Please Shut NPCs Up!

Cristiano

It is frustrating when using an NPC such as a banker and having them say an entire paragraph of the exact same monologue over and over again every time you access them. Once they've said it once, they should just greet you and not act like a crazy ranting person. Example is Angier Stower in Daggerfall. She goes on for awhile about "neither a borrower nor a lender be" over and over and over again.

Louis

i fail to understand how such simple "problem" you make out of this

Xionar

Perhaps they all have a disorder and forget they said these things. Don't fault them for it, they lack memory!

Xezzu

Im having a hard time trying to figure out what your question is

Melian

It is pretty annoying when you talk to her multiple times within a minute.

If they could just have her say it the first time, or once a day, or something... I mean, I get the point, lady.

Chirru

I agree with the Original Poster. As a solution...there could be a timer that prevents the NPC repeating a statement within X seconds. Maybe there already is and I just have not encountered the timer as yet.

LoneWalker

I partially agree, in daggerfall I get sick of hearing that the guard wants to buy the hero who saved king Cassamir's life an Ale...

Vikova

Of all the things to be annoyed about. Molehills and such.

Teroh

RakeWorm wrote: »

Of all the things to be annoyed about. Molehills and such.

Says someone who has not spent considerable amount of time crafting in Glenumbra. "hey did you hear a stranger saved king casmir"

Sarenia

It's a great sign for a game when the best complaint someone can come up with is "generic NPCs have too few unique dialogs".

Thesiren

Cristiano wrote: »

It is frustrating when using an NPC such as a banker and having them say an entire paragraph of the exact same monologue over and over again every time you access them. Once they've said it once, they should just greet you and not act like a crazy ranting person. Example is Angier Stower in Daggerfall. She goes on for awhile about "neither a borrower nor a lender be" over and over and over again.

Oh Lord yes! I can't stand that Daggerfall banker. I want to gag her. I actually put NPC chat in the chat window on (via the Options from that little gear at the top right of the chat window) and turned voice volume way down in Game Settings/Sound just to get rid of her. (And NPC chat in the chat window is also convenient for me because during beta I missed a lot of the echo-ey things Prophet was saying in that big cut scene with the 5 other people in it too.)

But that Daggerfall banker makes me want to roll in a different faction. The khajiit in AD only says "This one thinks you want to make a deposit, yes?" which isn't nearly as bad.

Unfortunately, I'll bet my workaround turning down the voice volume slider is about the only way we're ever going to get to shut those annoying NPCs up.

Lalai

The Daggerfall banker is actually the only one that has gotten on my nerves even slightly. If she had a few more phrases to pick from it wouldn't be so bad. I like the random chatter that updates as I finish questlines though, and I definitely don't want them to shut up the idle chatter of the NPCs around town.

Chambered

The banker is marginally annoying - but the two standing outside the smithy are way more irritating. "Did you hear a stranger saved King Casimir?" .. "I'd like to buy that Hero an ale!" over and over, with virtually no pause inbetween. Highly irritating since it's right next to the crafting tables. Had I known about them, I'd have waited to finish that quest line!

Seraseth

Oh god, that banker drives me nuts. That long ass spiel every single time you need to open your bank or guild store, which I often have to go back and forth between a few times.

I found her speech annoying the very first time I heard it in beta. Now having to listen to it dozens of times a day, I wish I could put a contract with the dark brotherhood on her!

RaZaddha

Thesiren wrote: »

Cristiano wrote: »

It is frustrating when using an NPC such as a banker and having them say an entire paragraph of the exact same monologue over and over again every time you access them. Once they've said it once, they should just greet you and not act like a crazy ranting person. Example is Angier Stower in Daggerfall. She goes on for awhile about "neither a borrower nor a lender be" over and over and over again.

Oh Lord yes! I can't stand that Daggerfall banker. I want to gag her. I actually put NPC chat in the chat window on (via the Options from that little gear at the top right of the chat window) and turned voice volume way down in Game Settings/Sound just to get rid of her. (And NPC chat in the chat window is also convenient for me because during beta I missed a lot of the echo-ey things Prophet was saying in that big cut scene with the 5 other people in it too.)

But that Daggerfall banker makes me want to roll in a different faction. The khajiit in AD only says "This one thinks you want to make a deposit, yes?" which isn't nearly as bad.

