122600-2172015-morning-coffee-the-late-nights-and-early-mornings-edition

== Content ==
			
Coooooooffeeeeeeeee......
 
 
First and foremost, I want to welcome all the new and returning players.  It occurs to me that some of you don't know what this thread is.  Morning Coffee is a thread that is made fresh every day (though rarely on weekends, since there are less of us around, but feel free to make it if you're on Saturday or Sunday) for general Wildstar banter about what we did the day/night before and what we'd like to do after work.  Just a fun chat thread about all things Wildstar (though not generally off-topic, please, it's technically a Wildstar discussion, so try to not go too far on the OT tangent).  If you ever don't see it, you can make the coffee thread, too!  Just post in the previous thread you'll be making coffee that day (a courtesy).  Make a new thread with a title that says Morning Coffee, the day's date (so we know how fresh it is) and any tagline.  Make sure the thread includes a picture of coffee or breakfast, and let us know what you did last night.
 
Everyone's welcome in these discussions!  I promise, we're not an exclusive group!  Come in, make yourself comfortable, and kill time at work talking about Wildstar.  You'll laugh, you'll learn, you'll make friends!
 
I was up until.... sometime.... I think.... last night.  The day was filled with all kinds of work insanity, and by the time I got home, I was barely functional.  However, the wife and I managed to run through some quests in Malgrave.  We're almost to 46, which is great, because the Saddles could use a dedicated healer at 50.  Eventually, though, she had to take off, so I hopped to Nightengale Donne to work on the Shadowcaster and....
 
...I'm done with the abovedecks...-ish....
 
 
Yes, we are essentially open for business on board the Shadowcaster!  Tonight's touch up work will include sizing up the railgun and hopefully finding some more glowing plants for the garden (if anyone knows of a great glowing tree, bush, or other lighted plant, let me know!), but the abovedecks area is otherwise completely finished and ready for use!  All Blazing Saddles have access, and it's a public plot, so feel free to visit!
 
In addition to the above work, of course, I now have less than a month to get down into the bunker plug and build the bilge.  However, I'm feeling really good about the Shadowcaster as it is.  A little decor-hockey later and it should be all done abovedecks.  I saved the space I needed for the last table (I need one more bluelight lounge table to finish the bar, which I'll hopefully get from a challenge tonight if no one has one spare) and a pair of ships (which I may use scaled up models for until Donne hits 50 and starts getting ships from the shiphands.  All told, though, I'm excited about how it's coming along.
 
Even more exciting, Casim is back in the game!  Casim is my other brother (the first being Radimir), and he's more of a hardcore content runner.  Automatically got a PUG to pop for vet STL and managed to get a group that continued to wipe because they couldn't dodge the wisps.  I told him I'd queue in when I could, but obviously couldn't last night.  He doesn't get home until late (he works second shift).  So while he's in the Saddles, he is also on the lookout either for a west coast raiding guild that raids after 1130pm Eastern or to find a bunch of like-scheduled people to start or finish attunement with him in the Saddles.  Who knows?  Maybe we'll actually have a raiding wing someday.  Weirder things have happened.
 
Obviously, if I'm on tonight, it will be VERY late.  Band practice tonight (thus, TL;DR of 0-50 tomorrow).  But I'll see you all on Nexus sometime!	
----
			
Sooooo many returning players :D
 
Well i told myself not to go into housing until I hit 50.
 
Well I wanted to see how big the new plug was in the inside.
 
Well - 10 plat later I have put a basic layout of the inside (Not finished) need to figure out which room is for what! and then sort the decor out. Not gonna do the outside until 50 though.
 
