The only time I've heard of RP in dungeons is when the party is pre-formed with no opportunity for randoms to join in. Even that is extremely rare due in part to the instance timer, which limits how long you can be in the dungeon. Anyone who has seriously RP'd before knows RP can take hours of time on a good day and while many people I know have expressed a desire to go into a dungeon (unsync'd mind, and only with fellow RPers who agreed ahead of time) none of them are actually willing to put up with the hassle. No one has time to get to a good point in a dungeon, RP it out, then be kicked out by the timer and have to enter the dungeon /again/ and clear it out /again/.

Every time I hear of people screaming about RP in dungeons I can't help but feel like they ended up with trolls, rather than actual RPers. RPers get harassed enough as it is, most of us wouldn't willingly put ourselves into situations to invite disdain from other players. Hell I don't even RP out of party when I'm out of the housing ward, because I'd rather the ground swallow me whole than having my writing judged by someone with potentially ill intentions. Are there likely a few bad eggs out there stupid enough to do it? Oh I don't doubt it. Are they even 1% of the population? Unlikely.

That said I like Crystal. Yes things are a touch more casual here by virtue of the data center split and the mad, panicked dash many made towards Aether. Which hilariously caused a self-fulfilling prophecy but I digress. However people are generally pretty nice here and I haven't had any major problems that weren't present back before Aether was shattered. Some people are still awful, most people are still good to be around, etc.