tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post9025925480436011524..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Should Mobs / NPCs Act Smarter?TheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-40847026189260615292015-06-22T10:12:31.778-04:002015-06-22T10:12:31.778-04:00Toggles really can fix a hell of a lot in game. N...Toggles really can fix a hell of a lot in game. Not sure why they are so afraid to use them. They have them for PvP on PvE servers and that is about it I think.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-44248029654113300822015-06-18T14:45:19.736-04:002015-06-18T14:45:19.736-04:00Your solution is better! Hell, there are about 1,...Your solution is better! Hell, there are about 1,000 things in the game I'd love to toggle. LOLTo Bee or Not to Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929748357206418382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-56183903518097774242015-06-18T10:41:34.771-04:002015-06-18T10:41:34.771-04:00That could be a suitable solution. There will alwa...That could be a suitable solution. There will always be people that want to grind. For reputation, for a particular item drop, for cloth, for greens to sell for transmog or disenchant, for various reasons. A solution would need to be found or a segment of the player base would really be upset.<br /><br />Maybe have an on off switch in your portrait to active "realistic" mobs or standard ones. The realistic ones would be the ones that cower. On / off switches usually work well. As long as people know they are there.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-851206151264971852015-06-18T10:00:24.588-04:002015-06-18T10:00:24.588-04:00That is an honest concern. Perhaps it is not just...That is an honest concern. Perhaps it is not just proximity, but time. Run over a mob X levels lower and it cowers. Remain on it for three/five/ten seconds and it will aggro. Once one is aggroed, other will auto aggro as they will now.<br /><br />Not elegant, but it might work.To Bee or Not to Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929748357206418382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-42950710385655033632015-06-17T15:41:22.296-04:002015-06-17T15:41:22.296-04:00They need to make a pill to cure them of the WMS. ...They need to make a pill to cure them of the WMS. I agree.<br /><br />Someone mentioned something earlier I had not thought of myself. What if you want to aggro those mobs and you can round up a bunch of them and AoE them down. I did not consider that. I guess all ideas have a good side and a bad side it seems.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-89953127662574883602015-06-17T13:16:57.378-04:002015-06-17T13:16:57.378-04:00I don't want vendors to move once I speak with...I don't want vendors to move once I speak with them until I close the window... ever.<br /><br />Aggro in the wild should be handled like EQ2. Mobs cower if they are X number of levels lower than you regardless of proximity. You can dance on top of them and they are afraid of your moves. Ten levels is fine. This is how I want my world.To Bee or Not to Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929748357206418382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-89540799702470349602015-06-17T07:20:29.065-04:002015-06-17T07:20:29.065-04:00For grinding have those low levels chase you so yo...For grinding have those low levels chase you so you can round them up and mow them down does have its advantages. This would make us lose that of course. But on the other hand having to fight something for no reason is rather annoying.<br /><br />What you are noticing is the regular aggro ranges built in game. The higher you are over them the closer your need to be to them to aggro them. My idea really just makes that range even shorter. It works both ways too. Ever take a low level on a two man flying mount past an area with higher mobs?<br /><br />I've done that so many times and sometimes it is funny. A mob on the ground, way down on the ground, will fire ranged attacks at the low level on your mount. Kind of funny when they kill them. Call me mean but I get quite a laugh out of someone dying on the back of my two person mount. Not that I am trying to kill them of course, but it is funny when it happens.<br /><br />It does seem like the faction in BC really do make a personal recognition of you but your own garrison works don't. I always liked that little touch once you get your reputation up with the sha'tari or shatter sun that they recognize you, as they should, even more so if you are exalted with them.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-25868133153700059422015-06-17T07:13:03.641-04:002015-06-17T07:13:03.641-04:00I don't think they need to go that far, but th...I don't think they need to go that far, but that is kind of wild that it say so many different things that you do not hear the same thing twice.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-16838186459764416262015-06-16T18:36:06.174-04:002015-06-16T18:36:06.174-04:00Sure I can one shot most of the mobs individually ...Sure I can one shot most of the mobs individually in Outlands, but having the option to round up a large group of npcs to cast a single rain of fire is very handy. One cast, one loot. It made the process of netherwing rep go faster having the alien-thingy monsters all chase me down in the mine..<br /><br />On the other hand, I've also wondered about the fight mechanism of 10+ level mobs. Most of the time, it feels like I am simply invisible to them and don't even recognize I'm in their fight radius. How about instead of fighting me, they stand their in fear? There was a quest chain in Panda where once you beat them once, they would cower in fear each time you rode by them. That was respect..<br /><br />Lastly, I agree totally with you in the Garrison.. 1) I am working on Sha'tari Skyguard rep. There the guards fawn all over you "Elkagorasa our saviour. Only he can save us!" The guards in my garrison sometimes give a curt salute, but don't say a darn thing except to irritate me. "Hey Boss, I've mapped out all the (apexis crystal) threats!". "Hey Boss, come back here and look at my handy little map I worked so hard on." "hey boss, don't you want to see all the things you can go kill." "hey boss..." GO AWAY! <br /><br />Elkagorasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16868176919786509891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-18080422978244544852015-06-16T17:01:21.251-04:002015-06-16T17:01:21.251-04:00Maybe Blizz should hire some Apple script writers....Maybe Blizz should hire some Apple script writers. Seems like they (rightly) anticipated a great deal of customer frustration with Siri. I have several times said "Siri, you suck!" and have never gotten the same response twice. The last two I remember were, "I'm just trying to help," and "I'm still here for you, though."Fiannorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808195500680797589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-18939098793899048712015-06-16T14:42:28.428-04:002015-06-16T14:42:28.428-04:00They do seem to have a few odd visitors, even more...They do seem to have a few odd visitors, even more so when you think this was supposed to be a trip in which we believed we would never return.