5 quick tips on how to RP when you're alone.

[Friendz001]

Hello tribe,

usually, when you think about RP, you think about guilds,or multiple people
playing out a role or a scenario, and that is of course a nice way to do it,
however, not all of us are in a guild, not all of us want to be part of a guild, and having to follow their ruleset,
some of us are lone wolves, who like to stay independent,that however makes RP of any kind a bit harder at first,
simply because you have nobody to play with,
and while you can of course simply interact with the NPCs for your own immersion, interacting with other players
is usually way more fun, but needs a bit of practice, and so I wanted to give a few tips here on how to RP
when you're alone.

So here are 5 quick tips on how to RP when you're alone:

Tip #1: Don't force RP on anyone. Its going to end up
boring or akward or unsatisfying 99% of the time.
If you run up to somebody, without hooking him first,
simply trying to act out your role, you will most likely
either get ignored, or the other guy is not gonna bother,
or not understand. So never try to force RP on anyone.
That leads directly to the next tip;

Tip #2: Use different "levels" of RP, and use them
in a smart way. I have about 12 macros, some are very basic,
like my "/hello /s Hao" macro, wich gives a voice emote
and a simple "Hao" on my tauren. 95% of players respond
with /hi themselves. Other macros are more complex,
like my special salute macro to other tauren,
wich prints "/s Ish-ne-alo por-ah shu'halo" and a /salute.
wich basically means "Hello Tauren". Saying that to a random
person is probably not going to work, first you have to find
out if the person is even ready for your RP, you have to get
a feeling first, and then you can increase your RP intensity,
and you will quickly find players who enjoy those RP acts,
especially on alliance side.

Tip #3: Visit RP guilds! Just because you are not part of a
guild, does not mean you cant visit them, however, be
respectfull, and by respectfull I mean japanese-level of
respectfull. Like ultra carefull, dont ruin anything.

Tip #4: Create a role and play it out for a certain time. You can
for example create 2-3 characters that can buff (lets say
Priest, Druid, Mage) on seperated accounts so that you can
log in at the same time, go to a town,
and announce a buff service for a period of time.
Or with foods, or professions. Anything. You can announce
the time when you are online and see it like a little job.
The better your act, the more people will enjoy it.
Be creative about it and try to keep it low-key and subtle.

Tip #5: Be a quest giver with real rewards. This one is alot of
fun because it makes EVERYBODY come to you. Seriously.
I like to play a Questgiver in Crossroads, giving away 1g + 1
blue or green item of choice, usually 3 items of wich the guy
can choose 1. People will do everything for it, and you can
somewhat "force" them to RP with you. Its hilarious.
Or sometimes I play a guy who is lost in the wilds and needs
help, somewhere near quest areas where people come across,
and Ill have them do all sorts of things.

And as a little advice at the end;
A good roleplayer can handle any situation.
Be prepared for everything. Akward silence? No problem. Someone beeing unresponsive?
No problem. Someone beeing rude or trying to ruin your RP? No problem.
A good roleplayer is always prepared with smart words, and sometimes, silence is the best answer.

So I hope I could give some people some ideas or help at least
one person with this post, that felt a bit lost like I did.


Greetings Gigantis.

PS: I hope one day horde will see more usefullness in RP.
Alliance players seem to be a step further when it comes to that.

PPS: If you feel like this post is unnecessary, feel free to delete it.

Extra: Here is a list with all vanilla emotes, the chat button in game only shows 22 "Voice Emotes".

[Coun]

Nice post, although I'd encourage anyone to waste less thought on how they could be disturbing anyone by roleplaying, and instead just go out there and roleplay.

I've seen you roleplay in Crossroads earlier and I thought it was absolutely cool! Hope to see more RP on Horde as well. :)

[Friendz001]

Nice post, although I'd encourage anyone to waste less thought on how they could be disturbing anyone by roleplaying, and instead just go out there and roleplay.

