Honestly the rp was a bit dull with the whole thing, granted, sud tried talking to it, which worked out poorly given the doom knight and all. But, when it came down to following, once the wright was found people charged in and it was more or less an all or nothing. I'm not even sure where the gobs of people came from, there was only a small group in the church when some one came up and fretted about the undead creature, and two on the first level, then all of a sudden there was an army. . .they were certainly not in the church at the time the one person came up and was panicking about the horrible creature, and unless they had some telepathic bond some how, I doubt they would have known that anything was actually wrong with in the church, since the bell was never rung. I think there was a good opportunity for rp there, but it kinda got ruined and went sourly down hill fast.
I think the problem of late is that there is a great deal of ooc knowledge being passed about, and that is meta gaming, and maybe people don't realize that they are doing it. Though I am certain that some do, and they do it purposely, whether for self gratification, or just to be an (explicit), it seems to be growing more and more common. I'm of the mind that if you're level 13+ you shouldn't even be near the outskirts unless you're selling something, because by that point your char should have had some horrible experiences with the dark evil creatures of the night, and would rather just warn the young and foolish, as opposed to putting their life on the line for a bunch of strangers. Of course, I also think that some of the old monsters should come back too, maybe strike some real horror into those who are high level and hanging about thinking they're all that and a bag of chips who like to slice first and ask later. I think Yves would be an excellent addition to just, oh, adding some more ambiance.
Of course, this is based on the idea that pd isn't really the case any more, and I kinda figure its not since I've seen chars which were perma dead, and now they're or have been walking about as if nothing happened, or that they even got more powerful as a result of being utterly killed and destroyed. I wont mention any of the names of the chars, but you're well aware of who they are. Heck, my werewolf ended up getting pd due to a faction glitch, which is fixed now, but still. I didn't particularly whine about it until i got her back, but if there's ever an in game way and some one manages to do it, I guarantee she would go back to terrorizing poor helpless people wandering around at night.
I can understand the idea of swapping to an alt for rp, its great, but if its a high level alt in an area most certainly designed for low levels then there is little point. The horrible monster is there for a reason, to instill fear, to instill horror, to make low levels think twice about boldly adventuring into places where the living certainly are not welcome. Of course, this is just my ramble and opinion.