"I do what makes sense in the particular situation."
For me, RP and PvP are not exclusive, and are really the same thing.
If by PvP you mean fight that has reasons behind it, and not "random fight for the sake of a fight.
If you ask me, whoever just talks, and does not fight, when the traits of the character and circumstances of the situation dictate it, is in the wrong, and whoever fights when there is no cause, is also just as wrong.
Conclusion: Common Sense.
' Wrote:Read my earlier posts, mate.
There is a difference between Situational Response and Personal Preference
RP and PVP are in no way the same thing. By PvP I mean any type of PVP.
Including such PVP that has absolutely no reason behind it other than a blue message or a victory count.
And your the third to basically suggest that RP is only directed at those who can be pvp'ed at the time.
' Wrote:First of all, I can see those letters in normal size just as well as I see them when they're bolded and huge. *wink wink
And yeah, I do know that there are players around who just want to fight, and don't care if it actually makes sense to do so. Most of them you won't find here. But yes, there are a lot of those, and on a bad day I can effectively claim that this isn't an RP server at all.
However, doing this ain't gonna help any further than curing a bit of your own frustration.
As for your last sentence, I don't think that I in any way said that RP happens only to enable a fight. I really do not remember that at all.
As my tirade went, it was common sense that was the ticket winner.
If I'm a trader, and there's a pirate around, I'm sure gonna hit the road and try to escape, and if that fails only then try to weasel out of it by talking him up, or by giving into his demands.
I ain't gonna stop next to him to have some RP, because that'd actually not be reasonably in-RP.
I do however RP with anyone when the situation allows, so yes I do RP with traders, on my lawful characters too, and yes I do RP with just about anyone when I see some potential for something more interesting than:
My char: Hail, there!
The other char: Hail
My char: How's it going about, I hear * are a profitable thing to haul these days.
*silence*
Tootles.
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