Do you Roleplay in Conan Exiles?

[Alexandria]

If so, what kind of servers do you play on and where do you find them? What has been your experience as a roleplayer in this game?

Oh yeah, my secret agenda: http://conanexilesrp.enjin.com/

But I am genuinely curious to hear about the experiences of my fellow roleplayers!

With the demise of Enjin at hand, the CE RP community has moved to Guildtag! https://conanexilesrp.guildtag.com/ Please come visit us there to shop for RP servers or advertise your own. Also feel free to join our ever growing Discord at: https://discord.gg/k7Cvu8U

[Solomon Hawk]

I roleplay it. I just don't see any other way and I've always been a roleplayer at heart since I was little and had my heros who were my role models. Tarzan (Johnny Wisemuller) was the first that comes to mind.
D&D, then sci-fi, fantasy, action movies have given me inspiration and have been a staple for me.
When Conan The Barbarian came along (Arnold), my imagination was futher inspired.
I came across Conan Exiles recently and I was impressed with aspects of it that gave me freedom to be creative just as I had found in other SP games, except the luxury of this is that it came with SP/COOP/Multiplayer modes.
I lease/admin my server and I am currently working on the settings. For now it's a private server until later on when I feel it's ready to open up to other players who can also roleplay.

[ContrastX]

I'm personally new to RP in video games. However I played Table top RPG's since the 70's -80's (Yes I'm old). My wife talked me into CE and giving a go on her server (CimmerianFreebooters)...and I must say I loved it. I like the fact that CE gave me options to spawn in creatures, set up dungeons, set players on quest looking for items ect. It was like reliving my table top days. I currently started a discussion:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/440900/discussions/4/1333474229085159388/?tscn=1495009158
trying to promote more thought into giving Admins/DMs more options in running a RP style game. I must say for a old school gamer the RP community has welcomed and broken my traditional thoughts of how RP can be done. Thankyou new Generation! I'ts not the days of eating pizza and throwing dice...but it will do. Like so many others Arnolds Conan is really the only conan for me. that would include Red Sonja and I will be gratious and throw Kull in there..though not my favorite. My hope is "Will Funcom bridge the gap between tradition PVPer's and RP'ers?" I believe they can if things continue on there course. More options in the admin panel...YES!

[Jadecity]

what do you mean by roleplay?

[ContrastX]

A role-playing video game (commonly referred to as role-playing game or RPG, and in the past also known as computer role-playing game or CRPG) is a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a character (and/or several party members) immersed in some well-defined world.

-Wiki

[BenTenpenny]

Originally posted by Jadecity:

what do you mean by roleplay?

Roleplaying means to experience with game with an additional layer of immersion by acting like your character actually would in a world like this and interacting with other players in the same way.

You develop ideas on how your character should behave in the game world, what sort of character he should be (speech pattern, mannerisms, behaviour) and maybe even come up with an interesting background story for him.

During roleplay you develop ongoing storylines either by just playing in character or deliberately planning and executing roleplaying events for other players.

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Survival sandbox games are a great way to start with that since your motivations as a player and your character's motivations often overlap in the beginning. (need for food, shelter, protection) Making it easier to get into roleplay.

[Artemisium]

Originally posted by Jadecity:

what do you mean by roleplay?

Ben Tenpenny's is a very good post.

For me, Rp'ing means giving an independent life to your toon, so they have aims, objectives, goals to achieve, they interact with other toons according to how you see their character. Or you can act as though it is 'you' in another universe but with the attributes granted by the game you are in...

So in short, you are writing your own "book", in the conan universe, it probably gets classed as 'fantasy', it can be whatever you wish.
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OP - I dived straight into the RP PvP server selection when first firing up the game as RP gives context to actions.

[Alexandria]

Some great answers here, thanks! Alas... no one has really answered my question aside from the person who said they play on their wife's server! LOL So where are you all finding RP servers and what is your impression of the RP servers you have played on so far? How can FC make the game BETTER for roleplayers?

[Artemisium]

Originally posted by Alexandria:

...... Alas... no one has really answered my question

OK, I started out on a couple of servers, to see what they were like (gamewise and fellow players), 1 had technical issues (constant rollbacks) so gave up on it then it closed down, the other I stayed with for a while, but that then closed, tried a couple of others, but neither stuck (no real RP and few players).
By late March I was comfortable with the game so searched the server base for an RP server, with a recent reset, a minimum of 10 players - ended up on Shadowdynasty, good admin, good rp and getting better. Player base is now circa 30-40 when busy. Enjoying myself there.

RP - Making it better - my major gripes and a lot of others are:-
1) chat box is too small (click and drag size please FC)
2) Merged global/local/clan all in the one chat box does not work in a good way
3) unable to 'tell' to single players
4) shared access (and in clan restricted access) to storage/doors etc
5) Emotes need tweaking so that male and female have different emotes for some things (too many female emotes copy pasted to males)
6) Expansion(s) to the Accessories/placeables/costumes
7) additional admin granted rewards/awards
8) player name colours in the chat box are rubbish - should be easily seen for the following types: general players, same clan members, admin enabled toons
9) player names are not displayed clearly enough in game - you need to rub noses with them to see who they are

There are more, but enough of a wish list to start.

