I think stuff that gets folks away from DM RP and Player based RP would be great, last night I thought perhaps I should take a break seems I logon, do some Hi how are you lets go bash thing social RP, then I get in massive bash groups and go grind XP, on little quests. Both tend to get old. And the simple how are you, oh my name is dave, or hey nice to see you again, how is your crafting going. Also gets old. seems I meet other players to form endless alliances with them, to go bash things.But I have not really seen much to push for player based RP. talk of the dark monsters is about it. :\\ Think Less things focusing on when a DM is on, and more focusing when there not. Because I play late, and I have noticed it often not worth logging on, due to not many on to group with, and pretty hard to find someone even to just say hi too.I often spend about a hour running between the main places, before noticing that I spent a hour not running into someone.more things for when DM's are not on would probly get me to long on more.
Joyrock..I think you're being unrealistic, especially for someone who hasn't been here long... How many people do you meet in real life and suddenly make instant, deep connections? You can't expect great role play between strangers, at least not consistently.. It's like real life..Usually it's small talk and some activities together which lead to friendship. In real life it might be talking about music or something, which would lead to going to a see a band together, which would lead to deep conversations about other things and becoming real friends. In a game like this it's a casual "what do you do?" or "what do you craft" which would lead to a trip to gather something or bash something, which would lead to talking along the way, and then next thing you know the characters are good friends and involved in each other's dramas. Or for that matter they may become enemies, or whatever else, but it's something that has to develop-- and it does, and it happens here all day every day. That's how it seems to be at least and as far as I can tell there's plenty of that going on. If you don't see it then you haven't been here long enough. A lot of it can't be forced and has to happen organically (if someone comes up to me and starts telling me the story of their life, or a total stranger throws their drama in my face expecting me to react, I usually back away.)Also.. And I don't know you, so this isn't about you at all but just a general comment to anyone.. But you have to be interesting and entertaining yourself to get it back from others. If you're not getting player-player RP you may not be giving it either.
I may be misunderstanding the new CNR recipe interface, but I think that adding new recipes (assuming the items are already ingame) is now trivial to do. Someone on the project team correct me here?