so I am just bolting around doing NPC escorts on a new character... and I was thinking... can we get a buff to NPC escorting? how about some that will spawn that want to goto OTHER locations. right now they are only interested in being brought to towns and dungeons entrances... but why stop there? why not some that want to goto a specific orc fort or graveyard? maybe a specific shop? they need safe protection to Trinsic Tinkers Guild and will settle for nothing less... I know I have been playing UO since game release in 97' and I forget where lots of shit is. if you drop me in Britain and say "okay, meet me in 5 minutes at the west tailor shop" I will have to scrabble to find it. so this could serve as an additional way to help new players [to shard and UO] learn the lay of the land. we could also turn things up and have some that are un-gate-able. these ones could be adventure addicts and want you to take them into the depths of a dungeon. they won't be satisfied till they see the Lich Lord room in Deceit. they will have more HP and AR than normal adventure seekers. so if you were a dexxer who can't gate anyways... and find yourself bored sometime on off hours... this could be a perfect hunting companion to drag through a dungeon keep him close and xheal as needed. hell, even drag in the Cu-Sidhe programming from production shards to give the NPC xheal abilities on you. [for those unaware, the Cu-Sidhe was a large wolf like tamable that would use bandages on it's owner] of course, the monetary reward for helping your client brave the dangers of the dungeon would be exponentially hire than the standard escorts... not just because of the dangers presented but because of the time consumption. I think it would be much more fun for a player wanting to build his fighting skills to aid one of these escorts than to just run from town to town taking a dozen. it would also up the presence in "forgotten" dungeon areas giving PK's and anti-PK's a reason to expand patrol parameters. the cash reward would be deposited in the bank maybe? since you want to be able to loot gold and items along the way. and if this were to pay fairly then the player would certainly not have available weight by the delivery point. maybe a cool down timer too... only two of these escort types can be COMPLETED per day?
if you need a hand for escort related videoings just say it. I have used your Dungeon Fairy enough that I owe you...
always good to post new ideas and thoughts. love to hear this from new folk! In line with this idea I believe that @Chris probably has some similar updates on his infinitely long list of perfections to make. I'm not sure where it is on the priorty list, but he has discussed creating some variant of npc camp spawns inside dungeons which would be more difficult to clear and of course more rewarding as end game content for dungeon crawlers. some of the "visionary" screen shots I've seen are ones with a jail cell appearing in a dungeon. i think your idea of having NPC's going to different locations is also included in that eventual plan. I think they could request certain regions established by players as well (i.e. PS guild, TGC guild, Paws Village, RRG Hideout, KoS, etc). I think it would require Tela defining certain regions in the code and some work with xml spawners.
is your "friend" also after the fountain of youth? Quamrasutra is myth! and thanks for that information Jupiter. though you may have just killed the thread! you've both excited and quieted my mind...
Quamasutra is not a myth good sir, one of my chars has held and opened the actual book! (Look for that story in the Salty dog soon!). It's a great book of mystical power and bewitchment..
I have to say I would really enjoy these additions. I started on the server running around collecting cotton and gating around npcs for money. Like was mentioned, helped to just learn the lay of the land.
I just may. FYI as soon as I can carve some free time, I intend to add each dungeon and each level of each dungeon. IF that goes well, I've been testing and feel confident that I will be able to issue automated quests.
Nice ideas. Thanks for posting it. Don't forget the good old fashion adventuring to learn lay of land. Way back in good old days, Many players walked, rode from one location to another.
these are two things I always find myself doing. if I'm starting a new shard, new character, or even if already established. I get a real kick out of player created quests wylwrk. you make em', I'll do em'
wylwrk Let me know if you need any assistance with this! @Bayara, in the meantime, you should check out Paws and TGC quest vendors. i think there's a thread about it, but you can find the vendors in the village of Paws or at Ocllo. Albeit most of the quests are currently "good" aligned in premise, I've seen some very good liberties taken in their completion (There's Almost No Wrong Way To Complete A Paws Quest(tm))
Here is the link for the player quest vendors (LINKY LINK!) There are usually some sort of player quest or event most weekends as well, usually more impromptu, but sometimes planned.
Your account says you joined tuesday... This post says you are a genius. Its likely (im no programmer/coder) not too hard to do,and if it is easy the content added would be quite alot for the work done and also used and appreciated by alot of players as vets do it too to raise virtue level,and it decays,so youll see us do em from time to time, I LOVE your idea
I play too much UO, that's all. but thank you for your confidence! I try to post ideas that don't require new code only the tweaking of existing code. that way there is a chance it could actually happen. (I'm no coder either and won't pretend to know squat about it) the cu-sidhe part might be a challenge since (I'm guessing) you'd have to steal bits and pieces from what is probably a big block of coding and figure out where to fit them into an entirely different type of character. but if one can craft a dueling system so smoothly... along with all the new fishing/Tmapper content.... then I've got faith here's to hoping the "bang for your buck" or as you said it "work vs payoff" load is enough to inspire this project to come about!!!
Oh telamon is like the god of programming,he does all this,created all of it on his own while working as, i think, a network programmer or wsomething of that sort. I have a clip from a swedish english speaking movie that reminds me of telamon (in a fun way,i know what he looks like,kinda cool for a "geek") but this is hilarious. Movie is kung fury and in english,and the greatest thing since godfather 2. Just watch a trailer,the movie is only 45 minutes. Heres how i imagine telamon when theres a problem with the code somewhere Its 1 min long and you will know whom i refer too..its at the very end hehe. And its just for fun @Chris . A compliment cause i cant imagine how you do all that you do.
Telamon/ @Chris RL job: Hacking time to kill hitler in the past in a kung fu duel, kung fury vs kung führer.
Full movie was released for free and can be found on youtube in full,i believe its ad free but i have adblock so i never get ads. its the most insane and insanely hilarious movie with every reference from every genre of the 80's + nordic viking lore thrown in the mix,and david hasselhoff. And he made the soundtrack for the movie lol. Its just...the most hilarious and unique 45 min you will ever watch and afterwards you will wish it were a 5 hour movie cause you laughed 45 min straight and nearly died from lack of oxygen. Actors are mainly swedish,and some american and brazilian too. Edit: infact heres a link to it,they released it for free so youre not a pirate and the quality is great,though its made to look like its playing on an old VCR for even more nostalgia and 80's references lol. If there are ads,get adblock,no ads on any youtube video ever again.