I've seen you roleplay in Crossroads earlier and I thought it was absolutely cool! Hope to see more RP on Horde as well. :)

Thanks.
Very charming compliment.

Wich point exactly you refer too shuhalo? The point about not disturbing guilds or other players RP or what you mean?

I agree that you should not spent too much time on thinking about it,
but if I could choose between low-key and high-key, I usually aim for low-key,
when Im dealing with strangers.

i believe general RP with strangers needs good timing (especially now where the server has so many PVP players).

PS: Yes my Tauren arrived at Crossroads today with a friend, after I was succesfully granted honored within
the great city of Thunderbluff, and we looked around, and took a rest at the Inn,
both characters are sleeping right now and I want to play but I cant .
So I have to play a different character until my friend comes back. Suffering.

[Cyni]

Man, being a quest giver is pretty fun. I usually don't RP much, or don't know how to, but I remember playing Classic WoW when it released. My friend and I would RP in Elwynn Forest for some hours every few days. He was dressed as a human peasant (retired soldier), and I was an orc farmer (also retired). The story was that we met on the field of battle long ago, where he saved my life and we became friends afterwards, and started to travel together before settling in Elwynn as farmers. Now we were old, and on a trip to get some copper for a new pan from the Fargodeep Mine, the two of us were ambushed by Goldtooth and his underlings. My friend would tell the adventurers how he managed to escape while Goldtooth had me taken as a prisoner, to be exchanged for a sack of silver coins. The adventurers would then come to rescue me, where I told them that we could leave immediately, but I wanted revenge on Goldtooth. And if they chose to optionally kill Goldtooth, there would be something extra in it for them. After getting out of the mine safely (occasionally stopping to punt a kobold and then yelling help from the adventurers because they were attacking me), my human friend and I would rejoice after being reunited again. He then thanked the adventurer/adventurers, and offered them a piece of green gear each from a selection we had prepared earlier, as well 4s 32c each. And if they managed to complete the optional assignment to kill Goldtooth for revenge, I gave them a family heirloom. It was a linen bandage, but in character it was a treasured Fierce Warriors Loincloth, passed down since the time of my ancestors from warrior to warrior. They happily accepted such a generous reward, especially after being told it passively increases your stamina by +7.

[Kefke]

Tip #5: Be a quest giver with real rewards. This one is alot of
fun because it makes EVERYBODY come to you. Seriously.
I like to play a Questgiver in Crossroads, giving away 1g + 1
blue or green item of choice, usually 3 items of wich the guy
can choose 1. People will do everything for it, and you can
somewhat "force" them to RP with you. Its hilarious.
Or sometimes I play a guy who is lost in the wilds and needs
help, somewhere near quest areas where people come across,
and Ill have them do all sorts of things.

You know, this is something that I wish Turtle RP had a function for. It would be really cool if you could set yourself as a quest giver. At the very least displaying a ! over your head, but possibly even going all out and having a pseudo quest log with objective tracking and listing rewards. I would love to play quest giver if it were more convenient.

[Sinrek]

Tip #5: Be a quest giver with real rewards. This one is alot of
fun because it makes EVERYBODY come to you. Seriously.
I like to play a Questgiver in Crossroads, giving away 1g + 1
blue or green item of choice, usually 3 items of wich the guy
can choose 1. People will do everything for it, and you can
somewhat "force" them to RP with you. Its hilarious.
Or sometimes I play a guy who is lost in the wilds and needs
help, somewhere near quest areas where people come across,
and Ill have them do all sorts of things.

You know, this is something that I wish Turtle RP had a function for. It would be really cool if you could set yourself as a quest giver. At the very least displaying a ! over your head, but possibly even going all out and having a pseudo quest log with objective tracking and listing rewards. I would love to play quest giver if it were more convenient.

There were no tools for that available and as of right now it mostly can be done with some /s prompts from a player while walking somewhere in the city or out there in the wilds even… depending on how populated the area you're in.