The community as a whole is more dead than it used to be, IGS included; we are still feeling the aftermath of Incarna, and the continued effects of the way the fiction seems to have been going (ie, nowhere at all, if not backwards).
Most RP you're going to find these days will either be in the Summit or in small, private groups. THere's the occasional party or get-together, but they're few and far between - and even when they're not you still have to find a reason that your character would go.
The Amarrians have really gotten the short end of the stick here. Not only are their numbers generally dwindling across their entire political spectrum, a lot of the new PF coming out combined with a is not making them appear any more attractive to people wanting to RP. Now add to the mix that most Amarrians probably wouldn't want to associate with dirty heathen outsiders, and most 'new' Amarr RP characters are either ridiculously liberal, heretics (ie, Sabik or EoM), or simply "moustache-twirling Evil with a capital E for the sake of being moustache-twirling Evil with a capital E", the opportunities are not very appealing.
People rag on the whole "hugglefuck" sort of character personality, but when the general population is so low, and the opportunities are scarce, there's not that much in the way you can do if you want a character that can get social interaction that isn't a bunch of old farts sitting in in cushy chairs by a fireplace sipping whisky going /sip /monocle "pip pip cheerio" all night. The only group that seems large enough to get by without needing to resort to it (as far as I can tell, and please correct me if I'm wrong) are the Matari RPers - particularly those in groups like EM that are large enough to have internal RP networks without needing to go outside of the alliance to get plenty of varied RP.
I affirm...
About the first part: And it isnt just the english speaking community. The german as well, like I already mention the german forum (eve-ger) broke almost down after the summer 2011
(of course it can have other reasons too.. like the new forum section in the offical eve forum, but their is no RP
).
About: "Most RP you're going to find these days will either be in the Summit or in small, private groups." Yes, but I also think this was before incarna. But as for me: Incarna made it alittle harder -- as for me, because some friends left the game
. But if you know some you can play around have some RP fun or some sci-fi D&D go for it.
About: Amarr in prime fiction.... I already give up. About Matari RPs... I havent any infos on that front, but also think... like I already mention somewhere else, that even they will one day get the feeling that their enemys got to one dimensional etc.....
About: "Huge fest" Yes, but we are the smallest group in eve, so overtime... you will see always the same faces.... I personally hope that the immersion projects (with links ingame) will help on that front.... to get our roundtables a little fuller.