If anyone wants to have a quick peek of the rough floor plan in my house, my char is Kory Yul (Y not V - keep meaning to do a name change to make it Kory Vul)	
----
			
Morning!  Glad to see the Shadowcaster coming along Vic.  I can't wait to see it mostly finished ^_^
 
Today is my day off so get to play all morning.  Going to work on my Mechari Medic some in hopes of determining if trying to start a Dommie guild is going to be a possible idea.  Will probably jump over to my engineer at some point and work on him some too.  Otherwise,  pretty basic and boring day. XD	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
Morning!  Glad to see the Shadowcaster coming along Vic.  I can't wait to see it mostly finished ^_^
 
Today is my day off so get to play all morning.  Going to work on my Mechari Medic some in hopes of determining if trying to start a Dommie guild is going to be a possible idea.  Will probably jump over to my engineer at some point and work on him some too.  Otherwise,  pretty basic and boring day. XD
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
If you need anything mechari side, I should be free after 4pm est. 
----
			Been awake since 10:30 am yesterday morning, accomplished all sorts of stuff, Perynn's Jabbit and Vind Refuge and Animal Hospital is coming along nicely, we releases a vind into the wild of the refuge, the baby vind that was in the ICU is out now and has acquired a new aurin friend. The hospital took in two malverine cubs a red and a tawny and oddly enough a yeti, which judging from it's size appears to be an adolescent. Perynn as managed to woo the girl of his dreams and she has agreed to be joined and somewhere along the way he picked up two more non joined mates. It's good the construction on the hospital and house was in early stages as it was easier to do a redesign while it was still and empty shell, all in all a good couple of days, just waiting now for the last kid to head out the door for school so I can go faceplant into my pillow.	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
Thanks, i probably won't be on then, maybe a little, depends on plans for this evening.  Just looked and kinda disappointed that a name change is $20 =(  I don't like the name i choose for my medic and was gonna change it, but i guess im stuck with it now.
----
			Whooosh! Coffee! Where to start?  Since I'm getting close to the EG cap I decided to buy two Ability Tier unlocks.  Getting Gold on Vet SC and SSM is just a pipe dream for now so no point holding my breath for those. No progress on the Vet. Adventure step of attunement, still sitting at 25% (WotW).  The only other one I've seen is Siege of Tempest Refuge and... not exactly my favorite.  I've never stepped in Crimelords or Malgrave Trail.  I'm not comfortable PUG'ing something I haven't seen.  Allegedly MT is now such an overtuned disaster and are being told it's Working As Intended that people are opting to pay the 40p for the Pristine Key instead.  Considering how long I've been dragging my feet on Attunement, farming up 40plat is starting to sound like the way to go.  I'd really rather do the content. Instead I've run a ton of Vet. Shiphands.  Heck I'm even starting to get Deep Space Exploration down to a 20 min. run for both parts.  I'm sitting at a cool 130k reknown so the 300k Ability Point Tier unlock doesn't seem so far out of reach.  The best part?  I finally got my [Exile Warship] :wub:  Now I can get rid of the Expedition: MayDay plug. I've been meaning to redo my plot so I could swap in the hatch house.  I've gotten so many fighters and transports from the VSH's that I'm thinking of building a small escort carrier. While I'm still being a wimp about the Vet. Adv. I did finally break down and queued up for Practice Battlegrounds.  As expected I was stinking the place up :lol: but I had some fun.  Even managed to get a couple kills.  The dailies help a ton.  I'm already sitting at 4300 prestige.  My priorities are going to be the Ability and AMP Tier unlocks but I should be able to have 5k banked for when rating is no longer required.  Sadly with my bag/bank space issues it kills my motivation to invest prestige in 1200 gear.  Maybe if I get my bank alt set up before you can buy them for gold and I have the spare prestige.  Once I finish farming the Tier points, I think I'll have enough EG to buy LAS3 :blink: I totally failed my goal to grind up some crafting.  I did break down and buy the Esper some not sucky crafted gear.  Still a few pieces to upgrade and I'll need to work on runes.  I also set up a healing build for her. Tonight... moar PvP.  Should take a match or two to get the prestige needed for the unlock.  Maybe a few vet shiphands.  Ankriston Villa's open tonight so I'll probably go and hang out there :D	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
I can try and bribe my wife to be on a dominion character earlier than 4? She is kinda sore at the dominion after running all the quests around blight-haven and not being able to get the strain chest. There are still the giant quests, but there wasn't the pop to run them. She, isn't a big fan of open world questing. 
----
			I like seeing Roda and Naunet in game, but I'm always a little disappointed they don't have undies on their head. Too long on the forums I guess. 	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
Whooosh! Coffee!
 
Where to start?  Since I'm getting close to the EG cap I decided to buy two Ability Tier unlocks.  Getting Gold on Vet SC and SSM is just a pipe dream for now so no point holding my breath for those.
 
