, they shouldn't focus on NPC's, they should focus on improving game visual fidelity and storytelling to signal to player "Hey, stuff went down here, despite danger, go there, there might be leftover loot

, like heat-waves, blizzards etc on very rare occasions make radio broadcasts more interesting as well. When NPC's are a thing, this might be a very fun way to keep radio's relevant. Heck, throw in a

, this game has a large chance of not looking very different later it's life; NPC's sound promising but there is not enough information on what they're gonna be like to assume that they will magically cure

factors.
1: theres not enough ways to get injured, sure this will change if you PvP or NPC's start whacking and shooting you but even that wont be enough, having thorn bushes, sunburns and nettle rashes

populated/dead

most people who say "this game has been in early access for 7+ years and they stopped working on it!!11! it's a cash grab!!" are wrong. the devs promised npc's a while ago and they have yet to come

, however if we just had NPC by now.. well.. yeah.. if the teams too small old mate needs to hire more people, otherwise what have we really all laid our money down for, we did it because we like the game

make the game somewhat easier so I suggest tuning some of the sandbox settings to compensate for that.

Survivors adds basic NPC's that can join you or be hostile, with hostility increasing over time to

be put aside until the core mechanics and systems are implemented such as NPC's multiplayer framework and other such features which were to make an appearance at some point.

people, it's still a handful of people compared to countless NPC topics that are popping almost every week and the number of people waiting on NPCs, animations or both. Or even about pace of developement

from my idea, then I would love to know if this was the case. Keep up the good work devs, and thanks for a great original zombie experience. I can't wait for npc's and a few extra layers of death to