Please make our basements the zone where we can have more pets/npcs and have them 'active'

I usually suggest this every now and again, so since its been a while here it goes:

Save our Pets!
(...and servants ...and dummies ...and mannequins ...NPC)

Spoon proposes the following:

• Double the NPCs we can have in basements.
  Issue:
  We have too many pets/npcs/whatnots and can only place a few
  Of those few we can place most use the slot for vendors, making the pets even less wanted
  One of the reasons of those limits are scene load/lag
  Solution:
  Basements are their own scene with less load/lag.
  Doubling the NPC limit in basements would make them more viable/desirable again (dungeons have been cooler for a while) and we could have our basement pets/servants etc.
• Make NPCs in basements always 'active'
  Issue:
  To reduce load/lag then NPCs 'active' phase is limited, by owner and proximity etc etc etc
  Solution:
  Basements are their own scene with less load/lag.
  By having all NPC in basements always active then this would solve a whole slew of NPC issues.
  For instance, we could place training dummies in basements for public use. ...or we could place pets that roam around from scene load so that they feel more alive, hmm where did my cat go I only find my chest mimic pet and... hmm the chest mimic does look a bit uhm full... Noooooooooooooooooo.

 

I actually had this as a question during one of the monthly telethons, but I don't think Chris understood what I was getting at. I can understand that they didn't want 300 pets in a zone, in a town, but in a basement, those performance concerns are much lower.

 

Agreed.

Several different players have been bringing it up every now and then, me being just one of them, @DarkStarr liked the idea and jira'd it once, but then someone misunderstood and cancelled it, I think it was chaox at that time. Chris I don't think has ever been included.

 

Thanks for mentioning this. There's so many things we can do with more pets that can be activated. Since more pets in basements or dungeons wouldn't add so much detriment to the frame rate well anyway I think this to be true, let's bring the barriers down on this now. The more we can create the better.

 

*A big old troll runs past with long strides and groundshaking steps, Spoon throws himself out of the way not to get crushed.*

Phew, glad that troll only bumped the thread and not me, Spoon thought as he dusted himself off and continued onto new adventures.

 

My proposal was letting us select, which pets and NPCs are active on the land up to the current number (and not only in basements, but also on lots and in dungeons/dungeon rooms), while the others are frozen statues.
Makes no sense to have a bunch of rewards, which you can't show at all and expect us to purchase even more.