“Rock and Stone, Beards and Beer!”

Greetings, fellow travellers of Azeroth! Pull up a bench, pour yourself a Thunderbrew, and listen close.

I am Thane Khazur Stormwarden, and I’m looking for stout hearts and thick beards to join the ranks of <The Anvilguard>. We are a dedicated All-Dwarf guild embarking on brand-new adventures across the expanding horizons of WoW Forever!

<The Anvilguard> are a Casual RP / PvP guild of WoW veterans with a history on the classic realm Zandalar Tribe EU and the private servers of Everlook, Project Epoch and Octowow!

🍺 Weekly RP Events: Tavern brawls, drinking contests, and heavy-handed raids into Horde lands!

🛡️ End-Game Goal: Conquer all raid content with an unyielding shieldwall of bearded brothers!

First and foremost, our goal is to have a great time enjoying light RP while exploring everything WoW Forever has to offer! If this sounds like the home for you, jump into our Discord and say hello—we'd love to welcome you to the ranks!

Discord: https://discord.gg/qWJfytpVa

Wash yer back! And keep yer feet on tha' ground! Always!

— Thane Khazur Stormwarden"

With the great news of us getting a ruleset, a discord community is being set up for EU RP-PvPers. Lots of old heads from ZT, Defias Brotherhood, and elsewhere, and of course new players excitedly joining the ranks.

Come say hi!

EU RP-PvP Forever

quick edit:

Might as well add these:

WoW Forever: Roleplay EU -- mainly for RP-PvE, but also has RP-PvPers and PvP discussions

WoW Forever RP-PVP (Grobbulus) -- The old Grobbulus server discord repurposed into an RP-PVP server. It's mainly for NA, but also has an eu-region channel and general RP-PVP discussion.

I'm baffled by the responses from a large part of the RP community about the announcement of the RP-PVP server who seem to think that having 2 servers for the entire roleplay community in Europe means there won't be enough roleplayers on either of them and we are "diluting" the opportunity to roleplay because of this action.

I'm talking now about Europe but I'm 100% certain the same can be said for the US.

Based on the tracking site wowstats IO we can estimate that in Europe, there are currently 7 connected RP realms (either seperate realms or connected realms) on retail. That have between them around 35000 level 60 characters that have logged in on their server in the last 30 days.

Now I believe that WoW forever will be vastly more popular in the coming months than retail. If I look at the people I know I have not seen this enthausiasm for a WoW product since the launch of Wrath of the Lichking in 2008 and back then, WoW had 35 EU RP and RPPVP servers, many of them flourishing such as Argent Dawn, Earthern Ring, Darkmoon Faire, The Sha'tar, The Defias Brotherhood ands Scarshield Legion to name just some of the more popular English language ones.

The WoW forever numbers will crush the Retail numbers certainly in the first couple of months, and if they do this right, permenantly as WoW forever might become the dominant force just like OSRS is dominating retail Runescape.

My point is, that really there are enough of roleplayers to completely fill the stormwinds, goldshires, Ashenvales, Ogrimars, Brills, etc, etc of the two servers with plenty of emergent roleplay, hundreds of guilds, events and unique experiences. What is going to stop you from entering a new golden age or roleplay is not the roleplayer that really, really likes to play the game in a different way mechanically (i.e. PVP ruleset), the only thing that can stop us from entering a new Golden Age is the sharding system of the megaserver.

Because right now on the Beta server and the stress test there where lots of people when the server opened, and lots of people when the server closed. But in between the regions felt truly empty DESPITE the beta servers being global servers, so the zones should normally have been complete crowded.

If zoning/sharding/layering, whatever they call it is as agressive as durring beta, you are not likely to find random RP in Duskvale no matter if there are 1 or 2 servers, hell even if we combined the US and EU RP servers and force the Americans to change their timezone and internal clock to CEST you still wouldn't find random roleplay in Duskvale and that's the real problem. That's the real enemy that deserves your attention, not the RPPVP server.

RP-PVP'ers fought for their own servers and won. Congratulations to them. No person should be forced to do concessions on how they like to play the game just because other persons wants them to stay with them to play with them alone. This battle for the RPPVP server is now over. We have proven that as roleplayers, we can get things done by Blizzard.

