I HATE Maui!

[zearinrpg]

Twice tonight he has blocked me in so that I could NOT move. The first time, I had just been mining and I was able to talk to him and dismiss him as a companion. The second time was inside my house. He was situated in such a way that I could not fully enter into my house nor exit it. Nor could I talk to him or hit the esc button. ARGH! finally "forced quit" to resolve.

[Calypsandra]

Same problem with him here. He's such annoying!

[shadowbane]

This is a fairly big issue (blocked by NPCs) I have seen from reading this forum over the last couple of months, and can be fixed. There are a number of games out there that when you try to pass an NPC, you get blocked for a second or two, and then "pass" right through them. It would not be too difficult for the Devs to implement this feature.

[Stonehand]

Because of Maui's size, he is a really poor choice for a mining companion. There are many places a mining companion can block your way. In my first play-through, I used Kristoff as my mining companion. This is my second play-through and I am using Remy. He's usually easy to get around, even in the mines.

[bbluetangg]

I agree about Maui. He is programmed as obnoxious and then he blocks movement. I guess he's just too big but I find it weird as a female player. On the other hand, I love dragging Scar around to garden and pick flowers. Silly I guess.

[Cutlass Jack]

I hate Maui too. But I've never had him block my movement. I can push him around without problem. Which his fortunate since he loves standing in the middle of my crops doing that stupid dance while I'm trying to harvest. I end up pushing him around with my forehead as I'm picking up things.

Still there needs to be a restraining order option for him that keeps him near his house.

[krj12 (Ken)]

I actually havent had many issues with Mauii, it was Remy who had me blocked in the mines, and wouldnt move.

[Prismasaur]

I only really hate Maui when I have him as a companion. He can't be pushed out of the way while in this role, and I think he should ALWAYS be pushable. He's so annoying. I got trapped next to a river, near a wall and a rock, in Donald's house, in Merlin's house, and in my own yard next to a tree. He's just really annoying and I actually just won't bother ever using him as a companion at this point.

[OptimalButthole]

It's not just with Maui, it's with Donald too. I went into Remys store and got locked into that one area to cook cause there's only one way out. On top of that, Donald went on to do that repetitive annoying animation when I dismissed him so I had to wait even longer to leave. This can happen with any NPC, I think. It's bad game design. They need to let players be able to walk through NPCs after a couple seconds.

[Sishiya]

Originally posted by OptimalButthole:

It's not just with Maui, it's with Donald too. I went into Remys store and got locked into that one area to cook cause there's only one way out. On top of that, Donald went on to do that repetitive annoying animation when I dismissed him so I had to wait even longer to leave. This can happen with any NPC, I think. It's bad game design. They need to let players be able to walk through NPCs after a couple seconds.

I'm not that far in the game (don't have Donald yet), but I endorse this 100%. I haven't seen any reason yet where having an NPC be a solid entity is helpful.

[Kevinn]

You're welcome

[zearinrpg]

I agree it isn't just Maui who can become a wall and cause game play to halt. It was mostly the timing that caused me to issue my original statement and being trapped in the entrance of my house. I have experienced lesser traps with other characters - mainly Scar. But I do enjoy the game, for the most part,