One Question...

[Giacomo Volpe]

Are there NPCs? I don't mean only like merchant and/or quest givers. I mean like NPCs that can live in your base.
I love survival base buildings games, one of my favourite is Conan Exiles, where you could build a city with the NPCs you can "tame".

[Macdallan]

There are no NPCs like that.

[Giacomo Volpe]

Originally posted by Macdallan:

There are no NPCs like that.

Uhm... Is there perhaps something planned to add them in the future?

[Crunchy[Daz]]

Doubt it, its not really a colony game and there woudn't be any reason to have NPCs in your base, its not like there's anything for them to do.

[Giacomo Volpe]

Originally posted by CrunchyDaz:

Doubt it, its not really a colony game and there woudn't be any reason to have NPCs in your base, its not like there's anything for them to do.

Well Conan Exiles is not a colony games, but NPC can still do some work when you are out like crafting.

[BattleSquirrel7]

all the crafting here is just short timers. nothing like what Conan has. I played lots of Conan before the UE crash issue made it so I can't even load my world, and I had thralls everywhere just like you probably did, but that's because there was such a crafting grind. nothing like that in Moria.

[Bamboot]

+1 Would love to see NPC's you could meet or rescue.

It's supposedly some large group effort pulling dozens or more dwarves from all over, but you (+ friends) are like the >only< ones who made it in? Ok....

So:

-Other survivors holed up in buildings that you could rescue and set up as guards, patrols, crafters, or just 'campfolk'.

-Infrequent traveling merchants, or patrols pushing deeper that you can come across or path across main travel routes like goblins providing not only npc interactions, but also possible 'emergent' skirmishes between dwarves and goblins.

-POI camps deeper in where other stationary dwarves offer respite, quests, healing, or even recipes etc.

-Pets to train or rescue to accompany you or just stay at base, maybe even as farm animal (milk, wool, eggs,)

Could be a lot of 'life' breathed into otherwise so dark and solitary Moria, while still keeping it dark and creepy, while also allowing for a little kindle of dwarvenness to take hold and gradually spread their lanterns and outposts down into the depths....

you know.. like the intro kind of suggests... or... just do it all yourself lol.

[Giacomo Volpe]

Originally posted by Bamboot:

+1 Would love to see NPC's you could meet or rescue.

It's supposedly some large group effort pulling dozens or more dwarves from all over, but you (+ friends) are like the >only< ones who made it in? Ok....

So:

-Other survivors holed up in buildings that you could rescue and set up as guards, patrols, crafters, or just 'campfolk'.

-Infrequent traveling merchants, or patrols pushing deeper that you can come across or path across main travel routes like goblins providing not only npc interactions, but also possible 'emergent' skirmishes between dwarves and goblins.

-POI camps deeper in where other stationary dwarves offer respite, quests, healing, or even recipes etc.

-Pets to train or rescue to accompany you or just stay at base, maybe even as farm animal (milk, wool, eggs,)

Could be a lot of 'life' breathed into otherwise so dark and solitary Moria, while still keeping it dark and creepy, while also allowing for a little kindle of dwarvenness to take hold and gradually spread their lanterns and outposts down into the depths....

you know.. like the intro kind of suggests... or... just do it all yourself lol.

Exactly. After all we are trying to retake our mountains.

[william_es]

There are no surviving dwarves in moria. Just orcs, goblins, trolls, etc. They were all killed by the (wait for it) orcs, goblins, trolls, etc.

[Giacomo Volpe]

Originally posted by william_es:

There are no surviving dwarves in moria. Just orcs, goblins, trolls, etc. They were all killed by the (wait for it) orcs, goblins, trolls, etc.

Then we shouldn't be here if "There are no surviving Dwarves..."
You don't go and try to reclaim a mountain with few dwarves...

[warbeetle]

I like the idea! But as far as I understand the way the game generates the environment, there are a lot of mechanics that would have to be tweaked or added in order to make this happen. Like for ex: spawning sieges, patrols and enemys; Gernerating NPC behaviour independently from Player behaviour etc. This stuff would collide with lots of the main game mechanics.
It really would add to the game, but thats no easy thing.

[Fading_Drifter]

Originally posted by william_es:

There are no surviving dwarves in moria. Just orcs, goblins, trolls, etc. They were all killed by the (wait for it) orcs, goblins, trolls, etc.

we came with a large group of dwarves wouldnt be that hard to imagine rescuing them in our travels.

[Giacomo Volpe]

Originally posted by warbeetle:

I like the idea! But as far as I understand the way the game generates the environment, there are a lot of mechanics that would have to be tweaked or added in order to make this happen. Like for ex: spawning sieges, patrols and enemys; Gernerating NPC behaviour independently from Player behaviour etc. This stuff would collide with lots of the main game mechanics.
It really would add to the game, but thats no easy thing.

Oh yes, I don't mean introducing NPCs is an easy task. But it will make the game more popular.

[malert]

Bei der großen Schmiede von Narvi.
Handkurbel gefunden und angebracht
Zahnrad gefunden und angebracht
Rohrstück gefunden ....kurz abgelegt....Rohrstück ist verschwunden. Spiel lässt sich dadurch nicht weiterspielen. Alles abgesucht...Spiel neu gestartet. Nichts hilft

At the large forge in Narvi.
Hand crank found and attached
Gear wheel found and attached
Pipe piece found...put down briefly...piece of pipe disappeared. Game cannot be continued as a result. Searched everything...restarted game. Nothing helps

[johnisaroundhere]

Originally posted by malert:

Bei der großen Schmiede von Narvi.
Handkurbel gefunden und angebracht
Zahnrad gefunden und angebracht
Rohrstück gefunden ....kurz abgelegt....Rohrstück ist verschwunden. Spiel lässt sich dadurch nicht weiterspielen. Alles abgesucht...Spiel neu gestartet. Nichts hilft

At the large forge in Narvi.
Hand crank found and attached
Gear wheel found and attached
Pipe piece found...put down briefly...piece of pipe disappeared. Game cannot be continued as a result. Searched everything...restarted game. Nothing helps

Just create the piece you are missing. You can craft it.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by johnisaroundhere:

Originally posted by malert:

Bei der großen Schmiede von Narvi.
Handkurbel gefunden und angebracht
Zahnrad gefunden und angebracht
Rohrstück gefunden ....kurz abgelegt....Rohrstück ist verschwunden. Spiel lässt sich dadurch nicht weiterspielen. Alles abgesucht...Spiel neu gestartet. Nichts hilft

At the large forge in Narvi.
Hand crank found and attached
Gear wheel found and attached
Pipe piece found...put down briefly...piece of pipe disappeared. Game cannot be continued as a result. Searched everything...restarted game. Nothing helps

Just create the piece you are missing. You can craft it.

You sure can! The first time I came across a large forge I didn't find the pipe piece so I ended up crafting one and putting that in place.

And, of course, no even 5 minutes later I located the missing piece...