Kane_Severance Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I hope we have a few NPCs in the world that you can actually develop a relationship with. Too many times you just feel like NPCs are walking quest/lore vendors. I'd really like to see a few that grow to know you better throughout the story and are interested in the player and his/her adventures. This would be especially good in the player home or stronghold. A butler or trusted subordinate who has their own personality and opinions about your exploits would add a lot to the atmosphere of your abode. If done right, it'd be someone you'd want to go and talk to to hear what they have to say as opposed to just looking for the next step in a quest chain. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaccoonTOF Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Very much agreed here...the shopkeeper/merchant that you regularly unload your goods from your adventures on, the chamberlain of your stronghold, local "nobility" that are sending you on your quests repeatedly, etc. Basically anyone that you have frequent interactions with but that you don't necessarily bring out into the world itself with you... "If we are alone in the universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agremont Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I very much agree too. It would be a very nice touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazhlekov Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 It's very complicate task! I will be very pleased to see such characters in the game, but I dont think they will have enough time and energy for this... www.mazhlekov.com www.portals.mazhlekov.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pshaw Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I agree. As much as I understand the need to focus development resources on companions, antagonists, and story elements I think it would be nice if a handful of people out in the world were more than just quest givers or vendors. I know it's come up in the thread regarding guilds/factions but I think that is an area where this sort of thing could really shine. Your character is clearly already involved in their cause so they have some common ground to stand on. Generally you have lots of interaction with these folks as you go back to chat with them and get more quests from then and the like. So why not have these relationships go beyond simply completing their quests? Let them set up shop in your stronghold and maybe add extra features to it by being there. I certainly wouldn't be upset if the NPCs were what they've always been in RPGs. I certainly think there are more important things worth spending time on first. That said I'd be very pleased with the inclusion of some sort of extra interaction with the NPCs out in the world. K is for Kid, a guy or gal just like you. Don't be in such a hurry to grow up, since there's nothin' a kid can't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilroy_Was_Here Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Didn't 100 people shell out the Kickstarter cash to create their own NPCs? I would hope that they at least would be interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassat Hunter Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Well, of course we need to have a few of these. This isn't Diablo. Good characters are needed for a good story. ^ I agree that that is such a stupid idiotic pathetic garbage hateful retarded scumbag evil satanic nazi like term ever created. At least top 5. TSLRCM Official Forum || TSLRCM Moddb || My other KOTOR2 mods || TSLRCM (English version) on Steam || [M4-78EP on Steam Formerly known as BattleWookiee/BattleCookiee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane_Severance Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Right, but even the IE games didn't do a great job of this. There just weren't very many NPCs that had much to say after the first time you exhaust all their dialog options. I want a reason to go back to towns I've previously visited. I want a reason to talk to an NPC whose quest I've already completed. I don't want to feel like once I've left a "quest hub" there's no reason to ever check back in and see what's new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisk Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Didn't 100 people shell out the Kickstarter cash to create their own NPCs? I would hope that they at least would be interesting... I just thought of something that would be really, really cool. We don't yet know what the limits of modding will be - but if I had an NPC "of my own" in the game, I would be tempted to expand its role, so to speak - create a plor, or a quest around that NPC to make it more memorable. Now if you had a group of people willing to cooperate on a project like that, the community might be able to create an entire story arch, with multiple quests involving their own NPCs. A few of my old tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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