No progress on the Vet. Adventure step of attunement, still sitting at 25% (WotW).  The only other one I've seen is Siege of Tempest Refuge and... not exactly my favorite.  I've never stepped in Crimelords or Malgrave Trail.  I'm not comfortable PUG'ing something I haven't seen.  Allegedly MT is now such an overtuned disaster and are being told it's Working As Intended that people are opting to pay the 40p for the Pristine Key instead.  Considering how long I've been dragging my feet on Attunement, farming up 40plat is starting to sound like the way to go.  I'd really rather do the content.
 
Instead I've run a ton of Vet. Shiphands.  Heck I'm even starting to get Deep Space Exploration down to a 20 min. run for both parts.  I'm sitting at a cool 130k reknown so the 300k Ability Point Tier unlock doesn't seem so far out of reach.  The best part?  I finally got my [Exile Warship] :wub:  Now I can get rid of the Expedition: MayDay plug.
 
I've been meaning to redo my plot so I could swap in the hatch house.  I've gotten so many fighters and transports from the VSH's that I'm thinking of building a small escort carrier.
 
While I'm still being a wimp about the Vet. Adv. I did finally break down and queued up for Practice Battlegrounds.  As expected I was stinking the place up :lol: but I had some fun.  Even managed to get a couple kills.  The dailies help a ton.  I'm already sitting at 4300 prestige.  My priorities are going to be the Ability and AMP Tier unlocks but I should be able to have 5k banked for when rating is no longer required.  Sadly with my bag/bank space issues it kills my motivation to invest prestige in 1200 gear.  Maybe if I get my bank alt set up before you can buy them for gold and I have the spare prestige.  Once I finish farming the Tier points, I think I'll have enough EG to buy LAS3 :blink:
 
I totally failed my goal to grind up some crafting.  I did break down and buy the Esper some not sucky crafted gear.  Still a few pieces to upgrade and I'll need to work on runes.  I also set up a healing build for her.
 
Tonight... moar PvP.  Should take a match or two to get the prestige needed for the unlock.  Maybe a few vet shiphands.  Ankriston Villa's open tonight so I'll probably go and hang out there :D
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
We can add normal MT and CoW to this weekend's content list, if you'd like.  Hopefully, Parthenia will be 50 by then, so we'll have a plug-and-play healer in the group.  I was waiting to see Naunet on before running that CoW, but I don't mind running both normals so that we can get acclimated before running vets.
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
I've got two sets of claws (one dps, one tank) that need Vet Crimelords for imbuement.  Elsa just needs a bit of rep before she's on the Adeventure stage herself (and holy cow, Pyralos really got hammered with the nerfbat).  I'm hoping Crimelords runs aren't one-and-done :lol:
 
As it is, I'm getting close to just queuing for the things or getting serious about advertising for a group in the LFG channel.
----
			Im also putting a little more time on Cycotik, so if im around, ill heal anything and everything =D	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
I'm kind of sad about that.  I loved the disco inferno. :(
----
			
Honestly, if you have a bunch of Adventus stuff you're definitely good for vet adventures. Heck, maybe a slight bit overtuned, depends on the stats. Veteran adventures on the whole don't need too much in stats, as long as you're not running around in Blighthaven quest gear.
 
...okay, you may be able to get away with it then too.
 
So good morning everyone! I'd love to say a lot more than that but gotta work soon! The exterior of my housing plot is... more or less done, just needs details. 46 pieces of details, I'm pressed for space. I love how it's coming out. Vet Shiphands have been fun, and I've gotten a few more dungeon runs in, which I've wanted to do in a while. I apparently need the practice if I'm dying to Trogun's buzzsaws in Kel Voreth.	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
It's still a mechanics fight but... the extinguishers activate (much) faster. The biggest change is that the bombs don't knock you over the edge anymore. *coughs* I still died three times on the first attempt or two.
 
