I am somewhat curious...

Now i'm quite new to this game right now, and am still attempting to understand the mechanics and getting mildly annoyed when a rabbit killed me (depressing I know.) but I was wondering for later in the game, it seems somewhat conductive to roleplaying (for those who don't know, the creation of a persona other than your own for your character and acting it out with other characters) and I was curious as to whether that is an aspect of this game at all on any of the servers, or do people tend to just play?
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