Talad promotes uncivil behavior.

I used to play PlaneShift a while back. It was a good game. Not great, but good.

In fact this is one of a very very few mmos that I haven't stopped playing of my own will (although doubtless I would have done by now). Instead, it just suddenly stopped working on the computer for no apparent reason. I tried to find out why it did, but never really worked it out.

I have a new computer now though, and might give this game a try again someday.

planeshift was the first mmorpg i ever tried and is still one of, if not the best of all i've tried

but i will say it's more of a virtual world rather than a game.  I will also say that its free so u aren't going to lose anything by just giving it a try

i too had it stop working on me but that was a year ago and may too go back but am really not much of a roleplayer which helps in planeshift

Originally posted by Karahandras

planeshift was the first mmorpg i ever tried and is still one of, if not the best of all i've tried

but i will say it's more of a virtual world rather than a game.  I will also say that its free so u aren't going to lose anything by just giving it a try

i too had it stop working on me but that was a year ago and may too go back but am really not much of a roleplayer which helps in planeshift

I think Planeshift would do much better if the team thought of it as a virtual world rather than something that has to compete with games like WOW and Runescape.  The developers like to advertise it as a game for roleplayers in the true sense of the word, but playing the game itself means mostly a lot of grinding and combat.  Players who treat the game as a virtual world or chat aren't really supported, they're just tolerated.

I disagree. I haven't even left the starting city yet, and have had many RP conversations with lots of people.

My  biggest problem with PS is unlearning all my habits from Everquest.

Originally posted by pstruth

Originally posted by Karahandras

planeshift was the first mmorpg i ever tried and is still one of, if not the best of all i've tried

but i will say it's more of a virtual world rather than a game.  I will also say that its free so u aren't going to lose anything by just giving it a try

i too had it stop working on me but that was a year ago and may too go back but am really not much of a roleplayer which helps in planeshift

 

I think Planeshift would do much better if the team thought of it as a virtual world rather than something that has to compete with games like WOW and Runescape.  The developers like to advertise it as a game for roleplayers in the true sense of the word, but playing the game itself means mostly a lot of grinding and combat.  Players who treat the game as a virtual world or chat aren't really supported, they're just tolerated.

Yes.  Planeshift is a game intended for roleplayers.  That is a fact.  It's a unique world where I've had a whole lot of enjoyment, it's got a great community where the devs do take player interaction into account, and frequently ask for player opinions, and  has some very nice people on the team. (Xillix, Rizin, UtM, Dajoji, Alerele, etc..  I don't think I've had any complaint with any member of the Planeshift team.)  The idea of treating a game that-as you said-is intended for roleplayers as a fancy looking chat box seems quite silly.

www.imvu.com/ <-- Maybe that could be the chat and/or virtual world you are looking for? 

I nkow it's intended for roleplayers.  The changes to combat proved that alright.  But it's like the community is actually two communities that merely tolerate one another.

Originally posted by pstruth

I nkow it's intended for roleplayers.  The changes to combat proved that alright.  But it's like the community is actually two communities that merely tolerate one another.

Well... that's kind of true..

There are those who enjoy playing the game (or in some cases, creating the game).

And then there are those who like going on message boards and bashing the game relentlessly.

Originally posted by pstruth

I nkow it's intended for roleplayers.  The changes to combat proved that alright.  But it's like the community is actually two communities that merely tolerate one another.

Really those two communities are just people who find that they do different things to enjoy the game their way.  It seems ridiculous to expect every single player to do the same thing or they would not be a community.  They would be a boring vanilla legion of zombies, and that'd be silly. 

It's a broad community that encompasses the two different points of view.  You hear more from the hardcore RP side because the people that are labeled as PLers tend to not use the forums.  Actually most people just mix up the two ideas and have fun with it. 

There's no actual great divide, they're merely different crowds in the same group, and even then those crowds have tons of people that go back and forth because they're having fun. 

I'm unsure what you mean by barely tolerate, perhaps you could elaborate? 

Originally posted by Araroyige

I'm unsure what you mean by barely tolerate, perhaps you could elaborate? 

You've got the players who actually use the game.

They use the fighting, the money, the levelling, and the duelling.

Then you've got the players who don't really use the game, but hang out in it and RP.

They don't really fight, they get pissy if you challenge them, and when they do fight they don't use the duel system the developers made.

We don't mix well and tend to keep to our own.  Remember all the fuss about people duelling in the death realm?  One kind of player loved it, but the other kind of player kept talking about how it was OOC and annoying.

So we don't mix well... but we tolerate eachother.

Of course I'm exagerating things...

Originally posted by pstruth

 

You've got the players who actually use the game.

They use the fighting, the money, the levelling, and the duelling.

Then you've got the players who don't really use the game, but hang out in it and RP.

They don't really fight, they get pissy if you challenge them, and when they do fight they don't use the duel system the developers made.

We don't mix well and tend to keep to our own.  Remember all the fuss about people duelling in the death realm?  One kind of player loved it, but the other kind of player kept talking about how it was OOC and annoying.

So we don't mix well... but we tolerate eachother.

Of course I'm exagerating things...

Remember that for every one person that gets 'super pissy' there's about twenty more that don't really care.  The hardcore RP view is generally the most vocal on the forums, as opposed to everyone else.  there's not much for the idea of kinds, since it's silly to segregate players themselves based on a view.

Looks like it'd be much better if everyone viewed themselves as a player and not as a RPer or a PLer...  Though the exaggeration is present in the PlaneShift forums with the drama queen hardcore Roleplayers that tend to be the most vocal.

There are drama queens on both sides imo.

Originally posted by pstruth

There are drama queens on both sides imo.

Yup.  See?  One thing they have in common already.