Not having played yet due to the server...possibly requiring rather then encouraging RP, however some games that do this wind up loosing players. In my experience, more players would prefer to just level, and go to those types of games rather then one with pure RP (which is a little sad because I can think of nothing more fun then pure RP).

Another option if the game doesn't have it.. is allow a small amount of leveling just by being ig. This seems to have the advantage of taking the "pressure" off of skilling and allowing more RP.

To be picky:

The OOC term "noob" does not belong to an IC emotive "/me".

Apart from that, most players I meet try to act in a roleplaying style, try to stay in-character. We don't enforce, we support.

That is good to hear, i.e. "picky" it doesn't seem the appropriate word for IC RP to me either and support is good, I hope to meet some RPers in game. Right now have been trying to understand/read the history,rules etc.  before making a char. Thanks for all your input.

thinking that anything said with /me counts for roleplay (example: /me thinks xx is a noob).

Looking for a game with RP opportunities, can I assume that this RP is the norm, or not? I read a few pages of posts, but some were confusing to the point of even downplaying RP.