I agree with zhai

I haven't played for very long, but I couldn't agree more. My role-playing skills are far from excellent at this point, but it is still frustrating to try to role-play and act IC when you get an answer like, 'No idea, just figuring out the interface, lol'. I mean, who the    knows about interfaces and lol in the fantasy world?? Better to use /me chuckles or laughs. When others skip the RP it is easy to let your own RP go down the drain.

I think for many people it is hard to role-play because they think other players may find their role-playing poor, stupid or plain silly. Of course for those who really do try to RP it is a relief when you finally meet another player who is RPing. Personally I do not care if the RP acting is simple and not 100% in keeping with the world and atmosphere. At least they are RPing and that is what the game is about, right?

I must admit however, after a few hours of playing, the game does have a steep learning curve. It is a lot to get familiar with. Menus, /commands and how to control your character. To give an example from my own experience. Someone came over to me and asked a question. I was in the middle of investigating a menu option, so this is my chain of thoughts: Woops, someone is speaking, umm, how to get out of this menu... click !! Starting to type an answer ...woops, is someone speaking to me??? where is this person?? moving the mouse a little too quick I made a 900 degree turn  But finally I found the person. Yaaaaaii  !!!, a really gloomy and BIG figure stands almost on top of me. Hmm, attack??? No too early and in mid-town. Not advicable. Continuing to type an answer. Ok ready, ummm noooo, I had forgotton to click in the Chat window so my great reply was lost in the void. Starting over. Woops, the big fellow has moved. Is he gone?? turning, nope, still there. Finally I did manage to reply, but not a very RPish one.

At least for me, this contributes to my less than excellent RP skills at the present moment. I think when I get more familiar with how things work my RP will also improve quite alot.

Hi,

I have a quick, and probably easy question. Trying to modify the shortcut windows in Planeshift, I read you have to right-click to edit or create a new one. But trying to hold down the Control-key while clicking does not seem to help, not holding down alt or the Apple key either.

Anyone who knows how to edit the shortcut buttons using a one-button mouse?

Greetings !

I am new to Planeshift, so I have a few questions I need answered before I jump into the game.

1 - What happens to your character when you are logged off? I mean, do you have to find an Inn or other place to stay before you log off, so your character is safe and will not be attacked or killed during your time away from the game?

2 - Because this game appear to focus more heavily on the Role-Playing aspect, (and because I am new to this game) is it common practice, or is it ok to include short comments to express more accurately the feelings of one's character. Here is an example of what I mean:

other player says: You look tired old friend. Did you encounter a monster while on your way here?
tyhvor says: Indeed so it was. But my battle axe did its job and landed square in its chest (smiling, raising his axe in the air)

The (smiling, raising his...) comment would give the other player a more accurate idea of tyhvor's response, would it not. Is this kind of writing ok, or is it uncommon or maybe it should be avoided?

Any and all replies are most appreciated