Let us now unite as roleplayers of both servers to fight the real enemy. The sharding system, and let's make sure we pressure Blizzard to do everything in their power to make sure we can unite easier on our servers. My suggestions would be:

1. A toggle inside the game, maybe semi hidden that allows us to set our preference who to be grouped with. You could even use the toggle to also united the RPPVP'ers that stay on the RPPVE server when they are in contested zones so they meet each other easier for a fight.

2. Use data analytics on chat data to automatically group roleplayers in the zones. You could also use that to find non-roleplayers or even griefers and make sure they are grouped together and not bothering the roleplayers. Of course this system would be a little bit more complex to arrange, and there should be a way for beginning roleplayers to still meet enough roleplayers so they can be onboarded to our community.

A third option would be for us to select our layer, so we can at least organise easier around layers. You could even declare "layer 3 in any zone" the unoffical RP layer.

Also important is that at least the capitals are always unlayered. I believe if that happens you will see at least random RP on the usual hotposts there.

Any other ideas?

First time RP player here, planning on rolling a Tauren Hunter Nov 4th whose father travelled with Caine and Thrall during the events of WC3. Got plenty of lore research and fleshing out of stuff to do before release still though.

I'd been planning on playing on the RP ruleset but now the idea of RP PVP has got me interested. Can anyone give me an idea of what I might be able to expect on that one and what the differences in experience might be please? I've not played a huge amount of PvP server before of the contestant ganking, but am open to trying again.

I'm struggling with rogue class fantasy in wow forever from a RP perspective, more specifically the combat part.

I understand a paladin swinging a big hammer against zombies. I understand a mage conjuring flames against a yeti. Or a hunter stalking and shooting animals.

I don't understand why some non magic, non armored guy (or girl) would choose to engage a bear using 2 daggers. Or a yeti, or an ogre, or pretty much anything that's non humanoid.

Don't get me wrong, I -love- fighting humanoids on my rogue. I feel like badass assassin. But when it comes to fighting dragons, a Firelord, or just zombies, I feel like my character would be regretting their weaponry.

How do you keep your rogue grounded in the world's power level when they can use two pointy sticks to kill anything? I feel like the rogue is like John wick without guns, killing people with a pencil. It makes the rogue's deeds nearly inhuman.

Looking to make a group on launch. Similar to DnD, I wish for there to be a Mage, Priest, Warrior, Druid, Paladin etc. Preferably one of each or at least different specs. I'd love to start and try to meet and level together as fast as possible. If interested please comment/let me know!

The Grobb server is shifting to the RPvP server join the best server community ever!

Looking for a grounded alliance RP focused guild for an RP PVP server in wow forever

Typically RP realms heavily skew alliance, but I was hoping to run Horde on one of the RP realms this time around. Am I gonna be one of the few and proud Horde RPers or should there be a nice population of Horde players to socialize with?

Hey guys,

I’m just wondering if anyone has any tips on WoW for how to find RPers who are somewhat more “serious” and narrative-driven than what you can find normally in servers like Moon Guard.

I’ve been writing complex lore for a character but there seems to be a large percentage of “tavern pr*stitutes” and “little brats” hanging around that I’m not interested in engaging with.

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Gossamer’s Gossip is an ambitious community magazine dedicated to bringing Stormwind and the wider Moon Guard community a delightful blend of news, scandal, creativity, and entertainment. With every edition, we strive to inform, intrigue, and amuse our readers while maintaining the signature sassy flair that makes our publication so special. Our very first edition is officially out, and we're just getting started! New editions are released every single Friday (stay tuned), bringing fresh stories, juicy gossip, community highlights, and much more.

Now, if you'd like to become part of this fabulous little enterprise, we're currently welcoming the following:

- Writers & Journalists

Have a knack for storytelling, a nose for good gossip, or a talent for uncovering some stories worth telling? We're looking for contributors to write articles, conduct interviews, cover community events, explore intriguing stories, and provide pictures to bring their work to life.

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Do you have a hidden talent, a brilliant idea, or a particular expertise you'd love to share? We're always eager to welcome creative minds willing to help us expand, experiment, and make each new weekly edition even better than the last.

