133237-rp-chat-and-emotes-in-or-not

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Ahoy, all.  Looking to get stuck in now that free to play has come.  While I expect it will be a little while for me to find my footing in this mmorpg, since they're all a bit different, I am curious to find out in advance if the roleplay in the game makes use of WildStar's "Roleplay Text options"?
 
That is to say, Carbine's splitting of chat channel visibility into "RP Only" and "No RP."  
 
Do most roleplayers make use of the {*} tag for all their text?  Or if I do so, will my attempts to spark rp be invisible to most or many?  Does the default "No RP" setting mean that most roleplayers roleplay in the "out of character" text setting as a result?  Or should I be sure to set up "RP Only" instead?
 
I intend to make a character or two on the EU megaserver, if there is a difference in habits between Europe and the United States.
 
Thoughts?  Suggestions?	
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I haven't been a part of any RP stuff but I believe here on NA there is a player made channel that you would be able to join (it would be something like "/chjoin entityRP" in chat) 
 
I suggest you keep asking around and you might find something similar over there.	
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			So it looks as though actually using the {*} commands would simply prevent roleplayers from seeing my text and emotes, and setting visibility to "RP Only" would make for a very quiet and RP-empty world?	
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All the stuff like {*} is not used by Roleplayers.
/e for emotes is used a lot though.
 
If you want auto emotes, there's a few addons that do this.	
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To be honest, I don't think anyone I know has ever used those built in commands. We have no need to hide our RP ways from the masses! *cackles madly*
 
 
Seriously though. I personally don't use those options at all.	
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From the FAQ of the WSRP:
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Each server has an OOC chatroom to meet other RPers. On Entity, this is at /chjoin WSRP and on Jabbit, it's /chjoin LFRP. /chjoin is the command to join any channel should you want to join more!
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From my understanding, /LFRP and /WSRP are 'out of character" channels to arrange finding other roleplayers, rather than "in character" channels in which to actually roleplay.  Do I have that right?  So my understanding is currently, that roleplay happens in spatial channels [/say, /yell, /emote] but without the {*} tag -- and that if I were to include that {*} tag in my in character emotes and speech, a lot of [a majority of?] roleplayers would never even see it.  Likewise, if I set my channels to "view RP only," I would not see any of the roleplay going on around me.
 
As for /join LFRP, that is definitely the plan.  It looks from this forum as though a lot of RP occurs in "Housing," rather than in the open world.  Perhaps not surprising given the idea behind the megaservers.	
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Yes, those are out of character. Depending on faction and server there are a few 'in-character' channels, though I only know the Entity ones. And the OOC ones are more for tuning in and getting in touch with other RPers; housing lots and the open world leave a lot of area to cover for the different ranges.
 
And most roleplayers do not use the {*} tag, in fact in the months and months since it has been released with the megaservers I have never seen anyone use it. This may be different on Jabbit or situational, but it's essentially never used.
 
/say, /yell, /emote Are indeed the ones you will be using the most if you RP, and without the tag.
 
If you have any more questions feel free to ask. o/ And welcome to the community!
			
				
	Edited September 29, 2015 by Helmina	
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So it looks as though actually using the {*} commands would simply prevent roleplayers from seeing my text and emotes, and setting visibility to "RP Only" would make for a very quiet and RP-empty world?
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The issue with the RP tagging is that by default, ChatLog filters it. If people change nothing, they'll never see RP Chat. If Carbine had set it up to show both by default, it might have had some use. As it stands though, it's essentially a dead feature. Killroy supports it, but it's defaults show all chat, both RP and not. So short answer, don't use it.
 
Also *inserts shameless plug*, check out my addons in the signature below for RP tools that can help you on Nexus.
			
				
	Edited October 2, 2015 by Scriptorium	
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The issue with the RP tagging is that by default, ChatLog filters it. If people change nothing, they'll never see RP Chat. If Carbine had set it up to show both by default, it might have had some use. As it stands though, it's essentially a dead feature. Killroy supports it, but it's defaults show all chat, both RP and not. So short answer, don't use it.
 
Also *inserts shameless plug*, check out my addons in the signature below for RP tools that can help you on Nexus.
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