 
Crafted gear is funny.  I'm in a mix of Adventus, Epochos and a Warden LitheTek coat.  My PvP gearscore for my PvE gear is sitting around 115.  Sometimes the "lower" piece just has better stats.  Regardless the common wisdom is if you're in that level of gear and have fully populated your runes with appropriate runesets you're good for Vet. Dungeons (see the Gear Snob discussion).  I'm sitting at just under 3kAP so I should be good to go.
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
Okay, you've got a tank then!  Let's see if we can rush Parth to 50 and get her decked out as soon as possible.  We could really use a dedicated healer; I know a lot of people can heal but would rather not.
----
			
Not so great news from last night :/. Looks like some of the roleplay I've been in may fall apart. I'm going to see about salvaging some of the storylines but it generally seems like its gotten too bloated and full of different people wanting to take it different places.
 
This seems to be a regular occurrence with in-game RP, and I'm debating trying to move to more of a GM role so I can facilitate stories more easily and keep them from getting bloated and too big to pull off. We'll see. Seems like there are a lot of people with pent up frustration over how things have been going lately, and I am also extremely frustrated with storylines being built up and then falling apart before they finish. I'll be thinking about it more today and hopefully will make a decision by tonight. Advice would be appreciated :/.	
----
			
Back to work (mostly -- obviously I've taken a break to check forums).
 
WS has been going gangbusters of late.  Friend and I knocked out a problem I had on my tank build after Drop 4.  I'd misplaced a few points when rebuilding it (because I didn't exactly take a picture of it the night before) and that seems to have helped out immensely.  Very fun to see everyone being so active.  Even worked on the medic a bit this weekend.  
 
Spent all of last night wiping to Convergence, because... well why not. :-).  Think we've got that one knocked out mostly as we had a real solid 35% try -- just need to work on consistency and staying alive through the various random aspects.	
----
			
Looks like we got a spammer...
 
Logged in yesterday and poked around with in-game finances and also fiddled with my main's gear a little. I think the hubby and I are nearing the end of DA:I's campaign, so we'll be making a return to regularly playing WS again soon. XD Wanna be able to jump into some vet dungeons when we do.
 
Also, I'm sick. :( I drew a thing to wallow in it try and make myself feel better. Gonna have to force myself to work tomorrow though. >_< With spring break coming up, meaning a full week I won't get paid, I can't afford to take off... hopefully I don't get any of the kiddos sick.	
----
			
Spammer?
No, probably someone who failed at doing silver dungeons months ago, and now is abusing his free-trial to re-affirm how bad he was at the game.	
----
			Can Vet shiphands be done with questing gear?  	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
Can Vet shiphands be done with questing gear?  
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
Can Vet shiphands be done with questing gear?  
----
			And yay for Sunshine!Swift justice on the spammer :D	
----
			Okay, decided to venture farther then just leveling my slinger to 50.  Just was never really sure where to start.	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
Not so great news from last night :/. Looks like some of the roleplay I've been in may fall apart. I'm going to see about salvaging some of the storylines but it generally seems like its gotten too bloated and full of different people wanting to take it different places.
 
This seems to be a regular occurrence with in-game RP, and I'm debating trying to move to more of a GM role so I can facilitate stories more easily and keep them from getting bloated and too big to pull off. We'll see. Seems like there are a lot of people with pent up frustration over how things have been going lately, and I am also extremely frustrated with storylines being built up and then falling apart before they finish. I'll be thinking about it more today and hopefully will make a decision by tonight. Advice would be appreciated :/.
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
Looks like we got a spammer...
 
Logged in yesterday and poked around with in-game finances and also fiddled with my main's gear a little. I think the hubby and I are nearing the end of DA:I's campaign, so we'll be making a return to regularly playing WS again soon. XD Wanna be able to jump into some vet dungeons when we do.
 
Also, I'm sick. :( I drew a thing to wallow in it try and make myself feel better. Gonna have to force myself to work tomorrow though. >_< With spring break coming up, meaning a full week I won't get paid, I can't afford to take off... hopefully I don't get any of the kiddos sick.
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
Whooosh! Coffee!
 
Where to start?  Since I'm getting close to the EG cap I decided to buy two Ability Tier unlocks.  Getting Gold on Vet SC and SSM is just a pipe dream for now so no point holding my breath for those.
 
