Player Owned Towns Update: Scope, NPC Buildings, Icons, etc.

ah, town size. while i think the larger investments certainly do need more perks than they are getting in the first pass, i'd presume this leaves room to grow in the next chapters.
as for the line in the sand, i'd have gone right in the middle, one lower. Crossroads Village (33,600) and above. i wouldn't be getting the perks, as i'm only going to village, but it just makes sense for commerce to START in crossroads, and have established trade centers in towns/metros. traveling merchants can go between the lower tier towns and set up stands in the npc sections (or take up existing stands as placed by DEV, thats probably simpler) - the traveling merchants would absolutely help get the player-created goods spread around the continents.

 

I'm kind of surprised though. I'd think with 4 towers there'd be at least 2 NPC guards.

 

I just had an idea. I believe there was talk of POT owners being abe to decorate their towns. Would this include the same pets we will be able to leave roaming our homes? If so I will buy some extra animals from the add on store. More cats roaming the port docks.

 

I believe that talk of decorating towns would be player based speculation. This is what the store currently says:

• Name of Town
• Location: Roughly which quadrant of the map. (Exact hex will be determined by Portalarium, Inc.)
• Biome: Forest, Mountains, Grasslands, Swamp, etc.
• NPC Building Definition (inn, smithy, etc.)
• NPC names and stories
• Custom Playlist: You can choose up to 2 songs to play in your scene from a list of in-game songs (list will be provided on submission form).

I would only expect to be able to decorate player lots (by the players that own them). I wouldn't even expect to decorate the NPC buildings at this point let alone the town at large.

 

I found it. It mentions not making it in episode one. So maybe at a later date.

 

Possibly another reason to boost a few sales for Portalarium.

 

Hopefully.
Seems like in e1 my town will have no taxes for it's inhabitants.
Why? I am too lazy to take care of it ^^

 

QUESTION/SUGGESTION:

Will Player Owned Towns be able to claim scenes/area with strategic importance (ie: natural resources) as part of their territory ? It could be a good "casus belli" in order to improve PvP/world events between players.

 

There will be no resources in the POT scene, no mobs, no quests etc.

But depending on Port decisions one could be placed close to a resource scene.

 

There are a lot of tools, resources, and people wiling to help over in town hall/player owned towns. If you havent wandered over there please take the time to.

 

I agree. I would like to have more NPCs to make the town look alive. Roaming NPC's would give it that look.

I would like to buy in a POT add on store NPCs like

Guards
fishernman on the docks
people walking around

More NPCs would really help the look of a town

I would also like to be able to buy ballistas for the wall towers and other items. It would be great to be able to make the items as a option for town decor.

 

I would love you to reconsider the npc fixed limit. If you look around most towns today they are simply empty - especially player houses areas are deserted, since very few players actually hang out on their property.
I think it would be very sad if POT end up becoming entirely unpopulated: Even the absence of Static NPCs in the cities is already a bit sad.

Long story short - we want our game world to appear lived in. NPCs are really important everywhere - also in POTs, but if i can only have 2 npcs in my POT, and a single NPC building - then it will always be empty.

Let me buy addon NPCs please!

 

!!!!
I am in!
Give us NPC upgrades for our citys in the store. I am as well willing to pay for them.

 

Lets just wait, and not push too hard. The devs have so much on their plates right now. I too would like addons like that in the store, but i realize they just do not have the resources to do everything they want in the first release.

When the game launches, they will not stop developing. This is when they can refocus and take a hard dive into their long list. That is where i believe ideas like this should be.

While i hope they will ask for input on ideas, i feel we should be proactive with supplying the info while not asking for nownownow. When we do that, we sound like a cat in heat..

That said, i want to be able to buy a custom speedtree that looks like ygdrassil, have that on a hill in my island PoT. It will go nicely with a ring of stones on another hill.

 

Darkstarr, do we have an image of the hooded statue? or can we find it in game to look at? I have seen some but not sure if those are the ones.

 

My guess:

 

Aye, I did see those. They are cool but they do not fit my theme to well. I might have to reconsider my npc choices if those are indeed it.

 

Ok I did find another statue with a hood Its the one with the axe! So I wonder if we get a ch0ice. Also I would like to submit that we get this horned statue for all of us evil rp people. Would go GREAT in an evil town.