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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: JiLT on August 25, 2003, 10:39:43 pm

Title: About speaking to NPC's
Post by: JiLT on August 25, 2003, 10:39:43 pm: If you do not fix the NPC\'s I will be forced to write and publish guides on how to get through the quests.
Seeing newbies throughout the entire day shouting in caps \"THIS IS AGGRAVATING\" \"JUST TELL ME WHAT TO SAY\" \"HOW DO I TALK TO THEM\" \"THIS IS F**K*NG ANNOYING\" that gets even more annoying than the NPC\'s and that\'s saying alot. ;)
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Post by: Keldorn on August 25, 2003, 10:54:21 pm: Really, those are just a few people who use caps and get really annoyed.

And don\'t you think they are working on it? This is pre-alpha as you may have noticed, it is in no way perfect. Why do you think all the convos with npcs are being logged. To improve their responses in later releases.

Please don\'t demand things from the devs, be thankfull that they gave us something to do. Is this their thanks for trying to please us?
Nobody said it would be perfect.

No reason to get all upset about it.
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Post by: Moogie on August 25, 2003, 11:22:02 pm: ...And if you publish walkthroughs to the quests, we\'ll have no choice but to do very bad things to you involving various novelty shaped root vegetables. ;)
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Post by: Drilixer on August 25, 2003, 11:53:19 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Mogura
...And if you publish walkthroughs to the quests, we\'ll have no choice but to do very bad things to you involving various novelty shaped root vegetables. ;)

muahaha - or you could always just join a guild and realize that people have already started doing just what you are proposing to do... minus the veggies of course
Title: Use proper grammar.
Post by: Saphire on August 26, 2003, 06:53:27 am: JiLT you could always say to a NPC
\"Is there something I can do for you?\"
\"Do you have something for me to do?\"
\"Can I help you with something?\"
\"Can I help you at all?

also try asking how the NPC\'s are feeling, they might say \"I lost my [thing].\" Always start with Hello or Hi, because if you say \"OMG t3h 1337n3ss, j0 h4v3 4nY qu3sts f0 m3 t0 d00?\" the NPC will probably punch you. :D I know i would. :P

You could then go looking for said [thing] and then retrive it. ;)
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Post by: Beregar on August 26, 2003, 02:20:15 pm: I also have to add that for me this is kinda hard because I have not found any avatar that looked like an NPC.

Most people that stand around doing nothing are just people being offline, and others are running around.

Am I supposed to talk to every generic looking avatar with a stupid naming popping up, saying \"Hello\" until I finally figure he did not respond because he just is not an NPC?

Or am I doing something wrong?
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Post by: Moogie on August 26, 2003, 02:31:19 pm: NPCs will reply to you straight away after you type something to them. They also usually have a surname or apostrophies in their name, helping to distinguish PC from NPC.
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Post by: Grakrim on August 26, 2003, 02:42:17 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Mogura
NPCs will reply to you straight away after you type something to them. They also usually have a surname or apostrophies in their name, helping to distinguish PC from NPC.

Don\'t forget Zak and Jayose, they haven\'t a surname or an apostrophie. Jayose is obviously a NPC (or a PC impersonating a NPC) based on his location; but Zak isn\'t quite as obvious (except for his attire, but I doubt a newb would know better).
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Post by: Beregar on August 26, 2003, 03:44:02 pm: Well, okay, that might help. Thank you both.

Will try again now!
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Post by: Drilixer on August 27, 2003, 03:17:03 am: but don\'t expect saying hello alot to help... you will probably get that ever enjoyable \"what\'chyou say?\" many many times... for at least a week or so before you throw your monitor out the window in a fit of rage...
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Post by: silvershade on August 27, 2003, 09:54:36 am: tell me about it
im still putting my monitor back together

ehhehehehehehe
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Post by: JiLT on August 31, 2003, 04:17:43 am: Ok, kill me for this...

But Raid is not spelled RADE.
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Post by: Evanchild on August 31, 2003, 04:46:27 am: i already hate you jilt.
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Post by: Drilixer on August 31, 2003, 04:56:43 am: Quote
Originally posted by Evanchild
i already hate you jilt.

get along children ;)
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Post by: Evanchild on August 31, 2003, 05:03:57 am: i am the youngest active member so i\'ll take that.
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Post by: JiLT on August 31, 2003, 11:30:30 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Evanchild
i already hate you jilt.

Umm, ok. Thanks for caring =]
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Post by: Sakumoyashi on September 06, 2003, 09:33:34 pm: wow and i though u just SCREAM in caps at the npc didnt know there was commands lol j/k