What is your view on RP or ERP and why is it so taboo within the community?

[Hestzhyen]

I personally strongly dislike RPers because I've had bad experiences with them- annoying macros, refusing to break character when they were matched into a dungeon even if it hinders everyone, generally low quality of play from them too. And if you politely ask them to stop spamming the chat with their Super Unique and Cool text, they'll either ignore you or stay IC to berate you. Like come on, I can't mute just you since the feature doesn't exist and I still want to communicate with the rest of the party. Throw me a bone here and just use /echo if you want to see your special snowflake text without spamming the party chat with it. I don't care what people do or how they play the game in pre-made parties or in the overworld, but if you get matched into a group instance, keep it to yourself.

I've overheard serious RP running around towns and such and that doesn't bother me at all. I like seeing people creating stories and rich experiences for themselves. But don't /tell me, don't solicit me, and for the love of god don't stay IC in a dungeon if it means annoying the other three people with you.