[Roleplay] A thread on the subject of Roleplay.

[DarkStar]

This topic has brought up a pretty important issue that I wanted to mention.

I noticed many of the 'hardcore' shooter crowd are openly hostile to RPers, to the point of labeling them as freaks and whiners. And to be fair I've seen too many of the "elite RPers" who see shooter players as nothing more then screaming immature 12 year olds.

Frankly it's all crap.

Being a TPS and an RPG are not mutually exclusive. Games like Mass Effect prove that. Likewise one can enjoy playing a shooter and enjoy roleplaying their character at the same time. Anyone who disrespects another player and tries to dictate how they should play the game is simply wrong, period.

This game has a very strong shooter gameplay that will attract people who enjoy playing other TPS and FPS games. The game also has a deep and involved story and lore along with individual player characters that are taking part in the game's story - and this will attract many roleplayers as well.

If you don't like RP, just don't participate, do your own thing and ignore the people who are talking amongst themselves. They literally have zero impact on your gameplay. On the flip side, you don't have to be a crazy shooter master to enjoy the game. You can take the game at a casual pace, do some side quests or challenges, and just enjoy the ride.

But make no mistake, there will be roleplayers in this game, and it is a valid gameplay style just as much as the shooter crowd is.

Well said. Personally I enjoy both RP and shooter games, knew before it came out that Mass Effect would be one of my favorites. I'm hoping for the same kind of mix with Defiance. Doesn't seem like the RP aspect would be too difficult since we will be all mercenaries fighting and learning as we go, that should keep the only shooter crowd from complaining. Then the rest of us can just play by our own rules. I hope there's a way to use voice chat to make communiunicate easier during a fight, but then that would probably the place that hardcore RP and shooter crowd clash the most. I'd like to think that anyone buying a MMO game buys it with the knowledge that RP comes with it in some degree, if they don't then they might be new to gaming and might not know what they are getting into.

[Mindfix]

Well, I have looked through but I'm trying to get a complete census of it, not thrown together opinions.

My opinion from what I have read is that we have two crowds clashing, the Halo 360 players and the MMO players, drawn in for the Sci-fi (Like me self) and finding that grounding of level plane will be interesting.

I hope there is going to be a Roleplay presence but we shall see.

I for one love the halo and Gears series and yet i'm also a huge mmo player (was a long time WoW player and just recently put Rift away) and the show for some reason kind of reminds me of Firefly so i'm thinking Defiance is something i can play for a good amount of time. that said i'm not into RP

[Vitriol]

I'm really hoping there's some sort of RP server option, or at least one particular server that role players can agree to be the one to congregate on. The lore for the world has been giving me a lot of ideas, and I hope there are many others to interact and share with... and also kill stuff IC.

[Azaron]

i'd hate to be stuck to just one char. i needs my alts!

Mhm!

I'm also curious how this will work out, Defiance isn't your typical MMO RP environment where combat tends to be much less intensive.
If I wind up RPing on Defiance I imagine it being more along the lines of what Gothic said earlier, hanging out somewhere and having a conversation, rather than in the thick of battle.
And maybe a quick line here in there in between respawns... >.>

[Case]

Hello ~fellow roleplayers~!
I'm popping in to give a shameless guild plug for an rp group of outlaws that a friend and I are starting, here!
Even if Defiance's rp community is small, hopefully we can get at least a few thriving groups going

[Jenbuu]

Welcome to the Community link program

[mr2bitz]

ok so pvp people are competative theese guys r going to be the *******s (i would know im that kinda person, i dont meen to be but i get angry when i dont get a kill lol) then there will be the roleplaying people, though the are the "wierdos" they are nice and full of hard and are my favorite people. so lets try to all b friends and get to know everyone even if they are wierd and if they r wierd let them be the way they are. then there are trolls....just ****in kill the trolls lol

[Tenz]

Im still deciding on a RP character. it has to go with my play style which i have 2 main ones lol so we will see how it works.

[Rousel]

Sorry about the title, just saying I love the Community Link Program and getting a few more members, so all is looking positive!

[Rousel]

ok so pvp people are competative theese guys r going to be the *******s (i would know im that kinda person, i dont meen to be but i get angry when i dont get a kill lol) then there will be the roleplaying people, though the are the "wierdos" they are nice and full of hard and are my favorite people. so lets try to all b friends and get to know everyone even if they are wierd and if they r wierd let them be the way they are. then there are trolls....just ****in kill the trolls lol

Weird is based on the illusion of normality my friend, so to me, deep sea diving is weird, along with taking drugs and hunting, but then as I say, normality is based on the concept of what we our selves architecture in our minds as the boundaries of all that we find normal or odd, so.. Don't be throwing the weird title around a whole lot! :P