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OOC: Welp, I jumped in. I have trouble RPing with Solo, cause that character is the closest to me, (kinda quiet, kinda shy) so I made a new character and jumped right in, and had a blast. Just sayin. Iguess Ill keep Solo my non RP character.
I do realize that I enjoy a more relaxed, humorous environment to be in, rather than more serious environment, where harsher ideals are expressed in character by folks, but all in all, at the level I found my comfy spot in, RP is the spot for me.
No reason for posting other than to document my journey into RP, and hoping that someone else reads this post, wanting to try RP, and could hear something from a converted "Powergamer" into the sport.
Thanks for all the suggestions guys. They helped me out alot.

Statesman's build is a new AT that will be available later.
Possibly a prestige class, but that is only my speculation.
Check the dev threads, and look for statesman, and you'll see his answers to your question.

Always exciting for me to go back to this thread and read the latest Oh, um... well...if you're on Virtue, Im the blue and red guy that peeks in all the time. Solo. I dont wanna screw it up, so I dont plan to do any RP with that toon. If Im around,that's just me taking mental notes, scribbling on the paper, erasing, writing more notes.

Nkay, I did ATTEMPT the RP thing tonight in a place where I was anonymous. Test Server. I threw up a quick toon named "Funky Chicken" that looked like a pudgy chicken, and thought of everything I could from the cheezy 70s shows, or the guy in the club that thinks he's hot, but he's really a complete dork. Yknow, the "Heyyyy layyydeeessss" type. I tried my best to stay in character, and be a studly chicken, and say stuff like "watch it ladies, you dont wanna get to close to my "funk radius", cause it drives the ladies wild, and who knows what'll happen" All the while Im doing the stupidest of the new "dance" emotes that I can, shaking my pudgy little chicken butt, and before I knew it, there was like this huge dance party all around me, and I didnt know what to do. I was Awestruck! They gathered around to watch me shake my chicken butt and flirt hopelessly with the laaayyydeeesss and everybody in atlas crowded around and danced with me! Then the defenders and controllers came, and started doing some light shows for the rave atmosphere, then I started flipping my sg costume colors on and off for more rave effects, then everybody got into it, and it was unreal! We took it into the pond around miss Liberty, and before you know it, there was this HUGE pool party all around my wiggly chicken butt! Then a disco duck and a disco penguin showed up, and the thing just hit the roof in the middle of the morning! Whoah! It was a blast! Hopefully the screencaps make it to COH.

Anyways, with the notes you guys gave me, I tried to keep it simple, not a long term character I wanted to play, but something I could do to practice staying in character, and to live a cheezy character that matched, a little quirky, but something simple and not an ongoing thing, and it was super fun! This is my first mini attempt at RP, and it turned into easily the most memorable moment I've had in an mmorpg. Even better when I hit 40 the first time... and the second...(hey, can't flame now,I told ya I was a powergamer and ya went and helped me anyways, so : p) j/k. Thanks for the nudge guys, I owe my very first funky chicken pool party to you.

-Side note, I can't wait till the RPers get ahold of all the new emotes that are coming in the big update. I'm dying to see what you guys do with them! It's gonna be awesome!

nkay, Im off ta bed after a great night. Don't mind me if I keep watching and taking notes, I dont plan to jump in, I just wanna take it slow and balance my RP education with my powergaming. Ummm yeah, lol, and dont even try RP with "Solo", cause Im gonna run away screaming with embarassment if I cant think of anything to say from the pressure.

Nkay, night RP peeps.

Thanks everybody, for the time you've put into your responses, and for the very thoughtful advice. I'm even more pressured now, cause with all the helpful suggestions you've given so far, that's even MORE I dont wanna fall outa the rules, or screw things up. Ill watch for awhile, maybe learn something. My biggest worry is that I dont want to offend. Granted, I AM a powergamer, and I like to know I found every nook and cranny in the game, and levelled like a monster, but I don't like pushing anyone's buttons in doing so. My primary worry is not going "out of bounds" with things, so Ill be watching and observing till I feel comfy around the rp circle. Pls, anyone else, keep the suggestiions coming, Im gaining a lot from this. Thank you very much again RP'ers, it's kinda nice to hang with the "other" side, lol.

I am so sick of watching you RP freaks as a bystander. It seems like so much fun, but unlike those that lean more towards powergaming who collect facts and figures, and numbers and percentages to look at, RP is much harder cause there are no hard facts and guidlines as roleplaying is more an evolving style of gameplay rather than a linear journey from point A to point B like normal game mechanics.

Are there any general rules you try to follow when you decide to create a role you like? This is a very daunting for us less creative types, and is a definite handicapp that I have in wanting to attempt RP. Whereas in powergaming you can tell whether you're doing good or not, (either you're mowing stuff down or you aren't) RP is more aesthetics of the game.

Lol, it drives me nuts sometimes, Ill look at you guys and go, " I cant believe it, that guy's been level 2 for a month, and he's perfectly satisfied with the game, and where he's at!".

It does take adjusting my mindset some, but as I said, Im trying something very new to me, and could use guidance from the RP types. Any suggestions would be greatly appreaciated.

I'll continue to use my current toon strictly for levelling and exploring game content, and keep "Solo" strictly for powergaming, but would like some advice on how to create a character I like for whatever new toon I make that will be strictly for RP.

Specific questions I have:

-Do I choose on an AT, and build a personality from there?

-would it be easier to choose a "personality quirk" and evolve my character from that, or would that be too dependant on my quirk?

-If I start on one type of character I wanna play, and decide I want to take the character's direction in a new way, should I create a new one so not confuse the other players, or is it in the general guidlines to inform everyone Im trying to go into a new direction?

-What would be considered NOT acceptable behavior? as in, it seems RP feeds off of each other's impromptu addition to an evolving script, that being said, if X RP'er says I clobber you on the head with this, is it a general rule that I should follow through with X's actions, or is it okay if I try to change the direction of the interaction if it is a sensible action?

-Is there one specific type of RP that is better than another, or a better RP class that will get me better XP so I can power RP faster, and is there a thread somewhere that I can read the most recent RP exploits, so I can fly my way up the RP levels? What's a good template to use for Power RPing. Oh.... wait.... nm. Sorry : (

Help please, Im way outta my league with this, so Im coming to the RP community to ask for help. What would be common sense to you, will most likely be a stretch for me, so don't think you're insulting my intelligence by saying something that is very basic to RP, cause most likely, it will be a whole new concept for me to absorb.

Lol, or you can flame me and all powergamers if you like, just do it in character pls, as maybe I can learn something about RP from that too. : p

Thank you.

Solo