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NPC guilds

Jul 19, 2013 freeman987 link
Just a thought..what if their were NPC guilds..like each faction and nation has various guilds that do different things..just like the current player guild system.sometimes certain player made guilds go inactive or slow down etc etc..well I was thinking. Take ORE for example. Ive been wanting help mining large amounts of ore. But organizing a 5+ player mining party is kinda hard. And be a long process.plus it gets boring.I was thinking if Tunguska or uit had its own NPC ORE guild I could send a PM to said guild and hire NPC mining help. Like I could hire one mineral hog to scout for 1000c an hr..3 heavy moths with mk2 beams to mine with me for 2000 creds an hr.then I could hire 3 serco gaurdians to protect the group. Or if I wanted to trade in grey I could hire a NPC military/mercenary guild to fly escort? I'm just saying flip the idea around. It could be awesome..I have use for most of the player guilds.ems.ore.vpr.etc etc..but 98% of the time their not around or are to busy to help. If this was implemented I would still want to use player guilds help for many reasons but when there not around it sucks. Watta you think guys and girls? Sorry no paragraphs here.lol
Jul 20, 2013 ryan reign link
In a word, no.

We have guilds and NPCs...and never the tween shall meet.
Jul 20, 2013 idd link
no
Jul 20, 2013 Keller link
Why not just do as some have suggested before that NPCs can be hired for various purposes? That should serve the same purpose as the OP outlined.
Jul 20, 2013 freeman987 link
Or have the ability to hire NPCs . Either way.
Jul 21, 2013 ryan reign link
+1 to Keller's idea.
Jul 24, 2013 coteyr link
-1 to both ideas (OP and Keller)

The OP idea is just silly. Get real friends give them trials and friend keys and make them haul your goodies for you

Hiring NPCs is very bad. The OP will never get their materials docked because the NPCs can easily be shot down, or if the NPCs are too awesome then there's no risk to moving the cargo.

I don't like the idea oh buy-able NPCs for anything. If there too lame then people will complain, and if there too good other people with complain, and both complaints will have merit. Better to just use real people, join a more active guild, or get more organized. It may be such a thing that you could make great fun if you organize a mining event with miners mining, protectors protecting and pirate pirating all around a system like Pel that has two entrances.

A mining fleet in a storm, with a hauling fleet, and a small protecting fleet in storm for scouts and bots.

A large protection fleet at the WHs/Stations protecting the operation

And much kersploading - sounds like a plan to me. Just needs to be organized.
Jul 24, 2013 Pizzasgood link
"Hiring NPCs is very bad. The OP will never get their materials docked because the NPCs can easily be shot down, or if the NPCs are too awesome then there's no risk to moving the cargo."

This is patently false. Launch a escort, and then follow it around without interfering in any way. Do this repeatedly. Compare how often they reach their destination to how often they get obliterated.

You'll find that the vast majority of NPC convoys travel the verse unscathed, despite their own incompetence.
Jul 24, 2013 Dr. Lecter link
Hiring NPCs is very bad. The OP will never get their materials docked because the NPCs can easily be shot down,

coteyr, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent post were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this thread is now dumber for having seen it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Jul 24, 2013 Samwise9 link
A simple "-1" would suffice.
Jul 24, 2013 coteyr link
@Pizzasgood & Dr. Lecter - go troll elsewhere.
Jul 24, 2013 Pizzasgood link
I'm sorry, how is it "trolling" when I politely point out an error in your logic and explain how you can verify for yourself that it is indeed erroneous? It's not like I insulted you or anything. Hell, I didn't even criticize you over the spelling and grammar errors you made. Take a chill pill.
Jul 25, 2013 Faceof link
+1.....i think NPC Guilds is very good Idea....why not ???
...the game have NPC Factions anyway.....and Devs is ur choise to make this game unique.....
Aug 08, 2013 freeman987 link
Dammit faceof you killed my thread
Aug 08, 2013 Snake7561 link
You killed your thread with your idea.
Aug 09, 2013 coteyr link
+1 @Snake7561 This is a horrid idea.
Aug 12, 2013 freeman987 link
Soooo...I don't understand how's this is a bad idea..I get the NPC guild being dumb but as far as hiring NPCs for various jobs is tight..there's a very slim chance I can hire players for everything I want.for various reasons the vets understand.you noobs will understand in time its very hard to get a mining party going with fighter escorts and moth haulers.I've already had mining party's and etc etc..and it took waaay to much time setting it all up and it being worth it..simply said the VO player base is still to small to get enough pilots organized for it to be worth it. If I wanted a 6 player mining party in hot zones with fighters and moths..i have to set up around my RL schedule and getting more than a few pilots to work with my schedule is hard. Now getting 10+ players to work together in a timely fashion is crazy hard. It would be so much easier to hire npcs for my needs..even if the NPCs had very limited equipment and cargo space.

We can start escorts with dents, moths, fighters, etc etc..and slowly get the party to its destination. Why shouldn't we be able to get those various ships to do other things..like hiring them all for other jobs. Because currently hiring other VO players for these jobs isn't realistical yet. Say what you want but its true. I can pull it off every once in awhile. But in a universe that's supposed to be big it sure is hard to get help in a timely fashion. One day VO will have enough players on all the time to were I can send a message on 100 and get enough peeps wanting in on the party.

On the medium mining escort mission you have limited NPC control... Theirs NPCs all ready doing this. Having mining party's in hot zones. I'd like to reverse this roll to were I can send heavy moths and fighters to a ore rich sector with the hive and reap the benefits instead of fighting for them and try in for days to get my own player based party going.
Aug 12, 2013 Kierky link
This suggestion is about NPC guilds. If you want to change it, make a new thread, please don't resurrect this pile of dog shit.
Aug 12, 2013 Pizzasgood link
Also, hiring NPCs is one of the oldest reruns on the reels. Try harder.