Primarily I use them in /say in order to show I'm in character whereas if I'm talking to some players who don't RP (or aren't in character at that moment), I won't use the quotes.
I also use them just because it feels right, and since I'd use them in /emote if I mixed an action with some dialog, so then it feels consistent to continue to use them in /say. There are times when I'm right in the midst of a /say line and know I could finish it with some kind of action or descriptive and so having the end quote dropped and a line added makes my life easier, rather than indicating, hey wait a sec, with some + sign or something, to indicate more is coming except I have to put it in /emote first.
I almost always ignore the way the chat or emote interface is prefaced and read the text as if I'm reading a novel, meaning, I will just mentally tend to skip over Name: or <<Name>> etc. and only use those tags to keep mental tally of who just spoke or emoted.
So I format it like a novel no matter whether that's coming out through /emote or /say. If I format it like a novel, it seems to me like the most natural and easy way to read something since novel format is so universal in life already.
I also use them just because it feels right, and since I'd use them in /emote if I mixed an action with some dialog, so then it feels consistent to continue to use them in /say. There are times when I'm right in the midst of a /say line and know I could finish it with some kind of action or descriptive and so having the end quote dropped and a line added makes my life easier, rather than indicating, hey wait a sec, with some + sign or something, to indicate more is coming except I have to put it in /emote first.
I almost always ignore the way the chat or emote interface is prefaced and read the text as if I'm reading a novel, meaning, I will just mentally tend to skip over Name: or <<Name>> etc. and only use those tags to keep mental tally of who just spoke or emoted.
So I format it like a novel no matter whether that's coming out through /emote or /say. If I format it like a novel, it seems to me like the most natural and easy way to read something since novel format is so universal in life already.