RP-PvP

[Caprarius 0]

So I played casually on Nostalrius, but did not have time to fully dive in. Now I do have the time and I'm all geared up to tackle guild start up again. But I'm torn, I think it would be amazing to revisit my roots from 2010 by building The Ashenvale Outrunners or The Warsong Outriders again from my days on Wyrmrest Accord, but.... An all paladin guild sounds really brodacious at the moment!

 

I'm really looking forward to jump into the game once the connection issues have been dealt with and I guess I'm really just looking for like minded folks in any three of these areas.

 

I hope to see you all in game soon!

[gweivyth 0]

I miss Wyrmrest Accord.  I wish I could still stomach retail WoW, I had some of my best experiences playing games on WRA.  <3

[Caprarius 0]

I know what you mean. I know I cannot recreate WRA, but I still want to form a tight knit group of players overtime and the longer I play on this server, the more I'm seeing how WoW used to be a "team" game.

 

So if anyone is interested in some good ol' holy paddling with your paladins, I think it would be quite brodacious of you to shoot me a message and we can set up some leveling times up.

[Crowley 8]

I miss WRA as well.  Best times of my wow experience were there.  I'm seeing zero RP on Nost PVE Alliance side so far.  I see people join and leave the "RP" chat, but when I try talking to them they ignore me or log out. I'm going to give the fresh server a shot with it but I'm learning quickly not to get your hopes up.

What servers/faction are you two aiming to "main" on?

[Mergun 0]

There was a large rp event on the 22nd on nost pve with some 20people Crowley. We advertised a little in the rp channel but mainlyised the Elysium/Nost RP Community Discord. Many of the rpers have been usin it for coordination.

While no one NEEDs to use it, I am unsure its fair to say theres zero rp when i myself have suggested it to you on this forum a few times.

[Mergun 0]

As for Capraius and gweivyth that discord is https://discord.gg/pCd9t it might help getting your name out there amd coordinating withother rp guilds wherever you roll! Theres i think 4 guilds on nost pve. But i know many are looking forward to the fresh realm!

[Crowley 8]

There was a large rp event on the 22nd on nost pve with some 20people Crowley. We advertised a little in the rp channel but mainlyised the Elysium/Nost RP Community Discord. Many of the rpers have been usin it for coordination.

While no one NEEDs to use it, I am unsure its fair to say theres zero rp when i myself have suggested it to you on this forum a few times.

I never used discord, what does it do differently than the in-game "rp" channel? Just curious.

I'm simply saying that I personally haven't seen any rp in my time playing on pve yet. (I have a level 20 and a level 11 both Alliance side).

[Mergun 0]

I never used discord, what does it do differently than the in-game "rp" channel? Just curious.

I'm simply saying that I personally haven't seen any rp in my time playing on pve yet. (I have a level 20 and a level 11 both Alliance side).

I am glad you asked!

 

So an in-game RP channel is always great. On Nost PvE it is all that we had for the community. But given the nature of these private servers, there are just a few things they they cannot accomplish. For instance, we have people playing (and role-playing) internationally across these servers. Which makes coordinating random RP for some people almost impossible if they're relying on an in-game channel to find RP with whomever is online at the time. There is also the scenario where someone has multiple alts and is an RPer. Perhaps they forget to join the RP channel on all of their toons, and then we've no great way of staying in touch! Just as well, unlike the channel system in retail, we cannot go into the social tab to inspect who is in it. Which leaves the RP channel with primarily one purpose: to tell you who has logged on and what their name is. The RP channel also fails to really adequately notify you when conversation is taking place in it; what I mean by that, is in vanilla, the game takes a good deal more concentration and consideration. And unless you go and manually change the color of the channel text? It is gray just like the rest of the channels in-game.

 

What Discord offers (and the RP Community Discord in particular) is a place for people to see who is online now, and interact with RPers who may not be logged in at the moment but not neccesarily unavailable if that makes sense. Say I am spending time typing on this forum, I am here, but perhaps I am not logged into the game because I don't know of a reason for me to be online. A quick message on Discord or an inquiry in the general chat channel, and I am alterted someone posted, and perhaps I decide to hop into the queue for a bit of random RP! There is also the option for coordinating events in advance since we never had a calendar system in vanilla. So for example, with the RP event that happened on the 22nd, it was primarily just a  tavern night open to the community, and the turn out was fantastic! We used the Announcements channel to coordinate that, let people know what time it was happening, explained a bit about it, etc. The Discord server also houses at least 1 representative from most of the RP guilds we have come across from both Nost PvE and PvP. And while it is far from a complete representation of all the RPers on these servers or their guilds? Using it, we were able to make sure each guild that is represented on the Discord knew about said event on the 22nd. People were also able to message me personally regarding the event if they had questions!

 

Additionally, it is far easier to navigate and stay engaged with than for instance the RP-section of our beloved forums here. All in all, I believe it brings the community far closer together through more interaction, more discussion, and more awareness of both events and random RP. In the end, it will serve whatever purpose you decide to use it for, if at all. It is almost like we are all in one giant guild while using it, but it expands to an app outside the game.

 

If you're simply not a fan of Discord? I cannot blame you. But I do suggest getting into contact with one of the people involved in it, like myself, in game. That way I can try and send you letters regarding upcoming events! What I'd like to see now that the Holidays are coming to a close, is weekly community tavern events. Something to bring everyone together frequently, and offer at least some kind of RP in hopes that it turns into something more complex or elaborate down the line! I am Mergun in-game by the way. =]

[Caprarius 0]

Thanks guys, I'll jump on discord when I get home from the holidays. I'll mostly be playing on the PvP realms and I'm slowly rallying my friends together to become a force to be reckoned with. We're thinking about calling ourselves The Paddlin Paladins or The Paddles of The Light. lol We'll figure out a proper name in the future, better be nameless and together than named and alone.

 

Edited December 26, 2016 by Caprarius