No progress on the Vet. Adventure step of attunement, still sitting at 25% (WotW).  The only other one I've seen is Siege of Tempest Refuge and... not exactly my favorite.  I've never stepped in Crimelords or Malgrave Trail.  I'm not comfortable PUG'ing something I haven't seen.  Allegedly MT is now such an overtuned disaster and are being told it's Working As Intended that people are opting to pay the 40p for the Pristine Key instead.  Considering how long I've been dragging my feet on Attunement, farming up 40plat is starting to sound like the way to go.  I'd really rather do the content.
 
Instead I've run a ton of Vet. Shiphands.  Heck I'm even starting to get Deep Space Exploration down to a 20 min. run for both parts.  I'm sitting at a cool 130k reknown so the 300k Ability Point Tier unlock doesn't seem so far out of reach.  The best part?  I finally got my [Exile Warship] :wub:  Now I can get rid of the Expedition: MayDay plug.
 
I've been meaning to redo my plot so I could swap in the hatch house.  I've gotten so many fighters and transports from the VSH's that I'm thinking of building a small escort carrier.
 
While I'm still being a wimp about the Vet. Adv. I did finally break down and queued up for Practice Battlegrounds.  As expected I was stinking the place up :lol: but I had some fun.  Even managed to get a couple kills.  The dailies help a ton.  I'm already sitting at 4300 prestige.  My priorities are going to be the Ability and AMP Tier unlocks but I should be able to have 5k banked for when rating is no longer required.  Sadly with my bag/bank space issues it kills my motivation to invest prestige in 1200 gear.  Maybe if I get my bank alt set up before you can buy them for gold and I have the spare prestige.  Once I finish farming the Tier points, I think I'll have enough EG to buy LAS3 :blink:
 
I totally failed my goal to grind up some crafting.  I did break down and buy the Esper some not sucky crafted gear.  Still a few pieces to upgrade and I'll need to work on runes.  I also set up a healing build for her.
 
Tonight... moar PvP.  Should take a match or two to get the prestige needed for the unlock.  Maybe a few vet shiphands.  Ankriston Villa's open tonight so I'll probably go and hang out there :D
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
If you're talking about heading a storyline, I've been there before.  It happens and, of the two potential problems (bloat versus atrophy), it's the better one to have.  RP has a tendency to run roughshod because, of course, we aren't characters in a novel, we're ALL our own little characters with our own agendas, our own ways of going about things.  Every RP "thread" fights three diametrically opposed forces:
 
-The Willow Tree Effect.  This happens when branching storylines seem to take off, then peter out, leaving people who participated out in the middle of nowhere and the main thrust of the story completely disintegrated.  There's not much to be done for this except to try to keep the main storyline going, but in a way where people can drop in or out of the story.  I tend to counter it by doing what I call "stringing", i.e. setting someone up as a "substoryteller" and letting them run with that thread towards a certain goal.  That way, even if they do splinter off, once they accomplish their objective, they come back.  It's just a matter of synchonizing.  A good example would be if a couple people seem to be grouping, wanting to run some kind of action RP while you're focusing on intrigue.  Give them something to do, tell them that "to get in, I need a diversion, which means I need you to break in here at this place to draw off the guards from where we are.  Make it as loud as possible.  Character X, you're in charge of making that happen."  They get to go do their thing, and may make the story more interesting for them.  You can continue on, and everyone meets afterwards.
 
-The Chunky Salsa Effect.  This happens when storylines tend to bubble from within, meaning that people inside the storyline are "playing" different stories.  It generally happens when a tangent storyline doesn't fully leave, often over confusion over what's going on in the story.  It happens when someone, for instance, mistakes a character of vital importance for a nobody and kills him.  That happened once during a long storyline where, during an interrogation, one of the characters simply cut off our hostage's head.  He was the only one that knew anything.  The way to deal with this if it's undesirable (as sometimes it is), is to "puree" your storyline.  Reduce it.  Get everyone back on track by chopping everything up and making sure everyone, no matter where they are, knows they're in the same soup.  They will re-cluster together.  In the above example, you may have to go a different route to get the information and play from the fly, but once you have it, you puree, and you say, "We've got the information, step 2!"  Everyone will fall in line again.
 
