Vision

Good point, but don't forget you can hub both people who want to roleplay more casually, and others who might want to really fit their character's shoes, or simulate their character as you said... I think to be honest, OJRP was the best modification out there for roleplaying purposes, it had the best lightsaber combat and a nearly solid account system and even though the gunfighting was a bit off I bet if they actually focused on it they could improve it... I also remember a clan named Council (I think), which was a social clan with a Roleplaying side-server, actually I remember roleplaying with Caelum (this website's founder) back there, I think it was even him who actually told me about it back when we were part of his JKA clan... It was quite interesting since when you entered the server, the admins would roll a random number to attribute your midichlorian count, needless to say it was very rare for someone to be a force user, therefore becoming a Jedi/Sith was very hard. It even had a shop/house rental system if I'm correct. If both Lugormod's features and OJRP's combat were combined, it'd be a start, but then you'd need a dedicated team of staff members behind it, think JAWA's example or even Storm Riders for that matter! PS: I know JKRP, the community you mentioned... Captain Leeroy was there too I think, so were some people like TomsRocc, Sham, Jax and I bet some of them still lurk these forums xdd

Throughout these last years there has been countless roleplaying communities playing Jedi Academy, of all sizes and shapes really. Some lasted a year or two rellying on a few of the staff members paying for the server(s) or via donations, some used the most basic multiplayer mods others tried Lugormod, OJP and I even remember one particular group using a modified version of the latter, I think it was called JKRP or something... Well, thing is, when you think about it all of these communities have died in no more than three years' time due to the lack of activity, conflicts between members, all the costs involved etc.. I think the only way you'd be able to properly mantain a group designated to roleplaying in JKA would be with real dedication, you'd need a solid storyline and choose an adequate era in Star War's timeline that allowed you to either have no main canon-protagonist (if you choose the "future", think 75-100 ABY though even then you'd be conditioned by the new movies coming out) OR a past era, like SWTOR's, so that you have more liberty to imagine the events of the time. You'd also need a new mod, or a modified version of an existing one with more roleplaying functions (I'd recommend modifying OJP or so) like player accounts, character creation features and a death-system, as well as an experience/levelling system perhaps... Think about ::JEDI::, they are one of the longer lasting roleplaying communities, and their success I believe is very related to their commitment, they have a website, their own mod, their own skins and models, their own news system etc... In short, you'd need modellers and skinners, mappers and coders (though one or two pretty good ones of these should do), not to speak of the capital involved in hosting a proper website and atleast three different servers so players could hop between say, a Jedi Temple, a Sith Headquarters and a Neutral/City planet and that just seems the minimum... This would only be worthwhile of course IF you managed to have enough activity to atleast form a few different factions... and that's the real problem mate, JKA's a 12 year old game... I think you'd atleast gather enough people from the dead and rotting communities out there to make a decent large one ahah, but you never know, besides the efforts this involves are not to be underestimated...

I have an idea worth discussing... I was wondering if anyone was interested in teaming up to create a roleplaying community for jedi academy, it'd be interesting to create a relatively small world of our own star wars "episodes". It should be driven by a main plot, decided by the staff, which would continue running via frequent server events. Many communities tried and failed doing this, but I believe that with a few things in mind, it is possible to succeed. We'd need our own website, perhaps jkhub can help in this regard. Our own faction system (Republic/Sith/Other[Neutral]) that put players in the shoes of a galactic citizen. They'd then be asked to choose a sub-faction operating under their chosen banner, for example the Jedi in case of choosing the Republic's side. We'd need to limit these sub-factions since we can't expect a very large playerbase. A news reporter would write in a daily basis about the Galactic news so people could understand what was going on. If we dedicate ourselves to this we can even perhaps modify JKA to our liking, seeing as the sourcecode's been unveiled, it'd be nice to have a small trailer for propaganda too and perhaps some new models etc... Anyone up for this?

I come from Endless Conflict Roleplay, and I can confirm. We have a unique combat system and a few strategy-like elements other communities don't, I encourage you all to take a look and leave some much appreciated feedback or/and perhaps stay for some roleplaying.