NPC's

Hades · Post by **Hades** » Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:15 pm

I believe that the Npc's should say something different, "use me with and item to sell". That kills the roleplaying. They should say something like "Welcome, you can sell stuff to me", or something around those lines.

Stag · Post by **Stag** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 12:06 am

Good Idea

and mabe they can say it in a medival england accsent like

"Do ye want to bard off thy items Sir/Madam?"

or something like that

Darlok · Post by **Darlok** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 12:27 am

Both Sentances are useless.

Hades, new Players have to know how to 'use' an NPC, so they have to 'say' it.

Stag, the NPCs cant tell if the Character is male or female.

Hades · Post by **Hades** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 12:51 am

why not make a working manual, that would explain it.

I just believe it kills roleplaying.

Freo · Post by **Freo** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 2:14 am

hades has a point, it really does kill the RP, but alas, darlok also has a point. We do not have a working english manual, so those who want to buy an item would be at a total loss if it said "wanna buy an item?"

flak · Post by **flak** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 2:37 am

But then they would just have to ask a player, and then they can tell them ooc. Then once they know its alright, there isnt that many new players around anyway.

dosnt one of the F buttons tell you anyway? i know it tells you how to cast magic.

Hades · Post by **Hades** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:02 am

great idea, make it one of the F buttonw. Or just write a working manual. But in the mean time it is killing RP.

Crocket · Post by **Crocket** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:27 am

As far as people not knowing what to do....they should use the account waiting time to browse through the link pages and study the tutorials on those pages. With the time they have to wait they should be "Illarion experts" by the time they get in.

For the GMs. When you sell something to Eliza she says.......
"I was pleasured to .........."
For proper English she should say........
"It was a pleasure to ............."

Gro'bul · Post by **Gro'bul** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 3:31 am

works either way crocket.

Gerard Hugh · Post by **Gerard Hugh** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 4:04 am

Guys....Do you really think working on puting something new on the F buttons, changing what the NPC's say, and writing an English manual is worth a very small detail in RolePlaying when you could just imagine Eliza saying that. Imagination is a very important detail when it comes to RolePlaying. You should try it some time.

Crocket · Post by **Crocket** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 4:30 am

@Gerard
This coming from someone who thinks that people in medievil times could make glass squares of multiple colors and somehow bend them and fuse them together into the shape of a bottle without the different colors blending together.

Why not just use the bottles that are already in the game and use your imagination that there are a bunch of colors on it or imagine that a special potion is inside. You should try it sometime.

(remember....Everybody likes a little A$$....nobody likes a smart A$$.)

Hades · Post by **Hades** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 6:16 pm

note this is a proposal board, and I was making a proposal. And changing it would have an effect on the game play. I buy a lot from the NPC's and sell a lot to them too.

Fieps · Post by **Fieps** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 6:45 pm

Big mistake in my opinion. The aim of roleplay should be that you trade with other players, not with NPC´s.

It were better, if you reduce trading with the "system" to minimum.

To much NPC´s kills the roleplaying...

Senk Kluuspointe Gren · Fri Jun 20, 2003 6:59 pm

Back to the game manual/tutorial idea. Why doesn't a player put one together? As the GMs seem to have their hands full, they may never get around to it. I'd make one myself, but I haven't been playing nearly long enough to know what everything does.
Using the search function, I managed to find:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/illakeep/manual.html
No offence to whoever made it, but it isn't fantastic.

Hades · Post by **Hades** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 7:15 pm

Sorry, no one sells me silver for 250 gold. But I was making this proposal in responce for being around the NPC so much.

paul laffing · Post by **paul laffing** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:53 pm

When the NPC says, "I was pleasured to do business with you," I always think it sounds dirty. ^^

Crocket · Post by **Crocket** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:54 pm

paul laffing wrote:When the NPC says, "I was pleasured to do business with you," I always think it sounds dirty. ^^

That's exactly the impression I've always got.
Maybe Eliza is actually a hooker.

Hades · Post by **Hades** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 10:01 pm

ok, my idea was to change the "Use me with an item to sell" not the "I was pleasured to do business with you" saying.

paul laffing · Post by **paul laffing** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 10:05 pm

Crocket wrote:
paul laffing wrote:When the NPC says, "I was pleasured to do business with you," I always think it sounds dirty. ^^
That's exactly the impression I've always got.
Maybe Eliza is actually a hooker.

Eliza... you don't have to put on the red light...

Hades · Post by **Hades** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 10:34 pm

you are getting a bit of topic there. And it should not say NPC it should say shopkeeper, or something like that.

Vindigan · Post by **Vindigan** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 3:00 am

Whats the human who you can buy stuff from called? always wondered that.

Hades · Post by **Hades** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 3:13 am

yeah, me too he needs a name. And it should not say Someone(5) it should say their name.

Crocket · Post by **Crocket** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 9:37 pm

ok Hades, now YOU are getting off topic.

Hades · Post by **Hades** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 11:28 pm

the topic is called NPC's, I am just trying to improve them.

Maktan Hardtooth. · Post by **Maktan Hardtooth.** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:34 pm

Why not make the NPC's one and put her behind the counter?

Darlok · Post by **Darlok** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:44 pm

Maktan, why dont you use your Brain a bit?

Why is there no NPC behind a Counter?
Simply because you can only use "Items" next to your Character.
And at this Moment we have to "use" NPCs, therefore there cant be an Obstacle beetween you and the NPC.

Why do we have to "use" the NPC? (this would be your next Sentance, admitt it)
Because there is currently no real Script for an NPC.
They should react on "Voice Commands" of your Character, or with some other System.

Why not only one NPC?
I think thats because of the Code that is currently used.

Use Item + Eliza = Destroy Item + Gain Gold

Use Human + Choose Item = Destroy Gold + Gain Item

All these Inforamtions might be out dated and no longer valid.

Maktan Hardtooth. · Post by **Maktan Hardtooth.** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:51 pm

Then think of my proposal as a future to do list, i'm not expecting immediate action.

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