a RP server

[lo]

I have seen in the faq posted by block from Blizzard, that they don't intend to create a RP server.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-general&T=197451&P=1

He says:

Q :Will there be a role-playing server at retail (one that will have a more strict role-playing and behavior etiquette)?

A: We do not currently have plans to incorporate this in retail, but we'll continue to evaluate demand and see if it warrants the creation of role-playing servers

It seems that something must be done.

[ratdeath]

Personally I think a PvP server is the best way to go from a
roleplaying point of view. In WoW more then any other fantasy
mmorpg you have a conflict between the two factions.

Conflict leads to battle.. with a strict ruleset that forbids
any kind of player vs player is hurting the RP more then helping
it for me.

Sure you will have jerks/d00ds and what not on a normal server,
pvp server and even the RP servers.. well the last one depends
on how strict blizzard will be on people who doesnt roleplay.
But that brings us back to the fact that there is as many views
on what proper roleplay is that there is (role)players :)

I for one believe Player vs Player has as much to do with RP as
having a nice event, time in a tavern or just fun with the guild.
I dont want my char to be hidden behind safety rules....

[Eefin]

I agree with you the previous poster, PvP server seems more fun in the long run...as it is now - but i also have some doubts.

I mainly played on a RP server in the US open beta, and when I later tried a PvP server after that I was slightly chocked.
Almost everything people talked about on the PvP server was where the horde had been seen last...and talk was much more l33tish (as to be expected) - in general i felt much more "at home" at the RP server then on the PvP one.

The best way to go would perhaps be a RP enforced PvP server, but i don't think that´s gonna happen...so maybe a RP server with large guild wars...but that´s probably hard to build up aswell.
So a PvP server is the easiest and natural way to go in order to avoid those annoying safety rules, even if there may be some bad with the good.

(I just keep rambling on...better stop :) )