General Discussion

Every MMORPG dev out there seems to have no respect for the RP community of MMORPGs. They would rather implement instance after instance, raid boss after raid boss, so on and so forth than put in a few features to make the roleplayers happy. Seriously, all the '1337' gamers want to do is get some retarded pixilated items to show people on their retarded pixilated character and say "Oh look! I have the same thing 5,000 other people of my class have on this server so I'm better than everybody but the others who have it!".

As usual, when I'm posting here I'm posting to request any games that have an established RP community. EVE has an RP community but I just find the game not to my taste. I'm giving CoH a try -again-. Is there something out there for us RPers? I would like to give UO a try but to my knowledge the, Europa is the only server good for RP and I am not on the same time schedule as those people.

Well, you can forget about Age of Conan. It's just basically WoW with a different skin.

If you are looking for RP over combat, you might want to try the open-ended LARPs within Second Life. A bit less polished than you may be used to in standard MMORPGs, but the RP can be very interesting.

 it is not so hard..all depends on which kind of game you are for..for example, if you like lovely games..maybe could try hello kitty online. if you like war games, please try WOW..

hello kitty online??haven't heard it i just though it is a brand of a kids clothing or a kids toys

It really depends on what you expect. Too many here seem to have too high expectations when it comes to RP in MMORPGs. Yes, yes, we would all like a perfect community of RPers which works like well-oiled clockwork, but until someone with resources and true passion for RP makes a move, it will be a far-off dream.

The thing is - you can RP almost anywhere, as long as it's on a RP-server. It won't ever be perfect, but it is something. And when you're on a RP-server, RP-haters can just shut their mouths. I've RPed on WoW, Moonglade server (supposedly one of the worst RP servers out there) and had countless hours of fun. Wherever you choose to RP, you have to be prepared to meet everything from nude, dancing lolzers to RP-haters to elitists who could write books on their own rules. You gotta deal. End of story. If you can't, just give up the idea of finding teh awesum RP communites and switch to other forms for RP.

If I were you though, I would pick a MMORPG that fits my taste, sniff around a bit and see which RP-server is more or less decent, and go for it. Find a small community on that server and make your own fun.

Yes, I did exactly what Ceallach says. I was looking for an MMO for a while, which suits my taste. I found, there is none. All of them are just stupid and very boring level and item hunting games. I don´t know, what is wrong with people and why they spend money on this sort of game for more than just a view days. In the beginning it´s nice, to watch the grafics, if they are good. But  what, when you have ssen them? Is it really fun to someone, to get Ubersword number 100 and after this, number 101?

I love to play with other people (especially role-play with other people), but I do not like, what you have to do in the such games besides talking.

Now I don´t try it anymore. I just quit playing MMOs. I am sorry for the people, but I don´t miss the games at all :D.

Well, that's different, Lilalu. You seem to dislike the content of the games as much as the community, so no wonder you have that attitude towards MMORPGs. It's all fine though; I guess this gaming-style isn't for everyone. Methinks you have to enjoy the game-content to actually RP in any MMO. It's impossible to stray completely from the game itself and just use it as an advanced chatroom for RP. To use me as an example again - I would be truly bored if WoW was without RP, but sometimes, when the people from my community were offline and there was nothing to do, I was completely fine with following the game (questing, instancing, farming) on my own.

The problem is, all online games have more or less the same kind of content. That´s fine for people who like it of course and therefore nothing is wrong with this games. The problem is, there are no other online games for people, who enjoy a different kind of playstyle. Game developers should be a little more creative. There are so many different kinds of single-player games. Why not bring more different gaming principles online?

What I miss is a game without being forced to play the role of a hero, who is constantly slaughtering boring monsters and gathering items.

For example the idea of game like A Tale in the Desert is great! Solving a task like building cities and in the end maybe even a pyramid together with others is very interesting an a lot of fun in my eyes! And yes, I like to play single-player strategy games a lot, like e.g. Ceasar IV. What I like here is buidling cities and having a healthy economy. By the way, this games have a lot of players. They are by far no niche products!

So why is there only one such MMO (with very very bad grafics!) and why are there so many many "monster slaying" MMOs? It would be possible to have a lot of different settings (e.g. medieval, having to build a castle, ancient Rome, science fiction ...).

What I think: The old argument between role-players and non-role-players often is an argument between action players and non-action-players as well (all combinations are possible, like e.g. action-role-player or non-action-non-role-player). I´d call myself a non-action-role-player.

In the usual kind of game for players like me, there is nothing to do. Only if we get a glimpse of RP sometimes, we are happy. But this is so rare, it is not worth paying for and it´s to much wasted time to run through the otherwise boring game worlds, to look for it.

I think, developers forget about millions of potential players, who enjoy cooperative building or problem solving more than action and fighting!

LoTRO seems to have a decent RP'ing community I believe on the Landroval server.  Never tried it myself but you can actually mark (change color of characters Name) yourself as RP'ing.  There appears to be plenty of people RP'ing in that game.  But I also think it's how you want to present yourself.  If you want to RP you should be creative enough to do just that, without all the bells and whistles provided by the devs.

Anyway if I were you I would check out some of the RP posts in LoTRO.  See if that is to your liking.

Ya, you've told me before. And I agree with you, it's such a damn shame. But trust me, even for us who love to run around as heroes it's almost impossible to find a decent MMORPG. Y'know, I've tried out and reviewed at least 12-15 different MMORPGs, worked on my own before my graphic card said it could go to hell, and finally came to the decision that - WoW - of all games had the best premises for RP. I'm back where I started.

Ironically, the games with best RP-potential are the singleplayer ones. Perhaps an online version of The Settlers - Rise of an Empire would be something for you.

And maybe I'll one day get my multiplayer version of Oblivion. Until then, I'll just try to slip into a small community somewhere again. It's the best solution for those who want to RP in MMOGs right now.