Add NPC children!

HallowScythe

Not really a lot to explain here, add NPC children. It would make the world look more alive and it would open p some new quest ideas. Save little Timmy from the well type stuff. Honestly it's weird how EVERYONE in this world is between the ages of 20-60.

Samadhi

No thanks.

dharbert

No. This has been brought up many times and it isn't going to happen.

Artemiisia

In Age of Conan, they have it, and nobody is bothered about it, so cant see why not. I know its not gonna happen, just dont see the reason for not having them.

HallowScythe

Artemiisia wrote: »

In Age of Conan, they have it, and nobody is bothered about it, so cant see why not. I know its not gonna happen, just dont see the reason for not having them.

EXACTLY, if anything it makes sense to have them, it makes no sense that a world this big has NO kids.

Soulshine

HallowScythe wrote: »

Not really a lot to explain here, add NPC children. It would make the world look more alive and it would open p some new quest ideas. Save little Timmy from the well type stuff. Honestly it's weird how EVERYONE in this world is between the ages of 20-60.

This was sort of what I felt like the first time I moved to San Francisco... I must have lived here like 1yr before I actually saw a child

It would add more "color" to the game I suppse, but really in the end just add up to more server load so I doubt they would do it.

Vulix

Because there are so many things wrong or plain broken with ESO, I think adding children should be at the bottom of their list of things to do.

Livvy

I agree, I would love to see children in this game. It seems really odd to me never seeing any.

They did a really nice job in LOTRO incorporating them into quests and villages. Felt much more real to me than never seeing them.

Vegaroth

Beating a dead horse..... anyway, no children unless they are killable.

nimander99

Why and who has talked about this and said no? Makes zero sense not to have children in the world. If its an issue of Justice System just make them un-killable like every other Elder Scrolls game. It would add depth and immersion IMO.

Navaya

And then when they introduce Housing we can start families and have loads and loads of kids. Oh wait.. that's The sims...

No seriously, I don't mind that there would be children in the game. It could open up doors for some fun quests and the world be more believable.
However I doubt that we will see that any time soon, ZOS got more important content to focus on than that. It would be to much work for something that small.

Slurg

I'd still like to see children in game (immersion and stuff, plus I imagine various plots around where NPC's are hiding the kiddies) but there are a lot of other things I'd rather see devs working on first.

One of the alliances does have a "save little Timmy from the well" type quest where the "little Timmy" character is a full grown man-child. It is amusing.

I hope that this thread does not go dark and disturbing like previous threads on the issue have.

Egonieser

In Lord of the Rings online, there are quests where you can slap children around, because... why not?

Gidorick

Yes. Add children!... maybe we need another poll.

Should Children be Added To ESO?
-Yes. And they should be killable.
-Yes. And they should be invincible.
-Yes. As pets.
-No.
-You mean as a provisioning ingredient, right?
-Put some cheese in that wound and I'll tell Martha you'll be late for supper.

MornaBaine

Artemiisia wrote: »

In Age of Conan, they have it, and nobody is bothered about it, so cant see why not. I know its not gonna happen, just dont see the reason for not having them.

This. Unkillable children in cities. It's called immersion. A world with absolutely no children is just...weird. And I'm not even a big fan of children.

Khaldar

Peasant children as pets... they can go repair my armor, collect my craftable materials and feed my horse. If not as pets, then they serve no purpose accept taking up pixels (just like rain).

Flynch

MornaBaine wrote: »

Artemiisia wrote: »

In Age of Conan, they have it, and nobody is bothered about it, so cant see why not. I know its not gonna happen, just dont see the reason for not having them.

This. Unkillable children in cities. It's called immersion. A world with absolutely no children is just...weird. And I'm not even a big fan of children.

Totally onboard with this. Are there any reasons to not have them?

Livvy

Maybe...they're going to add them "after console launch"...like everything else we ever wanted...

Heruthema

No thank you please

dafox187

never

Keepercraft

HallowScythe wrote: »

Not really a lot to explain here, add NPC children. It would make the world look more alive and it would open p some new quest ideas. Save little Timmy from the well type stuff. Honestly it's weird how EVERYONE in this world is between the ages of 20-60.

Yes, that can boost game immersion for more realistic world .

ShadowHvo

Only if they are killable like other innocent NPCs. Not because I want to play out some strange sadistic child murderer fantasy, but because if they are invincible they are immersion breaking.

Just saying, as a stealthy character the worst thing is, when a stupid essential NPC decides it's fun to walk up to you and ask you for a game of tag for the thousand time, but are unable to get them away because they are invincible. So they automatically fail your perfectly laid stealth plan.

At least there needs to be a "Slap across the face" and "Steal Sweetroll" mechanic.

WhiskyBob

There are only two games that implemented children that were not a total annoyance: The Last of Us and The Walking Dead.

If you want to add children let me kill them and then feed my werewolf on their corpses.

Keepercraft

I want in store an bosmer children pets with that black eyes.

seaef

Only if I can enslave them and force them to work in my cloth armor factory.

Natjur

The children are missing for a reason, no new births/souls in the ESO 'world' for the last 15 years. Or did I read the lore wrong on this?

ThisOnePosts

There are going to be invincible NPCs so no matter how you slice it there will be immersion breaking. Go on, try and assassinate the King/Queen, etc... go try and slay quest givers.

OOOOH there goes your immersion..... there will be no way to kill Merrick or assault the Groundskeeper XD.... ahhh the immersion is broken!!!!

Get a grip people. Obviously if they added children to the game they would make them invincible whether you cry immersion breaking or not. No matter what you say, there will be unkillable NPCs. It's an MMO. Get over it.

newtinmpls

Yes I would like children. Not necessarily adoptable. And I suppose it would be wise to make them unkillable.

There are plenty of NPCs who I would have loved to kill, or at least slap really really hard.

luciole78

***skyrim addon :
Hearthfire, you can purchase land and build your own home from the ground up - from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, stable, garden, and more. Use all-new tools like the drafting table and carpenter’s workbench to transform quarried stone, clay, and sawn logs into structures and furnishings. Even transform your house into a home by adopting children.

Why always when people demand housing the respond ***omg we arent in the sims game*** well sorry but I do not like the sims , but I still like having housing and why not children in Elderscroll .. .isn't not suppose to be a rpg game? I think a lot of mmo fan forgot about that.

Of course children might not be really a priority and I can really leave without it. But housing should be consider now that turn b2p , because they will need to found interest on them cash shop if they want that business model. And a lot of people like housing in those type of game. Nothing wrong there.

TheShadowScout

Add my agreement for children in ESO. I don't care if they make them unkillable to avoid protest issues, or make them killable and heap dire consequences upon any who dare follow that route, the world just would feel so much more alive if there were some kids in the safe zones at least. And some questings are really leaving me feeling a little silly when the "daughter/son" looks more like a "sister/brother"...

Gidorick

I saw just have children RUN if someone whips out a weapon around them or attacks them... make them invincible by making them little escape artists.