huntn wrote:I'm very late to this discussion and admit to have not read all of the replies.
Honestly I'm ignorant. I have no idea how to "role play" other than saying things like "Thank you kind sir" or "May the Sun shine upon your future." What am I missing? I don't make a point of asking where people are from in RL. I usually play a girl character although I'm a guy. I don't usually mention that unless someone point blank asks me or starts giving me gifts then I let them down easy.
Any links to good articles out there on what makes a good role player? I'm serious.
Not aware of any links to "guides to roleplaying" but I'm sure there are some out there somewhere.
In general, if you are playing a girl toon, act as you would would expect a girl to act. If you are role playing a mercenary, be a mercenary (anything for enough dapper!), If you are playing a crotchety old man, be a crotchety old man. If you're role-playing a damsel in distress, ... well, don't call Zahan or Nightblade, they'll likely take advantage of you (they are Rouges, after all). Basically "act" as you would expect your character to act.
Honestly, the "Thees" and "thous" language is not appropriate to this game in my opinion, we're not playing Tolkien-esk Elves or Victorian England Nobles (and I'll bet very few of them actually spoke in Shakespearian English). However, that's just my opinion. Matisian Royals may disagree with me.
A good role-player is consistent and honest to his/her character's "character". A heavy (or high) role-player is ALWAYS in-character unless indicating otherwise with brackets or the like. A semi-RP not so. I try to be in-character in Around and Region chats, follow the flow in guild chat (sometimes in, sometimes out), and never in character in Universe (it is, after all, a player help channel, not a character help channel).
A good player (role player or not) is a good game citizen. Respectfull to fellow homins/players, in the game to have fun and NOT to deliberately ruin someone elses fun. We also (as I'm sure we are ALL aware) have a code of conduct which we are required to follow, and a good player does his/her best to abide by it.
And every once in a while, a good role-player participates in role playing events, and plays their part. Samsara Pub Nights are an example of a regularly scheduled informal RP event. Mostly every one is in character, but every so often some Out of Character "knowledge" slips in...but its fun, its informal, and would probably be classed as semi-high RP. Its a good place to "try your wings" and to practice "being" your character.
Roleplaying a character can be summed up in Past, Present, and Future.
*runs and Hides*