but we made some great friends along the way, so we stayed Ally side.

I really want to play Destruction in WAR, but I'm scared there will be a big population imbalance in Destruction's favor (because the Horde is the popular side in WoW now) when the game comes out. I won't be playing the dominant side again.

 

See in wow I played on RPPVP servers and was constantly dissappointed with the pvp and the rp lol.

I really enjoyed the communities but pve dominated the end game (yes I know that is the wow model)and the pvp side was mostly ignored which is hwat I was most interested in.

 

I don't get this RP-server thing. My limited experiences were events like...people having macros that /yell "By the Light of Elune I smite this ", which they employed constantly.

What I'm hearing here is that you all feel there are less jerks on an RP server, but otherwise it's very akin to a normal server since so few people roleplay?

From what I've seen on the forums, in WoW and so far in warhammeralliance, it looks like a good amount of people do roleplay.

I am confused. =(