<br /><br />I read some theories that there are old gods on Draenor. I don't think I have seen anything in game as confirmation but it does seem entirely possible.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-64501417134094419122015-06-16T14:27:23.852-04:002015-06-16T14:27:23.852-04:00More bothersome for me has been the random and abs...More bothersome for me has been the random and absurd cameo's. Oh look the Proud High King of the Dwarves is slumming it in my garrison. Oh, I know if you ignore the laws of time and space Brackenspore totally threatens modern day IronForge. But I just think there is a better use of the guys time. <br /><br />Or the Ogers ruins of Ashran... which has no harbor.... That leads me to one single conclusion, the power hidden away there is strong-enough to let Ogers fly... on Draenor. Regardless, of what is locked away in the halls of Hellfire Citiadel the true power on Draenor it the fury of old one locked beneath that isle....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908688425325574778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-8997844783924152372015-06-16T14:04:08.864-04:002015-06-16T14:04:08.864-04:00Ah, so I guess we are all brain damaged now? Make...Ah, so I guess we are all brain damaged now? Makes sense.<br /><br />Have to go do my garrison now. :PTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-706419551481356782015-06-16T14:02:11.018-04:002015-06-16T14:02:11.018-04:00This is the secret of how BootyBay has a thriving ...This is the secret of how BootyBay has a thriving service economy, while the rest of Azeroth is mired in a post garrison recession. Given severe enough head trauma, even the most menial of tasks never become repetitive!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908688425325574778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-82622462279048666042015-06-16T12:03:53.984-04:002015-06-16T12:03:53.984-04:00Good background and I think I know how she got the...Good background and I think I know how she got the terrible blow to her head. It was probably from the person she previously worked for that got fed up with her saying "nice ta meet ya" every day. ;)TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-78528959559795071682015-06-16T12:02:13.287-04:002015-06-16T12:02:13.287-04:00Actually yes, that is how easy it is to code. A s...Actually yes, that is how easy it is to code. A simple if - then line.<br /><br />I think it would be a hell of a lot more immersive if I, as level 100, am running through a level 40 zone, for those mobs to run from me and not at me. That... is real immersion. <br /><br />But immersion is in the eye of the beholder so to speak. I've always found flying to be amazingly immersive, some people don't.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-18932746430847131382015-06-16T11:54:01.122-04:002015-06-16T11:54:01.122-04:00One thing blizzard does very well is take ideas fr...One thing blizzard does very well is take ideas from other games and make them better most of the time. I am surprised they did not run with these ideas.<br /><br />I am sure some people would have "too much" fun if they could replace the sound files. I sense some adult content only wow clips coming soon to a your tube channel near you. lolTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-35879040110900699222015-06-16T11:52:04.083-04:002015-06-16T11:52:04.083-04:00That Dwarf woman was so distracting I had to make ...That Dwarf woman was so distracting I had to make up a story for me. I decided she received a terrible blow to the head and has never quite recovered so they gave her the cushy job in the garrison where she'd be safe.<br /><br />I had to do something, she was driving me nuts, lol.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14768527792021887387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-59307113227097846672015-06-16T11:41:07.618-04:002015-06-16T11:41:07.618-04:00Yes, wandering merchants can be the bane of my exi...Yes, wandering merchants can be the bane of my existence. And what's weird is it seems like it shouldn't be that hard. I'm not a coder so I could be wrong, but shouldn't a simple "if trade window is open, stop moving" line take care of it?<br /><br />While I overall agree with your aggro part, I can't ever see that happening. Not to reopen this so soon - but I have a feeling that would go against their idea of immersion. And to be fair, I can kind of see why they might want to avoid it from a game play perspective. Perhaps a modifier - the low levels NPCs gang up on you. Just like when PCs do a lvl 1 Hogger raid, the NPCs think, "there are 30 of us, we can take her!" It might give the occasional risk for players but more, it might just be fun.<br /><br />I really can't think of much more to add about the responses from NPCs. I pretty much agree.<br /><br />(at this point it is time to work on a name...)Lurking readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-45546914108730880642015-06-16T11:33:48.246-04:002015-06-16T11:33:48.246-04:00Baldur's Gate with Daria?!?
:D <---I want ...Baldur's Gate with Daria?!?<br /><br />:D <---I want to leave more than that, but honestly, that really does sum it up.Lurking readernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-83185574923475115342015-06-16T11:12:56.708-04:002015-06-16T11:12:56.708-04:00Quite a lot of the things you would like to see do...Quite a lot of the things you would like to see do happen in other MMOs and have done for a long time. Even to actual cowering. Given Blizzard's willingness to take any ideas from anywhere that they think are worthwhile and add them to WoW it would seem they don't think these are ideas worth copying. <br /><br />On the NPC speech, I have long wanted MMOs to use something like Baldur's Gate, which allowed you to replace NPC and PC voice files on the client side. I played the whole of Baldur's Gate with a character who used speech samples from the animated sitcom Daria. <br /><br />I'd love to record my own lines for some of the NPCs I meet regularly in the MMOs I play.Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.com