>I'm not familiar with the Cabal system at all, no. Perhaps I
>should look into that.

Honestly, cabals are *TYPICALLY* where you might find a bigger concentration of roleplay focused, and are also quite useful for having allies and people to help you out.

>I said I understand PKing is part of the game, but seriously,
>is there any role-playing at all in here? CF advertises that
>role=playing isn't just encouraged, but required. I
>understand it's hard to enforce, but still.

As mentioned elsewhere, the hardest part is that not KNOWING why someone killed you, doesn't mean they don't have a valid reason to. Did anyone know why Timothy McVey blew up the OK City building, or did it seem like random terrorism at the time? It's only later that the WHYs came out. Now always, but often, I feel you can learn more the why's afterwards ingame as well, since after you're dead, you know they're your enemies, rather than them advertising it beforehand and giving up surprise.

>In response to just "learning to PK others". I still find it
>hard to PK someone as a warrior with little more than basic
>equipment when going up against someone 3 or 4 levels higher
>than you. The getting back on your feet part is what's
>frustrating. I've been PKed several times before now, but was
>able to regain most if not all my equipment, which makes
>getting back into it easier. It's hard to run around Thera
>trying to reoutfit yourself when people just hunt you down and
>kill you right away.

I wonder how many people, if anyone, are really aware of the outfit command. If you're a ghost, you can use outfit in your guild and get a basic set of armor. I've been playing 15yrs and my last hero I still used the regear armor for half of it.

>I guess when it comes down to it I'm just disappointed in the
>lack of role-playing and indescrimiate PKing. I'm looking for
>a world I can immerse myself in and role-play my character.
>If I want to go around killing as many people as I can, I'll
>play any host of shooter games for PS3 or Xbox.

Anyways, it sounds like you're moved on either way, but the game *IS* definitely PK intensive. Heralds tend to attract more of the RP-less-PK characters, and to some degree I think Fortress and even Tribunal is good for starting out.