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Now that you guys are a guild ( ) it got me thinking ( )

For a while now I've been trying to build the Blessed Order of the Quest as an RP community, but I've realized a better way of going about it.

The way I see it there are currently 3 RP guilds (only one has an actual guild tag): Poets, Boot-Q and Shadow Hands of Norrath. There may also be guilds that are interested in RP while not necessarily being an RP guild (Shortbread Army, etc).

So here's my proposal: I'll take the Boot-Q site and make it a bit more universal so it can be a place where the RP community as a whole can meet. Each participating guild will of course get their own forum, but here's the real purpose of doing it: we can all plan events, help each other and resolve disputes as kind of a UN of guilds. Each RP guild may have a different reason for being (music, chaos, order, etc) but we can all be together in one place.

My intent for doing it this way is so there can be a place random role players can go and write stories and meet other role players. The closer the community is the stronger we can make our mark on Norrath and the more of us there will be.

I'll be mucking with the Boot-Q site all week and have just reserved the url www.companionsofnorrath.com for the community. I figure the alliance of guilds could be known as CoN. This Companions of Norrath idea was kind of my intent with Boot-Q, but Lav's story gave that a mind of its own. I think of Boot-Q now more of a group of vigalantes trying to restore order, not a council of guilds.

This alliance may also be the beginnings of an in-game guild council where folks can make decisions about game things like not waking the Sleeper etc... and settle disputes, but I get ahead of myself.

Let me know what you think.

I've been peddleing that idea in one for or another since I first got to this site, it's not a popular idea at the moment, but I think your right that the stronger our initial bonds between all the actual roleplayers are the more people will see that it's not just a fad and want to come see what it's all about. I'm all for the idea, let me know what I can contribute in either postings or actions in game.

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The Shadow Hands will live forever!

I like this idea a lot. I would love to do (and see) more roleplaying.

Perhaps you should post about this up in General or in the general Guilds Section?

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Yeniu
Pathfinders of Al'Kabor

We will definitely do that again, when we have another event, which we do each time, but there are two schools of thought that I can see for the game, the PL's and the RP's and as it stands now there are way more PL's the RP's. Glad to see that your on board though!!!

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The Shadow Hands will live forever!

Well I'll get the site all ready and then I'll approach guilds who would be interested. One of the first things we should do is come up with a charter - things that all guilds will agree to.

I'll be back with more info

Leveling is the default option of 'things to do.' I am also interested in roleplay, but have not personally made any great effort to do as such. Roleplay requires more participants where as leveling I can do by myself. But I am interested in Roleplay since I think a story is more interesting.

In otherwords, I'm in for RP. I even have the skeleton for a backstory for Warlace and Warsez (formerly Warsoz).

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Warlace Barbarian Beastlord [23]
Warsez Barbarian Shaman [35]
<The Shortbread Army>

eh.. power levelers? anyway, plenty of folks like to RP, but folks also level. just cause someone levels to 50 by the time you are 20 doesnt mean they are power leveling or not roleplaying. im at like 42 now and though it doesnt seem like it most the times, i try to roleplay some still. erudites, theyre somewhat rude, they wander the world (hell look where you find those folks), dont always want the company of others, always seeking out knowledge, yeah id say ive been RPing pretty much the whole time.

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No worries there Rider, wasn't refering to you or anyone specific, it just seems to be the two types and for the most part I see more xp hunters, not Power levelers (I should not have used that term) then people who enjoy the interactions more then the killing. I understand that leveling is part of the game, let's keep this the the rants forum.

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The Shadow Hands will live forever!

right, there are folks who do both, which is kinda the point i was making. just giving myself as an example. anyway, if you do have an event ill bring someone along, maybe not pazuzu (depending on what kind of event) but id be happy to come along.

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Reguardless I think Laveaux is on to something here. I'm going to make a new post with a little message to my guild.

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Velivis - 11 Iksar Beastlord
Love Frozensong - 35 Wood Elf Bard (retired)

EVERROCK2003

Everything that I encountered with I first started playing both in the manual that I got and by all the guild NPC players in game, all directed me to forget about personal progression (don't try to level fast) and just do the city quests and that the levels would come as a result. So I don't think that the game was intended for just leveling, first and formost, I think that's what the majority of players would "like" the default option to be.

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The Shadow Hands will live forever!

I agree with you (in theory). However, the implementation of quests is rather bulky and counterintuitive in EQ. For example, I have bumped into many people around Halas who have no idea how valuable Polar Bear Skins are to a new Barbarian. Most players don't take the time to talk to every NPC.

What is worse are the cases where new players jump into a quest that is far beyond their skill level without any indication or warning that they are doomed to failure. The very first person one talks to as a Woodelf ranger (the guy you turn in your note too) gives out what seems like a compelling quest. I've looked into it online, and I see that what is involved requires 100+ in fletching and several tries before a successful combine. Without any warning that such skill is needed I know he will spend so much time gathering all the necessary ingredients, then fail at the last step. Not exactly the best way to get new players into quests.

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Warlace Barbarian Beastlord [23]
Warsez Barbarian Shaman [35]
<The Shortbread Army>

Very good points, which I think SOE shoud address, but at the same time, buy trying and trying to finish the quest you would improve your hunting ability (xp) and you would improve your fletching ability so in essence if you follow quests that are given it will get you up in levels. From my own personal experience, I hated the game at first, very hard to find anything, until I started talking to other players and got on the net and looked stuff up. There definitely needs to be more information available to a beginning player.

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The Shadow Hands will live forever!

Believe it or not ive even been doing some roleplaying. thats right when my group starts to rest i play my healing song and then recount the tales of past battle and my own experiences. I keep the good one in my commands {you know where the hail button and afk button are?}. My groups likes them becuase there funny and stupid and a couple are actually good. I even play a guide to some groups, guiding them places. Only got lost once in pok lol.

RP is fun )

For the half elf human bard quests the first one for the helm is like level 7 to finish it but to finish the last part of the quest id about lvl 13-15 and then the very very last task after u get your armor u need to be in your 24-28 range. Or get someone to help you.

Not to bring this to square one, but I'm confused about Roleplaying. Is RP carrying out the ideals that your guildmaster for your race/class gives you as you quest for armor items and whatever you earn for increase of importance to your guild? (sashes increase my belonging to the ashen order as a monk for example) developing a background and foreground along the lines of your characters traits, history, beliefs etc? I have felt weird talking about realworld issues while enjoying being submerged in Norrathian world issues. Is that RP? I mean, trying to keep out the Realworld and keep inline Norrathian world with your character? As example to RP one would say ingame 'I was born into the house of ashen(my order) four days ago'. instead of RL which I would say something like 'I started playing the monk last november 2003?'

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