Recruiting Noah: Suggestion

[roxaskey]

Hey,

First off great game so far. Thanks for making it. I wanted to make a suggestion to make Noah a character you can recruit. Have a condition that

1 you must release him in in his first appearance
2 you must then show mercy to him with Cedric (as that is the level you recruit Cedric)

I think this would be a really cool way to obtain him and would fit in the theme of showing mercy to him.

[Sigismund's Wrath]

I second this. Tie his recruitment to the choices you make in the story, and the mechanics you're learning.

[Lampros]

I third this.

[eturulja]

Noah really seems to have become a fan favorite!

That recruitment does make sense thematically, though it is a little hard to square allowing a "random" into the party at this point in the story without good reason as they're supposed to be an elite group. Cedric was let in for temporarily assisting with rebels in the area. Noah, to me at least, would cause some dissonance.

[Sigismund's Wrath]

Originally posted by eturulja:

Noah really seems to have become a fan favorite!

That recruitment does make sense thematically, though it is a little hard to square allowing a "random" into the party at this point in the story without good reason as they're supposed to be an elite group. Cedric was let in for temporarily assisting with rebels in the area. Noah, to me at least, would cause some dissonance.

Just make him really bad. Low stats, crap growths, base proficiencies, and a weak/useless skill! Let me rescue the guy, and if I REALLY like him, I can baby him like a trainee, but he's still just some straggler that we took pity on and brought along :)

[Jjetpack]

I like the idea that he's a bad character with a gag skill, and if you had time you could add a support conversation with like "why is he even here?" It'd be funny

[kavii_sur]

I just started playing this and I’m really enjoying it. I agree, Noah’s fate seems like a loose thread. I can understand not recruiting him, but maybe a more concrete ending.

[Bassprediger]

The day when Rangers forego all their standards running around recruiting whatever homeless bum with zero combat experience and no skills apart from consuming rations they come across is when Fern will certainly be doomed for generations to come.

[Rajin]

Originally posted by eturulja:

Noah really seems to have become a fan favorite!

That recruitment does make sense thematically, though it is a little hard to square allowing a "random" into the party at this point in the story without good reason as they're supposed to be an elite group. Cedric was let in for temporarily assisting with rebels in the area. Noah, to me at least, would cause some dissonance.

Ah come on, then Fin shouldnt be in the Squad aswell, especially beeing top 3 of the strongest units :D

[Bastilean]

I would like to have another archer in the game. Noah seems like a good candidate. He could have a personal ability 'escape artist'.

[Ryuu1011]

Originally posted by eturulja:

Noah really seems to have become a fan favorite!

That recruitment does make sense thematically, though it is a little hard to square allowing a "random" into the party at this point in the story without good reason as they're supposed to be an elite group. Cedric was let in for temporarily assisting with rebels in the area. Noah, to me at least, would cause some dissonance.

I mean he has just as much reason to want to fight for a better life as every other rando we seem to acquire. And our elite group is not even very elite at that point in the story yet.

Let us recruit him! He is like the "pet" goblin the D&D group finds. We don't/ wouldn't care that he is actively bad for the party. In fact, that's why we love him more. <3

[idBeren]

Originally posted by eturulja:

Noah really seems to have become a fan favorite!

That recruitment does make sense thematically, though it is a little hard to square allowing a "random" into the party at this point in the story without good reason as they're supposed to be an elite group. Cedric was let in for temporarily assisting with rebels in the area. Noah, to me at least, would cause some dissonance.

It makes sense to avoid him at this stage in the story, but it would be a neat easter egg to have him pop up down the line and offer to join or provide some useful piece of information. Perhaps in the Free States tavern?

[bdoghomes2]

I second the notion for Noah, Noah life matters to! Lol

[stochastic]

Originally posted by roxaskey:

Hey,

First off great game so far. Thanks for making it. I wanted to make a suggestion to make Noah a character you can recruit. Have a condition that

1 you must release him in in his first appearance
2 you must then show mercy to him with Cedric (as that is the level you recruit Cedric)

I think this would be a really cool way to obtain him and would fit in the theme of showing mercy to him.

With the release of Noah and Cedric joining with Salvation, I was certain that Noah is a character I can recruit. Only when I accidentally killed him with Reyson, I realize that I might missed the recruitment conversation. I was gonna restart the battle from the beginning believing Noah is recruitable, then I decided to do some research to confirm it before restart. Here I am. Saved me sometime but what a pity.

To: eturulja,
It would make 100% sense to recruit Noah at this point since the plot and ability gives multiple hint to the possibility of recruit Noah. Finding out Noah is not recruitable the hard way would be a bummer.

[eturulja]

Originally posted by stochastic:

Originally posted by roxaskey:

Hey,

First off great game so far. Thanks for making it. I wanted to make a suggestion to make Noah a character you can recruit. Have a condition that

1 you must release him in in his first appearance
2 you must then show mercy to him with Cedric (as that is the level you recruit Cedric)

I think this would be a really cool way to obtain him and would fit in the theme of showing mercy to him.

With the release of Noah and Cedric joining with Salvation, I was certain that Noah is a character I can recruit. :cozybethesda:Only when I accidentally killed him with Reyson, I realize that I might missed the recruitment conversation. I was gonna restart the battle from the beginning believing Noah is recruitable, then I decided to do some research to confirm it before restart. Here I am. Saved me sometime but what a pity.

To: eturulja,
It would make 100% sense to recruit Noah at this point since the plot and ability gives multiple hint to the possibility of recruit Noah. Finding out Noah is not recruitable the hard way would be a bummer.

I agree I think it does make sense from a mechanical standpoint, but not really from a story one. The Rangers are supposed to be an elite force within Fern, and having them accept a random with no combat experience is something that I think would cause some dissonance in the story.

[CaoLex]

Maybe Noah shouldn't be recruited, but reappear as an reinforcement/enemy in the last mission?
And he can have a title: Noah the Gaslighter.