male npcs

[karaokekris251]

has anybody else been experiencing a lack of male npcs lately. I am seeing plenty of females but the males are not abundant. Now i have a theory as to why this is happening I will put that forward after i get some responses.

[hubbemattsson]

No, but thats also just random.
Dont worry about that

[Hina]

Have not the Problem. But in my Game many Male where in towns i didn´t visit often.

[fkronyak]

I've noticed that as well. I've been looking for a decent husband for my poor spinster for almost a year now - going to all towns each season. Of the two or three males available, each season, I've not been able to recruit a husband for her with a skill-set over 10 (i.e. 2,2,1,2,1,2). It's no longer looking 'random'.

[barbaraclubb]

It may be just random, but randomly often I find the ratio of male hireables to be about a third the quantity of females. As it crosses many years and many playthroughs, this cannot be a coincidence. I personally believe it is to facilitate Racimer (and heirs) finding a wife, but is not a helpful mechanic after you have already found one.

[Wizard of Woz]

I had it the other way once. I just hired the excess females and immediately fired them hoping a guy would replace them.

[larrysteele]

I haven't seen an absence of NPC males in the villages. However, I have noticed the wandering NPCs they added to the game - nice addition that I hadn't read in the release notes. I also noticed that ALL wandering NPCs are females.

[TheRealMuehle]

Originally posted by larrysteele:

I haven't seen an absence of NPC males in the villages. However, I have noticed the wandering NPCs they added to the game - nice addition that I hadn't read in the release notes. I also noticed that ALL wandering NPCs are females.

Are you sure, those aren't your own villagers? NPCs you can hire used to go to another village, but personally, I haven't seen it since pre-release.

[Eternie]

I agree there's definitely more females than males around, at least in my game. of my ~25 villager houses 6 are lonely females.
Partly I don't want to pair them all up and have a baby boom though kids do want to have other kids to play with. If that could actually happen in game?

[larrysteele]

Originally posted by TheRealMuehle:

Originally posted by larrysteele:

I haven't seen an absence of NPC males in the villages. However, I have noticed the wandering NPCs they added to the game - nice addition that I hadn't read in the release notes. I also noticed that ALL wandering NPCs are females.

Are you sure, those aren't your own villagers? NPCs you can hire used to go to another village, but personally, I haven't seen it since pre-release.

They were travelers, sporting the traveler icon in Inspector mode. I even invited a few to my village because they had the skills I was looking for.

[TheRealMuehle]

Originally posted by larrysteele:

Originally posted by TheRealMuehle:

Are you sure, those aren't your own villagers? NPCs you can hire used to go to another village, but personally, I haven't seen it since pre-release.

They were travelers, sporting the traveler icon in Inspector mode. I even invited a few to my village because they had the skills I was looking for.

Thx. Good to know, they still do.

[hubbemattsson]

Same as ever. Been that way sinse start of EA. They only start to walk a little earlier during the day.

[Antika60]

Also ich habe oft an den Lagerfeuern der Dörfer eher männliche Wanderarbeiter vorgefunden, aber bin auch unterwegs schon mal auf weibliche (wie auch männliche) Wanderarbeiter gestoßen.

Auch in meinem neuen Spielstand, den ich kürzlich begonnen habe, finde ich oft weibliche wie auch männliche Arbeiter in den verschiedenen Ortschaften. Da ich nur 1 Tag spiele erscheint mir der Wechsel eigentlich ziemlich ausgeglichen zu sein.

Nur ganz selten habe ich schon mal das Pech entweder nur auf weibliche oder nur auf männliche Arbeiter am Lager zu treffen. ;)

Und da ich ja noch ziemlich am Anfang mit meinem kleinen Dorf bin, können es nicht meine eigenen Bewohner sein die ich unterwegs begegne, es sind Wanderarbeiter (und auch Wanderarbeiterinnen) die mir da entgegen kommen.

[Morri]

Originally posted by hubbemattsson:

Same as ever. Been that way sinse start of EA. They only start to walk a little earlier during the day.

Never seen them. Any particular roads I should keep an extra eye on? Or can it be anywhere?

As for the available workers for hire, to me it seems rather random. Some seasons I seem to have more males, other times more females. But tbf, now that I'm not recruiting I don't pay that close attention to the ratio anymore. Just sometimes quickly glance if something good's available when I run by. (damn, that sounds so bad)

[Kwalyz]

re: wandering NPC - very infrequently I would see an NPC (not one of my workers and not a new recruit) walking out of Hornica towards the west. Haven't seen that happen for quite a few patches now.

[hubbemattsson]

Originally posted by Morri:

Originally posted by hubbemattsson:

Same as ever. Been that way sinse start of EA. They only start to walk a little earlier during the day.

Never seen them. Any particular roads I should keep an extra eye on? Or can it be anywhere?

As for the available workers for hire, to me it seems rather random. Some seasons I seem to have more males, other times more females. But tbf, now that I'm not recruiting I don't pay that close attention to the ratio anymore. Just sometimes quickly glance if something good's available when I run by. (damn, that sounds so bad)

Cant answear that, but you should have seen my last few years in my save.
People everywhere on the roads, and sometimes totally empty in the villages.