When is roleplaying taken too far?
I've seen plenty during my half a year of playing AO, but something in particular grabbed my attention recently. So I have to ask, is it possible, for either clan or omni players, to take their roleplaying a bit too far?
If I may, let me elaborate a bit. I fully understand an omni or clan player roleplaying to the point where they won't team with someone of the opposite side, won't sell things to them, or won't even help someone of the opposite side when they're about to die, but does that entitle a person to go out of their way to cause someone grief? Just because the in-game situation says the clans and omni-tek are at war, does that obligate a group of clanners to grief some omni's, or vice versa?
let's give a brief example, no names attached (don't wanna turn this into a flame thread). Clan organizations Red and Blue decide they're going to get together and spawn the unique boss Bob to kill him, hoping for some great loot. After hours of killing placeholders, gathering the items necessary, or what have you, they finally spawn Bob and the battle begins. Before Bob is killed, a group of omnis show up, from organizations Black and White, and proceed to kill boss Bob and take the looting rights. When many players have invested hours of their time towards a goal, only to have that taken from them, is that still justified as Roleplaying?
Of course, the situation is just as applicable if the orgs Red and Blue were omni orgs and Black and White were clan orgs, but that's not the focus of this.
I'm more then aware of FC's policy towards KSing and what can be done about it, but what I wanna know is where you, the players, think that enough is enough. I myself believe that it's ok to roleplay being on one side of a war, but it's an entirely different matter to harrass a group of players that have worked for many hours under the pretense of "roleplaying".
Some thoughts on this would be lovely, keep it civil please as I'd like for this thread to not be locked.
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