TERA Anti RP?!

YukiMotosua Profile Options #41

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Roll on 2012-03-01 02:15:03 UTC - view
every mmo was made to RP? the RP community is like 2% of the playerbase.


maybe for you it only 2% of a population but for a company it million of $$$$ being looked over and thrown by the window .

some of Roplayer are asking alot i know , but some only want to be stated has existing and we want that EME stop being silent about our actual proposition , we are not like the pvpers we can discuss ...instead of shouting

and im sorry but when i played Aion in it begining the Rp people were more then 2% you could not even get out of town without finding people roleplaying we are not 2% , we become 2% because most game dont help us growing , when we are actually the one being patient !
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im sure there's a ton of games out there with way less dynamic pvp and combat systems that you can go RP your bains out in, this one obviously wasn't made for you.
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Nhoj1983 on 2012-02-26 07:11:51 UTC - view
No mmo really supports rp. Colored text doesn't change that. As an rper myself all i can think about this post is waa. Rp doesn't start with rp servers.


IMO I'd consider in-game mechanics for player character weddings to be support of RP by a developer, and there are indeed games that do this now.
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JVirus on 2012-02-26 07:04:22 UTC - view
I just wanted to point out that there is a TON of lore for the game if you were to look for it. There was actually a crazy long topic on the old forums for most of the lore in the game. Not sure if you can find it but it does exist. And there is an emote system with about a dozen or so emotes. Type /? emote Sadly, there's really not a whole lot else that they will give you. They were looking into adding a walk, but haven't heard of any progress with it. I do agree that chat needs to be slightly extended, but not too much as people love to spam long messages. It's just too short currently

All I know is that if the lack of a walk or a RP server is all that's holding you back in a RP environment, you must not be very good RPers. Granted a walk would be nice, but it is one of the farthest things from necessary.

You don't need your own server to RP. Just make a guild, block everyone elses chat in the chat log and go at it. That's pretty typical in nearly any RP guild I've been in. Most people leave RP'ers alone anyways. I've RP'd with far far less and it really doesn't make THAT much of a difference . It sounds like you are making a mountain out of a molehill. Don't get me wrong, I support the RP community but come on...


I'll have to agree here. With proper RP the only thing limiting you is your own imagination.

Of course it is nice to have visual tools to work with provided by developers, but I've seen and experience excellent RP in even the more hostile-to-RP-Players online environment. Sometimes you just have to shake it out, get a guild together with a bunch of good friends and just do your own thing.

In CB2, last weekend there was a horse show in Velika, or at least there was one being planned. I was too busy trying to keep my jaw off the floor to attend though. <3
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Roll on 2012-03-01 02:14:09 UTC - view
pretty sure most mmo forums do. lonely adults need somewhere to go.


Roll on 2012-03-01 02:15:03 UTC
every mmo was made to RP? the RP community is like 2% of the playerbase.


Roll on 2012-03-01 02:42:43 UTC
im sure there's a ton of games out there with way less dynamic pvp and combat systems that you can go RP your bains out in, this one obviously wasn't made for you.


From these responses, I'm going to go ahead and assume that at least one of the following scenarios are true about you:

A. You really don't know what RPing is.
B. You really don't understand what the RPers are asking for in TERA.
C. You really like to give out random statistics without backing it up with any reasonable evidence.
D. You really don't know what an MMORPG, or an RPG is.
E. You're probably trolling.

For your first response, I'm sorry, but if you PvP does that mean you're automatically not a lonely adult? Unless I apply 12 year-old logic, I don't see how you can make that conclusion based on someone's hobby within a video game.

For your second response, would you please provide some evidence? If not, then don't use random numbers out of thin air. No, not every MMO was made for RP. But I'm assuming any MMORPG was made for RP, since it has "RP" in the title.

Again, you don't really seem to know what RP is. I'll leave the research to you. But suffice to say, simply by playing TERA and immersing yourself in its virtual world, you're roleplaying. The degree and method of this varies and depends on the player. The "RP Community" generally refers to people who like to take this to the next level. The same way you have regular players who PvP, and the "hardcore" PvPers. The "hardcore" PvPers are probably as much of a minority as the RPers. Does this mean we should ignore them too?

As for your third response, once again, you're simply confirming that you really don't know what RPing is. You don't need to reduce the PvP or the action to provide the tools necessary for players to enjoy RPing within the game's setting. Many players who enjoy RP also enjoy PvP and an action-packed PvE.

Please, research a bit on the topic before writing nonsense like this. Unless scenario E is true, in which case, I apologize for feeding you. ;)
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Cyroselle on 2012-03-01 03:25:54 UTC - view
I'll have to agree here. With proper RP the only thing limiting you is your own imagination.


I agree with what you're saying to some extent. The thing is, however, that the lack of an RP server or a walk toggle aren't holding people back from RPing. At least not for me. It's a matter of convenience, not necessity. If you really want to, you can just read about TERA's lore on a wiki and then go RP in a chat room without even paying for the game.

However, what myself and a lot of the RPers are asking for are convenience.

An RP server would make it convenient for RPers to find each other, and those who don't enjoy RPing to easily avoid them. If we don't get, we'd have to make our own unofficial RP server.

An emote channel would make it convenient to distinguish actions from dialogues when RPing, especially with multiple people in the area. If we don't get it we have to resort to using asterisks everywhere.

A higher chat character limit would make it convenient to be more descriptive when roleplaying. But if we don't get it, we'd have to resort to 3-4 messages per post for a simple action.

A walk toggle would make it convenient to RP in busy areas and help make a more believable atmosphere. But if we don't get it, we'd have to just use our imagination.

Character biographies would make it convenient to record a short description of a character for people to see and keep track of the various features that make a character's personality unique. But if we don't get it, we'll resort to an external website.

Do you see the pattern here? And I think this is what puts the RP community always in the backseat. We're possibly the most flexible subset of the playerbase. We adapt and learn to make the best out of what little we've been given. I think we deserve at least a little bit of attention. What most of us are asking for aren't major feature implementations. They're just little things that make life easier and would make TERA more friendly towards RPers.
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Roll on 2012-03-01 02:42:43 UTC - view
im sure there's a ton of games out there with way less dynamic pvp and combat systems that you can go RP your bains out in, this one obviously wasn't made for you.


I had no idea being a Roleplayer meant that one did not enjoy dynamic PvP or combat systems. I shall have a long talk with myself later.
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Roll on 2012-03-01 02:42:43 UTC - view
im sure there's a ton of games out there with way less dynamic pvp and combat systems that you can go RP your bains out in, this one obviously wasn't made for you.


If an employee or dev from Tera says this, then I am more then willing to drop this game and go elsewhere. It would actually be nice to be told if we'll get rp servers and other rp things, or if they rather not have us.. then the rp community could easily make a choice.

If they want Tera to be the next power-gaming, chugging mountain dew while insulting people on-line halo clone with swords, then that's totally fine, but as of now I'm not sure what they have planned.. but I would like to know. RPers like dynamic games as much as anyone, and given how hostile some posts get, it's clear why they have RP servers to separate those that just like to have a story and actually enjoy the more social things mmo's were made for, and those that would just call them names.

If they rather not have a role-play community, they just need to come out with it.
Edited by: Dbit about 1 year ago
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Beerhead on 2012-02-26 15:38:39 UTC - view
The lack of a dedicated RP server is disappointing. I pre-ordered with the intention of playing on a RP server. Shame on me for spending 60 bucks on a pre-order. Sucks, because I do like the game a lot.
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servers r becoming a big problem in this game because Ktera only has 1 kind hope they can fix