Unfortunately, I'll bet my workaround turning down the voice volume slider is about the only way we're ever going to get to shut those annoying NPCs up.

"Fivefold venerations, my frined. You've come to make a deposit, yes?Fivefold venerationsFivefold venerationsFivefold venerationsFivefold venerationsFivefold venerationsFivefold venerationsFivefold venerations"

I actually reduced the amount of crafting materials I deposit on the bank to transfer to my alts...

Cristiano

Sarenia wrote: »

It's a great sign for a game when the best complaint someone can come up with is "generic NPCs have too few unique dialogs".

I love the game, but having to hear that phrase over and over at the banker is annoying. It's not one sentence, it is multiple sentences over and over. You can't switch between bank and guild bank or guild store without exiting and entering the dialog, and she says it again even though she said it 30 seconds ago.

I don't mind the random chatter from people walking by, even if it is repetitive - it is an NPC that you interact with all the time saying the same thing over and over ad naseum that bugs me.

Cristiano

RakeWorm wrote: »

Of all the things to be annoyed about. Molehills and such.

If it doesn't bother you, then congrats. I'm providing feedback. As I interact with my bank and guild store a lot, it is something I'm encountering over and over. If it were every once in awhile, I would not complain.

Seraseth

I wish they'd put a delay timer in the npc, that they won't speak again for 10mins or something. Anything so I don't have to listen to it over and over and over.

Metella

It would be less annoying if you could exit from the bank interface to her dialogue options rather than exiting the whole thing. You can do it in Skyrim (can't remember for Oblivion or Morrowind) so presumably it's possible, though then I guess you'd have people complaining that it didn't drop you straight back out of the interface/dialogue/etc.

Brittany_Joy

This problem is just silly. I never got annoyed by the banker's dialogue 'cause I never let them finish speaking. I just quickly deposit stuff in the bank and leave.

software_goddess

I have mixed feelings about this. It doesn’t bother me the first twenty times; after that I rain lightning down upon them.

RubyTigress

You don't have to wait for them to finish, you know.

This is a non-problem, truly.

Cristiano

RubyTigress wrote: »

You don't have to wait for them to finish, you know.

This is a non-problem, truly.

You don't have to wait for them to finish? As soon as you access your bank or guild store, it doesn't stop them from talking - they finish what they are saying regardless. I'm glad you think it is a non-problem, congrats. I just happened to find the repeated monologue that is not skippable to be irritating. Yes, I can walk away from the NPC, but I came there to actually interact with them.

UnknownXV

I agree. I think once you've heard the dialogue once, it wouldn't re-play it. At least, not automatically.

Xezzu

It boggles my mind how some players can have the mentality of "If you don't think the way I do, then you're wrong". People can have different opinions, sheesh. In this case, what bothers some doesn't bother everyone.

Heck, it doesn't bother me, but i can see how it would be a pain in the ass for someone it does bother. That doesn't mean they are wrong for feeling that way. I say good for anyone who is willing to give feedback in a constructive way.

eNumbra

Would you like to trade OP? I have no audible dialogue whatsoever.

Sakura_Rose

Daggerfall banker out of all the npc's that I've come across is probably the only one that annoys me the most so far. The blacksmith npc is probably the 2nd, but not nearly as bad as her. I actually kept my earphones plugged in the computer (not in my ears) entire time I was in the bank. Lol, I've been constantly telling myself that she needs new dialog or at least her script needs to be rewritten where she only says "Welcome to the bank of Daggerfall."

Seraseth

Sakura_Rose wrote: »

Lol, I've been constantly telling myself that she needs new dialog or at least her script needs to be rewritten where she only says "Welcome to the bank of Daggerfall."

Oh please this!

Rytfield

I agree, especially with the banker. I made a topic in "customer support" few days ago regarding this issue.
http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/discussion/comment/522749

kelisw1ub17_ESO

rofl me and my guild were just talking about this yesterday. It wouldn't be so annoying if each time you had to switch from the bank to the guild bank to the guild store and back to the bank again you didn't hear the whole thing over again. We are ready to perform the dark sacrament on Angier

Suede

It'd be one thing if the Bank of Daggerfall actually provided loans in the first place...