Nice day, isn't it?


Acroyear2

 

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What's happened to all the NPC chatter?

It used to be you'd often get a quirky retort or something useful if you tried to chat to an NPC. Now by far the most simply say "Nice day, isn't it?"

Even the normally quirkly and amusing NPC dialogue seems to have broken. One hapless pedestrian wandered past me and exclaimed "Psst! Look it's Scarlet Shocker. The one who took down BOSS_NAME!"

I know there was a problem with pedestrians vanishing and been reinstated so I wonder if that's been part of the problem but it'd be nice to know how many hours I've been playing a toon or similar and that seems to have vanished. The best I've managed is 2 NPCs told me the time.

Used to be that names beginning with different letters would be key but seems something's gone pear shaped recently.



"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

 

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Only ones with names that start with a certain letter will say different things.


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Do you mean specific letters and is there a list? I checked out many choosing a wide variety.



"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

 

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Bah, you know what, my brain is totally fried and I completely misread your post. I'm just gonna pipe down now. I need a nap or something.

Upshot: I haven't noticed any real problems, only a toning down of the exploits.


 

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Yes, the "Nice day, isn't it" bug. Some NPCs who are supposed to reply with varied comments when clicked these days only say that. It's been like that for quite a while.


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Thanks for the list, very useful but clearly that's not working right currently then. I've checked out as many as I could. I'm guessing it's broke.



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Thelonious Monk

 

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Slightly off-topic, but last night I ran an ITF and while standing around the fountain leveling, I heard two of the Cimmoran NPCs commenting on the fact that I'd joined Vanguard, so maybe that organization was all right, and that they'd seen me out there fighting the Rikti horde, so they felt so safe.

It was a bit... jarring.


 

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Last night in Atlas Park, I overheard a civilian make a comment about my character, something to the effect of:

"I heard that Therm O'Dynamic ERROR: EVENT TEXT NOT FOUND", or something to that effect.

So I think Nemesis is implementing a plot to replace the civilians with Nemesis Automatons. That is why they have been missing. They have been kidnapped and their replacements are slowly being released back into the wild.


 

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Originally Posted by Willowpaw View Post
Last night in Atlas Park, I overheard a civilian make a comment about my character, something to the effect of:

"I heard that Therm O'Dynamic ERROR: EVENT TEXT NOT FOUND", or something to that effect.

So I think Nemesis is implementing a plot to replace the civilians with Nemesis Automatons. That is why they have been missing. They have been kidnapped and their replacements are slowly being released back into the wild.
The most common one of that is "Wow <insertyourheroes/villainsnamehere> has just defeat BOSS_NAME!"

It has now become a running joke among the Union RP community that BOSS_NAME is the most fearsome criminal in existence, he could be anyone and anything!


 

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Originally Posted by Willowpaw View Post
So I think Nemesis is implementing a plot to replace the civilians with Nemesis Automatons. That is why they have been missing. They have been kidnapped and their replacements are slowly being released back into the wild.
I believe that one Nemesis mission actually does make a civilian on the street say something along the lines of, "*click* Lord Nemesis is watching you, <charname>."


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Slightly off-topic, but I encountered two curious NPC male citizens in Steel Canyon. The first one was Alexis and the other was Carmen...


to TO THE END!
Villains are those who dedicate their lives to causing mayhem. Villians are people from the planet Villia!

 

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You should see what NPCs say to me every day.




I'm getting tired of reporting them.


 

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Originally Posted by ResidentBaka View Post
You should see what NPCs say to me every day.




I'm getting tired of reporting them.

That'll be why I saw two NPCs... at the time I thought they were brother and sister, Jen & Eric



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Thelonious Monk

 

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I thought they were just expressing sarcasm about the lack of weather in Paragon City.


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Also, didn't the cheerleader in front of the Steel Canyon university use to say a phrase or two when you passed her or clicked on her? She no longer says anything.


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Originally Posted by Kelenar View Post
I believe that one Nemesis mission actually does make a civilian on the street say something along the lines of, "*click* Lord Nemesis is watching you, <charname>."
That's villainside. A passing NPC will say that in the middle of some normal random chatter. Nicely creepy.

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Originally Posted by Acroyear2 View Post
Also, didn't the cheerleader in front of the Steel Canyon university use to say a phrase or two when you passed her or clicked on her?
Yes, something about joining a sorority.


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