As a regular roleplayer in ARR, I've noticed that there are two ways players can represent themselves as being open to roleplay. Characters who are members of roleplay Free Companies tend to have their Free Company tag as <RP>, or containing RP. Some players also state in their search information that they are roleplayers. While the first method is easily seen in the player's nametag, not all players tend to join roleplay-involved Free Companies, and the second method requires you to view a player's Search Info before interacting with them.

Implementing a Roleplay status (much like the Online, Away From Keyboard, Looking to Meld Materia statuses) for players to toggle to when actively roleplaying would be a small feature that would go a long way. It would make interacting with the roleplay community easier for both players old and new.

What'dya think?