Role players please DO NOT do this!

[Juun]

Maybe a crazy idea but instead of continue the rp they thought you were a mute by replying with emotes only, just ask not to be involved directly through party chat?

[Seraphor]

I entered a dungeon with a tank who was roleolaying a gimp leg, and insisted on WALKING the entire dungeon.
I ate the penalty.

[Hiragawa]

I entered a dungeon with a tank who was roleolaying a gimp leg, and insisted on WALKING the entire dungeon.
I ate the penalty.

Yeah this? THIS is an issue. What the OP is describing however, is not.

[Juun]

MMORPG =/= RPG =/= Tabletop RPG =/= Textbased RPG

I roleplay now for like 14 years, every week. Multiple hours with friends and often with strangers in open events and also play tabletop rpgs. Just cause it is labeled as a rpg doesn't mean you can force your idea of an rpg on other players, on common ground you have to be neutral. It's the same as if a glamour maniac just goes out of his way and whispers to you how you can improve your glamour and sends you messages for this for hours. Or a person that found the meaning of life in housing entering your home and lecturing you about feng shui. Most people don't want to deal with that so don't be rude to strangers by forcing your ideals on them.

And i can say, among all serious roleplayers out there this what OP described is basically a No-Go in our scene and even we like it when we get quick through the dungeons. We don't force what we enjoy onto others, especially with strangers.

If you want to go through a dungeon in character find yourself a group for it and don't just be impolite towards other players.

I highly doubt OP situation was as he described it was or these people were forcing RP on the party as you described. If you go into a party through party finder, you say hello and no one replies its safe to assume no one is reading chat or wants to participate so you and your friend can have any talk you want within the TOS range because youre not harrasing anyone and if it bothers you because you, you can turn of party chat completely as much as its in their right to talk to each other.

And if like OP states he went to play along by using emotes to communicate with them its on him for continueing the "rp".

[Aelin_Ashryver]

I would not want some randoms trying to rope me into their RP either, I only RP with friends as well for funsies from time to time. Idk why they had to try and drag complete strangers into their roleplay. To talk in character in the party chat with your friend sure, its whatever, just don't involve me in it.
People being really rude in this thread, the OP knows they didn't say anything and that if they had most likely they would have stopped. They are just asking for a little forethought from RP'ers before they try and pull complete strangers into their RP, people are responsible for themselves but it won't kill you to be a little considerate. Why you would feel the need to rope in randoms to your RP idk. It comes with the assumption that whomever you are trying to drag into it is ok with it and an assumption of consent is never a good thing xD

[SherlottaEryut]

People being really rude in this thread, the OP knows they didn't say anything and that if they had most likely they would have stopped. They are just asking for a little forethought from RP'ers before they try and pull complete strangers into their RP, people are responsible for themselves but it won't kill you to be a little considerate. Why you would feel the need to rope in randoms to your RP idk. It comes with the assumption that whomever you are trying to drag into it is ok with it and an assumption of consent is never a good thing xD

People are not psychic. If you don't say anything how will they know you don't want to be involved? This is an MMORPG therefore it can attract real social butterflies and they shouldn't be made to feel discouraged for it. Not everyone is socially anxious in game which I'm surprised that's even a thing considering I'm talkative online but painfully shy in real life but I digress. Social people should not be forced into being quiet; shy people should just pucker up and say something. For all we know, the RP'ers the OP referred to were most likely just trying to make new friends. MMORPG's are not single player games and shouldn't be treated as such, if you want to be left alone, literally just type 'Hey, sorry I don't feel like talking. Just want to play' took me barely 5 seconds to write that.

[DoH]

MMORPG =/= RPG =/= Tabletop RPG =/= Textbased RPG

I roleplay now for like 14 years, every week. Multiple hours with friends and often with strangers in open events and also play tabletop rpgs. Just cause it is labeled as a rpg doesn't mean you can force your idea of an rpg on other players, on common ground you have to be neutral. It's the same as if a glamour maniac just goes out of his way and whispers to you how you can improve your glamour and sends you messages for this for hours. Or a person that found the meaning of life in housing entering your home and lecturing you about feng shui. Most people don't want to deal with that so don't be rude to strangers by forcing your ideals on them.

And i can say, among all serious roleplayers out there this what OP described is basically a No-Go in our scene and even we like it when we get quick through the dungeons. We don't force what we enjoy onto others, especially with strangers.

If you want to go through a dungeon in character find yourself a group for it and don't just be impolite towards other players.

lol okay. Again, if someone doesn’t want to interact with other people, especially people who may be role playing, then perhaps playing a massively multiplayer online *role playing* game isn’t the right choice.

I never role play because I think it’s weird, but I understand that I have no right to ask others not to do it in this game (to the extent that they’re not violating the ToS); what the OP described was in no way “harassment” nor violated the ToS. If basic human interaction causes anxiety, then perhaps a single-player game would be more fitting.

[ArkenaeuxBelmont]

I'm sorry but I don't really agree with you here, OP. I sympathize with your anxiety, but there are tools at your disposal to mitigate or remove the problem.

1) The obvious solution, which you admitted not wanting to do, was just politely to ask them to stop. 99% of this playerbase would've responded with, "Oh, sorry! Didn't realize it was affecting you that way. We'll stop."
2) Moved your chatbox to a different tab, hiding all social banter and/or emote spam from the chat box.
3) Minimizing the chat window or decreasing its size until you could no longer see the chat logs to even know what the other players were doing.

If the only thing going wrong in this dungeon run was this RP'ing issue, and mechanics were being done while the pace was normal and not lagging behind to be detrimental to the others not partaking in this RP, then I apologize but it is an unrealistic ask to address an entire community of players, in this case the RP community, to conform around you and cater specifically to you, especially when you made no clear indication to them to stop. This is a selfish ask, and honestly, not a way to help better your struggling issue of anxiety. I do hope you can get the assistance and support you need with your issue.

[Wolwosh]

When you want to rp in a dungeon go in as 4 people, don't force your weirdness on other people.
If you rp with me when I haven't agreed to it I will be extremely blunt, and I have very bad anxiety.
I would probably just leave though.
I've run into a few rp'ers myself and it felt like I was talking to a wall.

[Jkap_Goat]

lol I remember this tank acting like a soldier though out the entire dungeon, I just went replied" lol"

I don't RP and I just find RPing with random people in duty finder to be annoying

I just want to my duty as a white mage, get reward and leave, don't make dungons longer than it has to be.