-The 4th Wall Effect.  This happens when storylines are not attacked from within RP, but from OOC.  It's probably the hardest to deal with.  The others, there are story methods to deal with things.  OOC disintegration, though, is sometimes out of your control.  There are times when someone will take exception to a story element and say it doesn't work "in the lore", which will often kick off a fight.  This happens when RP relationships "bleed" into OOC and then change for the worse, or when someone does something obviously foolish or ridiculous, or when someone suddenly has a lore nazi kick.  There's not much you can do but put on your RP hat, say your piece, and continue on.
 
Now, if you're talking about random RP that you're just trying to break into, that's actually an easier problem to deal with.  The best thing I can say is to know what kind of character you have.  There are really three kinds of RP characters: reactors, actors, and drivers.  Some are introverts, followers, and low key characters that will only RP if approached and drawn in, and those are reactors.  Actors generally act on present factors, and thus are always on the lookout for something to action on.  Then you've got your drivers, characters who, by their very presence, can kick start RP because they're the kind that will act independently, approach actors and reactors, etc.
 
Oddly, a lot of RPers tend to play reactive characters simply because they're reactive people IRL, and it's often very hard to RP something you're not personally capable of in real life.  While we've had a few millenia of fiction to callous us to the idea of our characters killing someone, and a few decades of thinking of serial killers, there are some things it's very hard to surmount.  You can't be really charming and engaging if you aren't capable of being charming and engaging in real life.  You can't convincingly play an intelligent and ordered villain if you are not personally smart enough or calculating enough to pull it off, it simply doesn't translate.  This isn't an insult to anyone.  I don't play women at all in games because I know how unconvincing I am at it.  I'm just not really that in touch with my feminine side; I can't even really hint at it because I can't really do that in real life.  I've had very little practice with how to engage with women on that level, so my ability to mimic one just seems roughshod.  My women I play have always, no matter how hard I try, seemed more like men trying to pass themselves off as women.
 
So if a roleplayer don't know how to kick-start a conversation IRL, or engage actively in one IRL, that person will tend towards reactive characters almost exclusively.  Conversely, if someone has a hard time ignoring people or just sitting around, they're going to tend towards more active or driving characters.
 
One thing I can say is that, if you want to break into RP, a driving character has a VERY distinct advantage, and an acting character is always that one driving character away from full-on engagement.  Having a reactive character get into RP requires a bit of (or really a lot of) help, so they're best played in tandem with people you already know.  So if you want to get engaged, you might need to switch to another character.
 
Know the situation you're walking into, though, because if a story is bloating with a lot of people pulling in a lot of directions, you may simply have too many driving characters.  Driving characters can get very obnoxious in numbers, especially if they're pulling the limited numbers of acting characters every which way.  If that's the case, sometimes you just have to act and go, pick a thread and follow it.
 
The best advice I can give is know your own character.  If your character has a strong concept and a less waffley interior, you will know what to do because your character will essentially choose it for you.  Better yet, when people know your character and what that character does, players of all stripe of character will come to you directly to plug you into a role.  Whether your character is a, "I know how to get that done, let's go get that done!" type, or a "Yeah, I'm down to ride, let me get my coat," type, or a "Oh Hell no, I'll hack the terminal, but I'm not walking into an Eldan facility and putting my life in your hands," type, they'll know who you are and what you can do.  Everything smooths out then.
 
Stay true to the character you play, and if you want a change, just change characters.  You'll find the RP gets simpler and more direct that way.
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
This is a really interesting discussion and I think I agree with a lot of what you're saying here Vic.
 
From a practical standpoint, the way we tried to avoid this with the RP things that we're doing in the Daggers (keep in mind, we're "light" RP) was to actually have a central storyline that the RP events revolved around, and present it episodically.  So we approached the Fallen to Darkness concept almost as if we were writing a script for a tv miniseries - each episode advanced the overarching plot in some way, but everyone got the chance to roleplay around that and develop their characters against each other.  So far it's been a big success.  It's kept everyone who has participated engaged and interested, and prevented us from running into a lot of the problems that you mentioned.   It has also - somewhat - spawned spinoffs where people are continuing to RP things with their characters that happened during one of the episodes.  We'll be wrapping up the storyline soon so it will be interesting to see what happens next, but it seems like it's been a really good approach for us and I'd recommend it to any guild or group that wants to get some regular RP going but is worried about the problems that you mentioned here.
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
*Mince*
 
 Then you've got your drivers, characters who, by their very presence, can kick start RP because they're the kind that will act independently, approach actors and reactors, etc.
 
