Usless NPC's!!!!!

[rodrigoq]

Jesus, why does there have to be no less than 5000 NPC's per sq mile? Other than causing lag, wth are they there for? I seriously dread going into towns.. always too many NPC's that have no use, and slow me down considderably. Run thru any main city.. probably 500npc for every 1 player thats brave or stupid enough to try and run in town..

They gotta go...

[jmaynus]

I agree. I just got out of the newbie area earlier tonight and when I got to the captial city there were TONS of npcs. From what I could tell there were a number of them that did nothing, I left clicked, right clicked and nothing.... think they moved/walked around was all. Making the cities seem more alive is great and all but if it's causing lag and/or bad framerates then I say cut out a number of them. Spread them out more if needed.

[kamagi]

A little anoying for slow computers like mine but they do add a bit of life to towns when things are quiet.

[stellus]

They add more life to the towns to show that they aren't barren wastelands like in other games. It really does add element to the environment of the game.

[darq787]

There's too many of them, in Pyre (Fyros main city) you can hardly walk sometimes, and it really bogs down my FPS with all of them on screen. Reduce the numbers by half or more, or even have an option to turn them off and make it so you can walk through them.

[pandorae]

The NPC population is simply out of hand. It is a nice touch, but someone got a little happy with the seeding. Please drop 25-40% of them out ... this will maintain the city / village flair without making parts of the towns impassable!

[deadwolf]

I have suggested a couple of times that the devs seriously consider removing the roving seed "tourists." I went on to say that everyone with any experience inMMOs knows that the more the server has to draw, tyhe slower it becomes (lag)

When you consider that each group of "tourists" (my whimsical nickname) consists of at least ten humamniod figures, each with their own armor and features, etc. it's no wonder the server bogs down, especially if there are several players in the same immediate area.

The time I "spoke" in game with a GM about this, I brought up this topic. Then I added, "unless these 'seed' groups have some purpose that has yet to see the light of revelation." Funny thing is, the Gm neither confirmed or denied my statement.

Make your own decisions on that, I've made mine.

Wolf

[miths999]

Yes, I think they have gone a bit overboard here as well. While it is certainly nice to have a decent amount of npcs around to remove the feel of being in a ghost town, I really would prefer a framerate of 20-25 rather than 10-15 even if it meant removing 30% of the npcs.
Turning character distance down is an option of course, but I prefer not to have to readjust my graphical settings every time I move between city and country side.

[cerest]

OK guys, I here you. I'll suggest that the devs cut down on the number of NPCs in the towns.

[wicker]

Yeah I'd say cut about half of them out. It's nice to have some life around but there are just to many. I'm not worried about lag it's just there are millions of them everywhere and they have no real purpose.