[Hubrah]

Me and my brother role play on server 326 I think (cant remember our server number at the moment). We play as a chaotic but honorable clan that seeks to humble those who mock the gods by destroying extravagance and vanity, and bring those who build their castles in the sky tumbling to the ground; ultimately returning those who have become too complacent back to square 1.

We do this because it not only unifies our clan with a strong mission and value system but also keeps the server healthy due to the fact that at any moment, your base could be next so you better be active.

[Solomon Hawk]

Originally posted by Alexandria:

Some great answers here, thanks! Alas... no one has really answered my question aside from the person who said they play on their wife's server! LOL So where are you all finding RP servers and what is your impression of the RP servers you have played on so far? How can FC make the game BETTER for roleplayers?

I don't believe it's so much on FC what they can do to make it better for roleplayers.

It's the people, the players who make or brake roleplay.

[Jan.Grun]

With such a limited content, roleplaying is the only thing that creates motivation for players to stay. and it works. our roleplaying server has a population of 20 to 40 players each evening. by creating your own tales you have no problem with missing content.

[BenTenpenny]

While I am currently not playing the game (I try not to play early access games too much to keep them fresh once the are actually released) I have high hopes for Conan Exiles to become my go to Online Multiplayer RP-Game.

I have done lots of amazing roleplaying in Star Wars Galaxies (not SWTOR) with layered characters and exciting storylines. Some of which have become part of the pen&paper star wars campaign I am currently running. After the closure of the game no other MMO had the depth and the overall variety of features do deliver the same online roleplaying experience.

While pen&paper games have become my personal alternative for BioWare-style games. There is nothing quite comparable to 100 people or more participating in the same game world every day simultaneously advancing the plot in so many small or big facets.

So here's hoping that Conan Exiles will become the game I have been waiting for so long.

I am planning to run my own rp-server once the game is released.

[AvaAvitar]

When you are in the servers menu highlight the server you are interested in. All the stats will be listed on the side side of the screen. Including if it is a roll play server or includes roll playing. If you go to the mods section and read some of the comments in the mods people often list their servers and mention roll playing. I see it in both places. The official servers not so much, if any.

[Fia]

Originally posted by Alexandria:

If so, what kind of servers do you play on and where do you find them? What has been your experience as a roleplayer in this game?

Oh yeah, my secret agenda: http://conanexilesrp.enjin.com/

But I am genuinely curious to hear about the experiences of my fellow roleplayers!

I seek servers that are tagged as a roleplaying, doesn't matter if they're PvE or PvP. I originally used the main server listing page but it's really not enough when looking for an RP server. I turned to the Community Servers sub forum but if the adverts are not bumped frequently, they get lost in the pages and pages of nonRP serves. That is where I was lucky enough to find ConanExilesRP on Enjin. It filters out all of the nonRP and allows for RP focused servers to stand out from the masses. Not all servers are going to have players on at all hours every day of the week but if there's a group page or website, I do look there to see if the admins and/or players have current posts. From that point, I'll jump on and play for a bit to see the builds and seek any potential RP. I run my own RP server but it is refreshing to simply exist as a player from time to time and meet other admins if they are open to talking. I'd like to add that I've met a few excellent ones. As for mods, I avoid servers with them. I found from playing Space Engineers and Minecraft that if a mod you use/depend is no longer updated, your game can fall apart....or your builds. Until there is an easier way for players to join modded servers, I won't use them. Yes, there are some fantastic mods. I just find that EA and mods don't mix well.

Roleplaying for me is the heart of what keeps this game interesting. It's not like an MMO that gives you quests and stories to follow along. We as players must create our own. Basically, finding our own carrots to chase. I have gone through GM created dungeons, taken a tiny part in an admin scripted story, run small events alongside my husband as well as spent hours simply adventuring while RPing. The best part of RP for me is letting my character develop as I play and interact with my fellow players.

The hardest part is scheduling. Not everyone can be on when stories are playing out so it can be difficult to keep everyone up to speed on what happened and when. Then, as was stated already, are the functions within the game itself. The current chat system makes it a pain to communicate. I hate getting automatically kicked from local to global chat. Every. Single. Time. I will do what I have to do for roleplaying but it must be frustrating for some to the point they forego the RP.

Bottom line, I love the game and what it offers. The character models are wonderful and the direction the game is going keeps me happy. Even though EA is a brutal mistress, having roleplaying and a great group of players makes all the bumps in the road worthwhile.

Just my two silvers on the matter and apologies for the wall of text.

[Mynx]

We've created our own RP Server and it's still quite popular. Conan offers a lot of lore to play with. Exiles was "made" for RP. Hopefilly Funcom will not forget about us Roleplayers...