Oddly, a lot of RPers tend to play reactive characters simply because they're reactive people IRL, and it's often very hard to RP something you're not personally capable of in real life. 
 
*chop* 
 
One thing I can say is that, if you want to break into RP, a driving character has a VERY distinct advantage, and an acting character is always that one driving character away from full-on engagement.  Having a reactive character get into RP requires a bit of (or really a lot of) help, so they're best played in tandem with people you already know.  So if you want to get engaged, you might need to switch to another character.
 
*prune*
 
*Snip*
 
Stay true to the character you play, and if you want a change, just change characters.  You'll find the RP gets simpler and more direct that way.
----
			
Good Afternoon Everyone!
 
The weather started out really nice at 62 degrees and now it's about 44 degrees and rainy. What a yucky afternoon but perfect for tea :)
 
I'm a little late today. Had a lot of work to do today. Clients changing their minds on how they want their drawings to look, had to redo several of them from scratch. It seemed like a week of Mondays!
/done whining :huh:
 
Last night I started working on my 2nd spiral staircase, got it about half way done. I did more talking in gchat and whisper than I did working on it. Had fun doing nothing :D
 
Met Mrs. Arachnaas, who came to my lot and helped me with the staircase, on how it looks and if it's easy for a short Aurin to run up it. Talked with her a bit. Felt bad that I was somewhat ignoring her; I do get lost in my own little world when working on my house. I like her though and think she makes a great addition to the guild :)
 
Logged off early to go watch Castle with Hubby :wub:
 
Okay, back to the drawing grind. I'm just happy I have a program that can make perfect lines for me, or else no one would be able to tell what it was LOL.
 
Have a fantastic night and I will see you all on Nexus!	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
You do kind of need reactive characters for anything to happen. IRL I can be a real pain to deal with due to the fact that I just do things. Unless it involves my other half, it's never going to be "We are going to X" It's "I'm going to X and the rest of you can come along, or not." Most people don't just claw on to that kind of thing, RP is generally interaction rather than the wake of direct action. 
 
. 
----
			
Oh, hey, real quick question, I thought our Entity Exile global PUG channel was called LFG, but my brain is melting, so I may be wrong.
 
Can someone confirm or correct that here?	
----
			
It's... both.  Sort of.
 
The problem with player-generated channels is that eventually someone doesn't know about the channel and goes and creates a different one with the same purpose.  Or they don't like the people in the first channel.  Or they want their channel to be exclusive.  Anyway the result is multiple channels trying to be the same thing.
 
As far as which one is being used more effectively these days, couldn't say.  I get confused trying to keep up with chat in either of them.	
----
			
{| class="blockquote"
It's... both.  Sort of.
 
The problem with player-generated channels is that eventually someone doesn't know about the channel and goes and creates a different one with the same purpose.  Or they don't like the people in the first channel.  Or they want their channel to be exclusive.  Anyway the result is multiple channels trying to be the same thing.
 
As far as which one is being used more effectively these days, couldn't say.  I get confused trying to keep up with chat in either of them.
----
			Thanks for all the feedback! I talked it through with some of the closer people in the storylines and I'm going to try to focus on some more "in-house" rp and smaller, more one-shot stories for a while to try. I think a lot of the issues that are coming up are because people really want to rush to the next drama part of the storyline and not being willing to do the set up. Anyway, hopefully we can put the heavy drama on hold for a while and go back to doing some more fun, relaxing stuff, then figure out that stuff later once we've done some other stuff. 	
----
			
Good Morning/Afternoon,
 
/OT  - Returning player here! 
Love these threads and certainly missed them. So nice to see such a strong community here. /OT
 
I so want to be in Blazing saddles, but you guys are NA? If any awesome like minded Guilds are on EU PvE could give me a shout I would like to here from you :P
 
ZuberiGF, I hope you can get your RP lines back on track buddy! I love RP, but just kinda keep it quite low key as to myself....predenting in my head. Never really been part of any MMO RP movement. 
 
Hope you all have a nice day! 
 
ZeBull	
----