Clave Dark 5 Posted April 4, 2020 Posted April 4, 2020 NPC dialogue is triggered when a player steps foot onto an AE map, rather than when the player gets nearby. Five NPCs? They all speak at once when the player zones. This broke the ability to tell much of a story beyond the average newspaper/radio "go punch these guys." Far as I recall, NPC dialogue has three options to make use of: something like: NPC speaks when the player approaches NPC speaks as the fights the guards around them NPC speaks when the player has defeated the guards [this is approximate; I haven't set foot in AE since the return when I discovered this part was still broken] That's a pretty natural mini-story format right there, but having that first step all get blurted out breaks it. "Writing around the bug" literally means having to work around a broken part of the system; why not fix it instead of writing around it? I wanna use the whole system! Has anyone taken a look into this? Any plans to? Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
ArchVileTerror Posted April 4, 2020 Posted April 4, 2020 That's not just affecting AE; I've noticed that bug in all content. 1
RikOz Posted April 4, 2020 Posted April 4, 2020 7 hours ago, ArchVileTerror said: That's not just affecting AE; I've noticed that bug in all content. Indeed. Like Fusionette in Faultline saying, "Oh WOW! $Playername!" as soon as you walk in, and then you find her clear on the opposite side of the map.
Clave Dark 5 Posted April 7, 2020 Author Posted April 7, 2020 All the more reason for it to get fixed then! Do we know of a time ANY dev from HC has ever responded to the topic? Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
ScarySai Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 This thread would probably get more attention in the bug report section. This is sort of just for ideas/QoL to add into the game.
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