You guys have been doing great sending me your top tens (both of you!) but now I'd like to focus on dialogue that every NPC should be able to answer. So tell me...what should every NPC know about that they don't already? Add to this thread! No need to PM: just write it here!

Settings has been working hard to provide you with quality information, education and entertainment in the library, or what we like to call "infocatainment." But what we'd like to know is, how well are you being infocatained? Do you use various naming conventions from the books? (Do you call it the "first level" or the "Dome?" Do you call them the "Bronze Doors" or the "Eagle Bronze Doors?" Do you call them "chickens" or "kikiri"?) Do you draw reference to things from the geography, history, medicine, zoology, and so on from the books? Would you like to give a shout out to any book you found really infocataining? Let us know!

I've noticed that there's a lot of people who write in their first five posts (usually their debut) some ridiculous and obvious wishlist request in clear violation of the wishlist rules. "Maps! Compass! More stuff!"

So I'm proposing some sort of "splash page" the first time you try to post in the wishlist. It has a checkbox saying "I have read the wishlist rules" with either a link, or the wishlist rules right there, and failure to comply with the rules after clicking the checkbox should result in a temporary suspension of posting privileges or something. Hopefully it will stem the tide of unhelpful requests.

We've heard it from countless people. "Man, are NPCs dumb." Well, folks, guess what. We're working to fix that - one NPC at a time.

Helping out settings is as easy as 1-2-3.

1) Pick any NPC you want. It can be a vital one (eg Harnquist,) an important one (eg Amidison) or a relatively overlooked one (eg Narwin Molstagh.) Everyone has a favourite NPC, even if it's not a popular one.

2) Talk to them with TEN phrases. That's all I want for now: ten. I think it's a number that's not overbearing for a player. Try to pick phrases you think this NPC are likely to be asked. Playing "gotcha" or tricking them isn't the point: the point is getting information or things about their character from them.

3) If the NPC doesn't understand your phrases, or you find their answer woefully unsatisfactory (for example, a brewer tell you he buys beer if you ask him about work) just copy down the unsatisfactory phrases you used EXACTLY as you wrote them, and PM them to me (be sure to include the NPC name.) - Heck, you can even show me the phrases you used that work correctly if you do a full set of ten. That's actually helpful as well, in terms of seeing what players are asking the NPCs in case I want to add that info to others.

And that's it! Leave their answers to me.

Thanks.

Lots and lots of NPCs have benefitted from your "top tens," folks. I'm removing the list just because I've forgotten to continue updating it. But don't think by any means that I'm not still updating them, so keep on sending!

*Note: I would prefer that you ask the NPCs questions outside the scope of their quests. What I'm focussing on right now is general knowledge, not quest dialogue, because they are two very different things.

Upon returning to Hydlaa from the Bronze Doors Road/Magic Shop T-junction, I noticed that while walking my stamina wasn't going down at all, where normally it goes down slowly. So I decided to start running. Still at 100.0%. Make my way past the gates and into Hydlaa, running and jumping a few times. Still 100.0%.

I then realized that I encountered a previous bug before that if you sit down to rest, then stand, your stamina takes a dip. So I tried sitting down to see if that would jumpstart my stamina.

Boy, did it ever.

I was teleported - or maybe a better phrase is shunted at high speed? It seemed like I was moving backwards really fast but it could have just been my imagination - back to the junction where I first noticed that my stamina wasn't going down. My stamina had since decreased by about 20-25%, which I'm assuming was the amount I used up during my running, walking and jumping while at 100.0%.

Has this been documented? Has anyone else encountered this bug? I wasn't able to replicate it, but will attempt to try again another time.

I don\'t think this is a bug so I\'m sticking it here. Also I\'ve hunted all over looking for this info without success.

In just about all the screenshots I\'ve seen, the GUI buttons are circular, and mostly green (background) with colour icons. However, the ones in my game are square and brown, mostly monocolour (resembling woodburning) with some colour when you mouseover them.

I downloaded 0.3.014b and ran the updater 1.1.1.1, without having known any other versions. Why the discrepancy? Is mine the new one and the screenshots old? Are the green buttons a customization that I can\'t find? I only ask because I submitted a bug regarding the interface and was shown a screenshot with this green one, saying \"It works fine.\" I want to make sure I\'m using the proper interface to more properly detect problems.

Thanks!