Running around today I noticed a lack of any Hirelings in game... no fighters at the pits in Jhelom, no rangers at the barracks in Trinsic, no mages, etc... Although they were never great, they were inexpensive, helpful for younger characters, useful for practicing skills and most importantly, fun to fool around with. Are these on the table to discuss for implementation?
The hire-ables (as well as Brigand NPCs) were temporarily disabled until an issue with the layering of their equipment they are generated with can be rectified. This was leading to random client crashes when being in the vicinity of those mobiles. They should return to their posts soon.
I hope they will look appropriate, some were missing leggings or parts of armor, nobody wants to hire a bum.
These should be added back to towns in patch 39. We just had to do a review of all their scripts to resolve the client crashing issue due to improper layering.
