::Forum - Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?

Year 13 Day 243 0:17	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Kana Aevum	With the arrival of a skill reset, we saw the implementation of a few "skill templates" for each of the NPC types. For balance issues, it makes sense that NPC's have to follow the same basic "setup rules" as us rather than having 35-40 SP's assignable anywhere...but I was under the impression a Custom NPC was supposed to be just that, an NPC custom-tailored to our tastes/RP requirements. All of my custom NPC's have essentially become mirror images (race aside) of one another because of a template that was made for them. Would it not have made more sense for the owner to have to manually set them up "like a new character" rather than this? Edit - Something else I noticed, because of the templates applied to these customs they do not have "extra" unassigned skillpoints from racial bonuses as a normal NPC hire is supposed to. To provide an example, my Falleen custom NPC has a Diplomacy/Trading of 4 (Racial is 3) which is identical to one of my Human Customs. The Falleen NPC is level 4, and has only 4 unassigned skillpoints....that number should be 7. The Human custom NPC on the other hand is a level 12, and has 9 extra unassigned skill points....it should have at least 11. Edited By: Kana Aevum on Year 13 Day 243 0:24

Year 13 Day 243 1:26	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Ellias Aubec	They have had a skill set since all the others got assigned one as well. Since custom NPCs, like any other, allowing them to assign all the skill points yourself like before would mean that you could put all 40 into combat skills. ____________

Year 13 Day 243 1:37	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Kana Aevum	Ellias, you completely missed my question..... “Would it not have made more sense for the owner to have to manually set them up "like a new character" rather than this? - 1st Post ” New characters (like with our reset) have to prioritize categories, thus allowing for the "customization" of their character without creating an all powerful individual. This template that was applied to Custom NPC's removes "choice" in their development, giving them no more RP significance than Civil/Military NPC's, and it wasn't just applied to standard custom NPCs...it was applied to ALL of them. NPC's which were created as a result of a dropped character had their skill sheets completely wiped in favor of this new template.

Year 13 Day 252 16:49	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Kana Aevum	bump

Year 13 Day 252 17:37	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Ellias Aubec	Sounds more like a suggestion... ____________

Year 13 Day 253 9:10	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Kay Dallben	I thought Custom NPCs were RP-Only anyway (IE They can't perform any actions that require skills), so what does it matter whether their skills are assignable one way or another?

Year 13 Day 253 9:32	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Mesh`la Daryc	Kay, people are using them in the place of Military NPCs. Some people like to have a custom NPC sergeant to lead their squad. ____________

Year 13 Day 253 10:04	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Kay Dallben	Wait, so the Custom NPCs can fight?

Year 13 Day 253 10:13	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Kratos Musashi	all npc's can fight if they have a weapon to do so with

Year 13 Day 253 10:44	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Mikel von Bianchi	For now. ____________ [19:48] .Zhao> Items know they're inside me

Year 13 Day 253 17:32	Custom NPC's....no longer Customized?
Ellias Aubec	Yeah, currently any NPC, such as a bartender, can fight, but we have always told people not to rely on Custom NPCs continuing to do so in the future. ____________

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