MoP on Defias

Hey guys,
In my oppinion, i think MoP will ruin or RP realm for a good 2 months or even more.
Everyone is excited about new content of new expansion that they will rush to explore it, do PVE and PVP , do all new things there are in it.

To be honest it makes me sad, for i really enjoy Role Playing.
So my question is, for all of you:
Will you continue to Role Play as you used to ,or will you make a break from RP untill MoP gets boring (like every expansion does after a while)?


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Dude that happens every expansion. Once the hype is down RP will settle. And I doubt RP dies completely (more than it is atm)

Everything is boring if you overdo it.
People will level/PvE/PvP/RP pretty much as usual, I guess.

its not related to anything in the general tab no.. should be elsewhere but anyway,, yeah I remember rp being dead for about 2 months after cata's releace.. then rp boomed after that.. yeah rp maybe low.. but go level yourself or something,.. make the most of the "down time" from the rp side of things.

Won't ruin anything, perhaps irritate if they add more yells to the factionleaders... /cough DKs /cough

Monrena wrote:its not related to anything in the general tab no.. should be elsewhere but anyway,, yeah I remember rp being dead for about 2 months after cata's releace.. then rp boomed after that.. yeah rp maybe low.. but go level yourself or something,.. make the most of the "down time" from the rp side of things.

Yes. It might be in wrong section, my apologyse for that...I am fairly new to forum.

UNICORN.

Haha, the edit is brilliant! Well done, Grufftoof.

Moved thread to more fitting forum.

Nothing wrong with asking questions Naeel.

Personally I do think people need a break from any aspect of the game, from time to time. And the pre-expansion and early-expansion times tend to offer that.

Then it'll be more concentrated again. When things are less in flux.

To be fair, when I got ress'd a few months ago RP felt pretty dead here.

As mentioned by other posters, I do not see this as a particularily bad thing.

Just try to enjoy the wealth of new content this expansion has to offer while it lasts, instead of feeling spiteful about it. Really, we've got a wonderful continent, a new race, a new class and so much more to explore! Carpe diem, man! Relish the opportunity to experience new content!

After all, in order to properly role-play in Pandaria, you will have needed to have played the quest in roder to get all the lore you need, anyway.

Let me try again.

Naeel wrote:
In my oppinion, i think MoP will ruin or RP realm for a good 2 months or even more.

You mean like it has done every single time any expansion rolled out in any game ever?

Everyone is excited about new content of new expansion that they will rush to explore it, do PVE and PVP , do all new things there are in it.

You'll find that those that aren't would actually most often end up quitting the game. I don't see the point of this statement.

To be honest it makes me sad, for i really enjoy Role Playing.
So my question is, for all of you:
Will you continue to Role Play as you used to ,or will you make a break from RP untill MoP gets boring (like every expansion does after a while)?

The question of wether somebody will "make a break from RP" is only relevant if we assume that prior to the xpac everybody is RPing 24/7 (literally). Taking time out of your day to do end game content can't be seen as a "break from RP" and the people who do cease RP for a while, while it may be sparked by the xpac, are doing it for entirely different reasons than "There's an Xpac"

Not that I can speak for the server, since I moved half my characters to Sylvanas and stopped playing the other half in favor of that other server I'm not sure if I can mention here.

The only thing I see as damaging is Silvermoon City is counted as a cross-realm zone, could spell trouble for the elves.

Leading a Gilnean RP guild, so focusing on Pandaren PvE isn't really an option. I'll probably level as quickly as I can (whereas in Cata I went slowly and just levelled through quests), then gear up for PvP in my spare time.

But, I expect to have a lot of spare time. I think RP will stay just as active as it is, but I think a lot of people (primarily worgen?) will reroll Pandaren for the novelty of them, meaning Gilnean RP will die down (even more hurr). Can't be sure though. Got at least one officer that isn't buying MoP on release, and another that'll probably rush to 90 and PvP when he isn't RPing.

As for cross-realm zones, I always thought they'd have a negative effect on RP. Although, splitting high-pop zones into phases will be worse than merging low-pop zones, but that still has its problems.

25th is a tuesday so I'm probably not 90 till the weekend this time around. However I'm basically just gonna get to 90 then do nothing untill season start.

Raenmar wrote:Leading a Gilnean RP guild, so focusing on Pandaren PvE isn't really an option. I'll probably level as quickly as I can (whereas in Cata I went slowly and just levelled through quests), then gear up for PvP in my spare time.

