There are a few things you will be greeted by upon entering multiplayer.
The first, and most apparent thing shall be alot of noobies such as yourself who will swing massive two handed weapons and polearms at you upon entering the fray.
The second will be that you realize along with the noobies, there are veterans, hardened pro's who will stop at nothing to make you think the game is horribly against you.
The third is that you must join one of these two groups, or die many...many...many times before joining one automatically.
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As for roleplay, there was in-fact a RP mod by Moss hosted on a server with events scheduled by Marin Peace Bringer, or Darin.
In any case, it was fun, albeit disorganized, and it suffered somewhat for it.