Lack OF Rpers

I find that to locate another role-player, simply send out an occasional:

"Who is this Charles of the Norse you speak of so fondly? One would assume such a great man would be known by many."

"I've never seen the man, but have heard him metioned from the Crystal Dessert to the Shiverpeaks."

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"Why do you speak so of another man's mother? You obviously have neither honor nor the manhood required to fill a codpeice."

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"I seem to have stepped in charr droppings again! Blast! Could some kind soul spare a bit of dye remover? Perhaps it will cover the smell..."


Popping off with comments a character might make signals pretty clearly your desire to role-play. I once gave a high-end shadow bow to another player for politely answering a question for me and said my guild would gladly consider him a friend. By the end of our little chat (because I never broke character) the poor fellow though I was somehow affiliated with the game..."You talk Guild Wars talk dude" I had to reassure him I was merely a lone traveller seeking loot and knowledge and that the wars between guilds was a matter best settled in areanas.

Send out the vibe...it comes back sometimes. When it doesn't, it can still be great fun!

Thanks for sharing your opinion... it has been noted. Roleplay, for your information, does not depend on the gameplay. Neither does roleplay depend on "grind". PvP could have roleplay and I sense factions will make that even more possible... but your opinion is yours and I have no wish of changing your mind.

in game rpers turn into larpers. larpers upset the delicate balance of life. "LIGHTNING BOLT!"

on to a more serious note....what is the point of rping? ive never understood it.

Me and my mate did a bit of roleplaying, but it was usually just met with
"lol, wht r u doin/" or similar. It'd be cool to do a bit more.

The lack of rp in the game is kinda disheartening (nothing against the game btw, love it), but I truly don't think the environment is set up for it. As others have said, kinda hard to remain 'in character' when you're in a town with 'omg ur a NOOB', 'wts blah blah', 'glf..", you get the point. I love text based ffrp (free form roleplay) and wish there was a way to rp on here; sadly enough, I don't think there is.

I enjoy roleplaying quite a lot (and in fact bought this game in the hopes of finding an active RP community within it), but I have yet to actually encounter any. I've tried doing some RP-style play even without someone else at first (similar to antialias02), but that never ends well. I could have sworn ArenaNet said that they might add some content to enhance roleplaying (like items or something) way back in the summer, but nothing ever really came of that. Ah, well - I'm still holding out hope for RP districts

Contrary to an earlier (and quite constructive *cough*) assertion in the thread, Guild Wars isn't somehow set up to make roleplaying inappropriate or impossible, since roleplaying is a social activity independent of game mechanics. If someone really WANTED to, they could roleplay in games like Counter Strike. So while the Guild Wars roleplaying community may be small (or at least very, very quiet), RP isn't somehow "improper".

PS: I liked the link Good stuff.

Sekkira wins the thread.

GW is not the place to roleplay. Nor is WoW. Nor is any other typical MMO. I rp'ed in various FFRP channels on IRC for seven-eight years--I can't imagine the restrictive GW atmosphere being conducive to legitimate roleplay at all.

If you want to really roleplay, go get on IRC. Go find a MUD. Go play DnD. That's roleplaying.

Wow that's hardcore. I do admire those who enjoy a good text roleplay, but personally I'm a slow reader and a graphic-geek. I can enjoy guild wars (for all their limitations and shortcomings) as it is. :/

Hey, for all those who enjoy RP'ing (or would like to try it out), send me a pm sometime when I'm online and we'll see if we can meet up. If nothing else, it would be nice to meet other people with similar interests and maybe forge a friendship

Suppose your right but I will not loose hope in finding role players within the dark and dangerous world we called Guild Wars.

The Pink armor person they mention in the SS was me ^^. Pink of course is the new black ^^.

Anyways yea there are alot of Rpers around.

"....A soft metal plink of her helmet resting on the table thundered in comparison to the stagnant silence. The chair squeak in reluctance as she sat down. A few heads turned but none commited the gaze. The tired warrior sighed and looked at the lost words commited to the scroll laying before her.

'The problem, I dare say, is not that the peoples of this land, but rather the land itself', she begins to ink on the scroll. 'It does not bid well to those of us to commit to our integrity and character. It suffocates the imagination and well being of the peoples. Those who dare stand up are struck down as outcasts and strangers. We are deemed shameful and unrefined, forced to retreat and hide.'

'Indeed it seems all the peoples care more about vending their wares than communing and talking with their brotherend..."

Uh. Decent, but you need to work on your tenses.

ya, i tend to jump tenses a lot, XD sorry I didnt bother proofreading.

I know, didn't mean to come off as overly critical, but mismatched tenses always jump out at me.

I like the style, though. You'd probably be pretty fun to play with.

Diablo™ nods in agreement.

Man I miss rping use to do it all night during summer. It's like writing a story or a legend with others that can turn into a very inspiring story if one takes time to read it again.

Just wanted to mention another thing, since I see a few people doing it. And before I do I want everyone to know it's not meant to be critical of you or put you down or anything like that, it's just a point I'd like to make about RPing...

RPing doesn't necessarily mean you have to talk in this archaic, flowery pseudo-medieval dialogue. In fact, I think the mere act of doing so puts off a lot of people who might otherwise be inclined to give RPing a shot. When I play a PnP character in a fantasy setting, I may use that kind of speech, and I may not. Usually I just keep "in tone" meaning I talk as if I am that character, but my speech might otherwise not be all that different from how people speak "IRL." I don't need to say "thee" and "thou" and "forsooth!" lol Generally my dialogue is more formal than the kind of colloquial stuff you might engage in with friends or people in your neighborhood, but it depends on more than just verbal anachronisms. It's all about staying true to the character and expressing that character's personality in a genuine way, not resorting to sometimes-stilted language.

Just my opinion.

I believe the site - www.gwrpa.org - can show you that roleplaying is very alive on Guild Wars. You may not see us, but rest assured, we're around- it's just that typically we tend to hang out in the international districts where there's significantly less traffic, so in that respect, we're a little hidden. As poorly made as Guild Wars is for roleplay (as compared to something like NeverWinter Nights), Guild Wars does have the capability to support us.

There are plenty of RP guilds out there. Currently, the RP community of guilds is attempting to organize and we're planning RP events out already.

Ohh, so that's where you've all been hiding, huh I've been in the international districts a few times just for peace and quiet lol Good idea to gather there since it's so EMPTY

Thanks for the link, I'm going to check that out.