But, I expect to have a lot of spare time. I think RP will stay just as active as it is, but I think a lot of people (primarily worgen?) will reroll Pandaren for the novelty of them, meaning Gilnean RP will die down (even more hurr). Can't be sure though. Got at least one officer that isn't buying MoP on release, and another that'll probably rush to 90 and PvP when he isn't RPing.

As for cross-realm zones, I always thought they'd have a negative effect on RP. Although, splitting high-pop zones into phases will be worse than merging low-pop zones, but that still has its problems.

I dunno, tbh. I'm mainly a rper, and I'll probably level my first char(the Dk, who's IC atm missing in action right for the leveling purpose) slowly through quests, but I'll keep rp as my priority in wow. I do level alta and do OOC things usually not in the evenings, when I always rp(unless rp is really non existent).About Gilnean rp I'll open a thread somewhere else, because the situation is a bit unsettling atm.

Eehm, move the RP to Pandaria perhaps? I know I'll be exploring the continent IC thankyouverymuch!

You're ignoring the fact that for most characters it will simply not make sense for them to venture into Pandaria, they have obligations, priorities, duties, elsewhere.
Not to mention Pandaria is a war zone, a commoner won't have any reason to go there unless they want to be caught up in the ongoing conflicts.

Only a fool or a soldier would set their foot on a land filled with war.

Coppersocket wrote:You're ignoring the fact that for most characters it will simply not make sense for them to venture into Pandaria, they have obligations, priorities, duties, elsewhere.

Was thinking the same. Heck, Gilneans would be focused on getting their land back.

Ledgic Caan wrote:

Coppersocket wrote:You're ignoring the fact that for most characters it will simply not make sense for them to venture into Pandaria, they have obligations, priorities, duties, elsewhere.

Was thinking the same. Heck, Gilneans would be focused on getting their land back.

As a rule of thumb, yes. On a more deep insight, though, seems, in my experience, that most roleplayed Gilneans aren't much interested in retaking Gilneas(be it 'cause of game mechanics and lore, be it because simply there's nothing interesting there, I dunno). If it's the right way or not to rp a Gilnean, that's not up to me, or to anyone, to judge.

Well no, of course not. Every individual is different definitely. I was merely pointing out that it's far more logical to assume Gilneans would be working towards reclaiming their home, than to venture off to Pandaria.

Moving Rp to Pandaria sounds good, but it will kind of be a warzone as well as Gilneas has become, or is... or was... Something like that!

Though i guess since it's big and some areas would be safe + fact of exploration and spices and BEER and Sights, plus with the fact of how would an everday Gilnean cizizen/or any other get to Pandaria ICly.

Meh, well i'd treat it like when America was discovered, some people moved there looking for new stuff.

It's not so much of if you're a Gilnean it's more about... What kind of person are you, like a younger person who always wanted to see the worl outside the walls would visit Pandaria for sure.

Still the BIG picure remains, just becouse there is a WAR in Pandaria, doesn't mean there isn't a WAR in Kalimdor or the Eastern kingdoms, there should be plenty of Rp to go around.

siegmund wrote:Moving Rp to Pandaria sounds good, but it will kind of be a warzone as well as Gilneas has become, or is... or was... Something like that!

Though i guess since it's big and some areas would be safe + fact of exploration and spices and BEER and Sights, plus with the fact of how would an everday Gilnean cizizen/or any other get to Pandaria ICly.

Meh, well i'd treat it like when America was discovered, some people moved there looking for new stuff.

It's not so much of if you're a Gilnean it's more about... What kind of person are you, like a younger person who always wanted to see the worl outside the walls would visit Pandaria for sure.

Still the BIG picure remains, just becouse there is a WAR in Pandaria, doesn't mean there isn't a WAR in Kalimdor or the Eastern kingdoms, there should be plenty of Rp to go around.

I would love to see Rp move to Pandaria especially when the war moves there in 5.1. Also, if people are concerned about ganking, well its time to start gettin' peeveepee gear!

Coppersocket wrote:You're ignoring the fact that for most characters it will simply not make sense for them to venture into Pandaria, they have obligations, priorities, duties, elsewhere.

Then you make a new character or change your character so that it does make sense.

Honestly, I don't like it when I see people limiting their gameplay based on the perspective of their character. I much prefer to ask myself what a player needs and wants to get out of the game. I know that this player is going to want to enjoy Pandaria to the fullest, so he'll need a suitable character for it, i.e a panda.