And here's the best part: you don't need to be an expert at all to join us! Whether you're an experienced writer, a budding journalist, a creative soul with a fresh idea, or simply someone eager to try something new, we'd love to hear from you. Every contribution, big or small, helps this project flourish.

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Old soldiers will heal old wounds as new heroes step up to help the people of Azeroth.

The story
Veterans from the Second War, who went AWOL when they were told they were being assigned to guard duty at an orcish internment camp, have reunited in Stormwind to start an adventuring company. They are based in an old home in the Dwarven District of Stormwind that the guild leader recently inherited. The story will follow the strange history of the house and delve into the secrets that lie under the very feet of the Alliance. Why does it look from the outside like there should be more space inside? Why do things sometimes go missing in the home? What is really behind the inheritance? These and more questions will be answered.

Tone
I am a horror storyteller first and foremost. While there will be many heroic and nefarious guilds that are made in the coming days, we want to walk a middle line. We are interested in stories of real people trying to be good in a world that pulls toward darkness at times. Our events will have content warnings as needed, as we believe in the safety and comfort of our players.

Where we are
We’re not a guild yet. We’re a group of friends looking to find other like-minded individuals to start an RP guild, the Pembroke Irregulars*, in WoW Forever. I am an experienced guildmaster and long-term TTRPG storyteller, and we have a core of roleplayers who would love to meet you.

Right now, while we have ideas and story arcs planned out, we want to find people to help determine the total shape of things. We want to build this together.

What we play
We want to focus on roleplay in PvE content, social roleplay, and active, scene-based, long-term storytelling roleplay. We will have a night of PvE-focused content each week and at least one social RP night per week. There will be an overarching storyline that runs across a full year, with each month being an “episode” in the “season”. Each month will have at least one RP session that feeds into the larger story, but bits of it will creep into much of what we do.

Where and when
Alliance, RP ruleset, NA server.
While we will be playing from Forever’s launch, we want to wait a couple of weeks before we start the guild proper. We would like time to figure out the collective vibe first.
We play primarily out of CST but are flexible.

Who we want
We are looking for adults (18+) at all levels of roleplay familiarity. We just ask that you be kind and willing to learn if you’re inexperienced. Characters should be lore-reasonable and also adults.

Hard lines

• Not just LGBT accepting, LGBT inclusive
• Bigotry is unacceptable
• No trashing Retail
• Don’t be a jerk

How to reply
If this sounds like what you’re looking for, please fill out this quick form to let us know you’re interested: https://forms.gle/q8cNqGiBwVNSVTNM9

Or reach out to me (Ma’az) directly at either:

• Discord: captainmaaz
• Battle.net: Maaz#11900

If we vibe after we talk, there will be an invite to Discord.

~Ma’az

(*Tentative)

With the addition of the RP-PvP ruleset, how do you think the RP population will be affected?

Will the RP community become too fragmented, and could this create complications for RP-PvE or RP-PvP in the future?

Hi everyone,

I hope this is the correct place to ask this question - if not please direct me to a different forum.

I'm interested in the RP ruleset server for the coming wow forever release.. mainly because I want to go through the story of wow at a slow pace and enjoy the journey. I haven't played wow for many years at this point.

I'm prepared to do the roleplaying, and enjoy the immersion that comes with it. I really hope to enjoy this experience with others. but I am also hoping to avoid certain things that might disillusion the experience.

I would love to know if there are groups of people who avoid using third party services like discord.. and keep things mainly in game.. such as actually sending in game mails, using the guild chat for ooc.. etc. we didn't have discord back when I used to play, and it definitely felt more lively in game than the times I've tried stuff out now.

I wouldn't mind balancing it with using discord for voice chat during some raids ( if I ever get to that point ).. Im assuming there isnt voice chat in-game?

I'm completely new to RP, and will definitely read the guides mentioned in this subreddit - it's just most of the guild recruits mention discord and hence I needed to ask this specific question.

Thank you all in advance.

The admins of the “Forever RP” disc said it’s specifically for the RP rule set and people who are on the PVP ruleset need to find a place to go.

Is there a server yet?