Corporate vs Mix RP
How do they differ?

I'm just trying to get a general idea of what the day-to-day roleplay of each is "supposed" to look like. I looked through some threads but didn't find any really comparing and contrasting.

Corporate RP:

Morning Wake-up: Coffee, Shower, SIC Greetings between fellow Staff & friends. Check-ins with Informants. Discussions over ongoing projects and/or operations. Plan for the day. Occasional chill-time depending on schedule. Time for progia calls or meetings over coffee. Typically low-intensity social or role-based RP.

Late Morning/Afternoon: Meetings with members of Staff, informants, or other characters dependent on ongoing work responsibilities. Pursuing role-based responsibilities dependent on one's role in the Corp. This can go on literally until bed-time at the end of the day, or end relatively quickly - entirely dependent on circumstance.

Evening: Meetings, Work Responsibilities, time for Social RP over drinks or conversation at HQ. Often higher-intensity RP, dependent on scheduling.

Late-Night: Apartment-based RP. Scheming. Late-night operational pursuits if in a Sec-based or support role.

Dependent on one's job within any given Corp, their schedule can be more or less demanding. Someone at a high level or of particular importance may be involved in multiple meetings, bouncing between Gold & Green Sectors, scheduling or dealing with dead-drops, handling random pop-op issues or sudden shifts in scheduling. Often, things occur suddenly that demand involvement. One's schedule is entirely unpredictable in Corp-based RP and things are -always- subject to change… but a lot of the main focus is on social/job-related RP, scheming & organization, coordination with one's team & personal assets, and responding to random craziness that can strike at any moment.

The Mix has more systems to interact with and way more freedom. There's a steady influx of new characters, it's easy to find people to RP with, and there are also plenty of established characters who have their own hustles going on and can rope you into them, as well as corpies trying to rope you into their own hustles discreetly.

Topside offers the chance to be part of a large team with a lot more structure, goals and objectives, as well as certain roles that may not exist in the Mix.

I would say that having your own focuses and goals is important no matter what role you're in in the city, but it's especially important topside, where there may be less ambient "stuff happening" if it's not being driven by players.