An RP (roleplay) server? Your thoughts

Ice-Queen

Originally posted by MarkJacobs

Originally posted by Antiquated

Originally posted by Wolvan

No other game I've played since really has enforced the rules like DAOC did on the RP servers. 

Costs too much money.

CE staffs have only gotten smaller (relative ratio to players) in the years since '01. The days when companies were commited even to the extent of naming policies, gone.

^ LOL and truth too sadly.

All I will say now is that this subject will be brought up to our backers if we fund. My opinion on RP servers is well-known so I would love to see them in CU. What it will depend on is whether the backers want to support one. Antiquated is right about what has happened in the industry. However, I think we can do it if our backers want us to and are willing to pay a little more for access (since I've said publicly we will be coming in less than $15), I'd be willing to try it.

 

 

YES! Please give us a roleplay server, I'll definately be donating to kickstarter for me, hubby, and our son. My best experiences in an mmo was on Guinevere in DAOC, those were great years, with great people, so many people were in character and had appropriate names. Please don't let there be "Pwnzu" sort of names

Ice-Queen

Originally posted by lugal
Imo, rp servers are a waste. Yeah they potentially create a home for people who want to do it, but rp servers are a magnet for the worst kinds of people as well. I know I'm not the only one who see's them as a place for pervs to cyber.
I have also never seen rp rule's enforced by a developer, outside of mud's.
Spreading people out across servers is not a good idea for a pvp biased game. They need to focus having all players on one server and provide some tools for thise who wish to rp.

Soo, because you don't like them, they shouldn't be in an mmo, gotcha. That's the most rediculous thing I've heard today. Don't like RP servers? Don't play on them, simple as that. DAOC did a great job enforcing the RP rules. I absolutely hate playing on a server that isn't RP. I'm not a big RP'er, but there tend to be a lot more mature people on RP servers, game companies just need to enforce RP rules. This would be a great game to go back to old school with and prove it can be done, game companies have just become lazy.

Ice-Queen

Originally posted by MarkJacobs

As you might imagine, I love the idea of RP servers but I also do not like how RP servers are pretty bad on the MMORPGs I've played over the last ten years.  One idea I've toyed with over the years is to have a strict RP server that has an extra price tag associated with it. FYI, we have not discussed this idea at CSE so before anybody jumps to conclusions, there are no plans for this right now. In exchange for a higher fee the players would get stuff like:

1) In-game GMs running events, enforcing rules.

2) Very strict naming policy (possibly even only allow generated names).

3) Strict guildelines for chat systems.

Lots more but I need to get back to work.

It wouldn't be an "Everquest Legends" setup nor that price tag but enough to cover the staffing required to deal with the issues as they occur (and by that I mean real time not file a protest, wait a week). This RP server wouldn't involve lots of new coding, areas, etc. but really just extra staff and some really good tools.

Anyway, just a thought.

I'll pay extra for a server like that, and so would all of my family and friends, which is about 14 of us. We've talked about that idea so many times. I'd gladly pay up to $50 a month for a strictly enforced RP server.