NPC's in planetside?

[Alexious]

I actually think that NPC would be a nice addition.

The whole mass-conflict based gameplay is most awesome, but eventually adding NPCs to some zones could only bring more variation. For example, they could attack randomly and be a disrupting factor for this or that battle.

[Bluecewe]

The entire point of this game is players....and ONLY players running around.

Go back to WoW for your precious NPCs.

To be fair to the guy I think he is referring to having an animal ecosystem which would provide another layer of resources. There is little difference between minerals and animals as resource types other than visuals.

[Mr DeCastellac]

No.

[Kilmoran]

While it is more for the game... and may make it feel more alive or some such... it is a distraction. There is nothing functional about animals or random scientists or civilians that would or should contribute to the game other than the feel. You could say the scenery isn't functional, but it is as it can be used by the players. So while it would be cool to see, it just isn't something that i'd want them to spend time and money on given it will largely be ignored if not a hinderance. As an example, most people turn off the vegetation for the advantage it gives to not have it visually. Perhaps... maybe... if they really want it, animals should be similarly able to be turned off, but once again, if that is the case why bother? Unlike a random bush or weeds, it is very hard and complex to make animals and animations for them and perhaps basic AI.

[Blackwolf]

No to NPC... ever.

Planetside is and should always be a player driven persistent combat fps. No free kills / points / kudos for killing easy targets.

You didn't even read the post.

I'm all for it. Soldiers gotta have someone to fight for other then other soldiers who can do their own damn fighting.

And yes there is too much backstory involving non-combatants to not feature it.

[Nephilimuk]

why do you need them?

They just take up more processing, memory and development time.

I also do not see what value they add to an MMOFPS which is all about real people shooting other real peoples pixels. In Planetside 1 the players created the content and did it rather well.

[RoninAfro]

I'm against NPCs, but I am for giving players the ability to do those roles in owned areas. I did read something somewhere about commanders being able to give people "missions", maybe something along those lines for a small resource boost to the area.

[The Kush]

No. No. No. Server load should be dedicated to players not adding useless elements that don't really need to be there.

Next thing you know people are going to want a horse to ride into battle with.

[Brusi]

I think NPC is the wrong term for roaming animal mobs or sprites...

If the devs can create factionless, "wild" mobs that are controlled by AI to roam around and respond to passing player characters... that would be awesome. I don't think it would be too hard to create a system that only spawned PvE mobs in places where there was very low player pop.

Again, i'm thinking of those moments when traveling from one battlefield to another, and driving past a herd of gazelles. Or noticing a hippo just sitting in a river... At very least they could put in a couple of birds!

Don't give me that line about wasting dev time. Let them decide if it is a waste of their time or not!!! I want a living breathing world to wage my destructive war across!!!!

[Toppopia]

Next thing you know people are going to want a horse to ride into battle with.

A horse sounds like an awesome idea, we could do the old medieval rushes with our melee weapons equipped for one last heroic charge that we all know will end in failure.:rofl:

Since you can't do a heroic charge with a tank, that's just stupid.

[The Kush]

A horse sounds like an awesome idea, we could do the old medieval rushes with our melee weapons equipped for one last heroic charge that we all know will end in failure.:rofl:

Since you can't do a heroic charge with a tank, that's just stupid.

:rofl:haha no doubt not epic enough:lol: