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Smarter NPC guards

Forestd16b14_ESO
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Making it short. Make the NPC guards who are suppost stand guard at keeps and defend them. Cause sure we all can agree that there kinda ...... stupid to the point were the walk on by player who are siegeing just cause there not on the dirt road. This would make the night capping problem little more bareable since the night cappers will have to fight NPCs who know what there doing instead of them just standing at the other end of the wall watching the wall fall down.
Edited by Forestd16b14_ESO on January 27, 2015 12:48AM

Smarter NPC guards 33 votes

Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
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Keep them as there derpy muffin loveable selves.
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  • Cody
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    Keep them as there derpy muffin loveable selves.
    Well they can already see me while I am invisible, thru walls and rocks, 100 miles away.
    They are fine as they are:/
  • Svenja
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    Keep them as there derpy muffin loveable selves.
    I am playing on Blackwater Blade, and hell no, please no even stronger/better NPCs.
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  • Terminus
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    Before I even vote, let me ask this question:

    If players have trouble with fighting NPCs when a keep is undefended,
    how will they get anything done when it's defended by both NPCs AND players?

    It should be easy to take an undefended keep.
    However, I believe that NPCs should be able to work with real defenders.
    For example, have an x% chance to activate a player synergy in the absence of other real players.
    That would be cool, eh?
    Edited by Terminus on January 27, 2015 1:03AM
  • KBKB
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    Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
    OHai gais just defending the main door owut both the postern doors are down?! Oits cool I'll check it out when my shift at the main door is over and the guy patrolling the non broken wall relieves me.

    It's silly just sayin
  • Eglath
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    Terminus wrote: »
    Before I even vote, let me ask this question:

    If players have trouble with fighting NPCs when a keep is undefended,
    how will they get anything done when it's defended by both NPCs AND players?

    It should be easy to take an undefended keep.
    However, I believe that NPCs should be able to work with real defenders.
    For example, have an x% chance to activate a player synergy in the absence of other real players.
    That would be cool, eh?

    Sometimes guards are tougher than players... I think of buffs to guards when keep is undefended, but when defenders are inside guards are coming to normal state.
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  • Forestd16b14_ESO
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    Eglath wrote: »
    Terminus wrote: »
    Before I even vote, let me ask this question:

    If players have trouble with fighting NPCs when a keep is undefended,
    how will they get anything done when it's defended by both NPCs AND players?

    It should be easy to take an undefended keep.
    However, I believe that NPCs should be able to work with real defenders.
    For example, have an x% chance to activate a player synergy in the absence of other real players.
    That would be cool, eh?

    Sometimes guards are tougher than players... I think of buffs to guards when keep is undefended, but when defenders are inside guards are coming to normal state.

    Yea that's my point so night caping and zerg groups would have to work for the keeps instead of just killing a few guards. Like whats the point of putting guards litteraly at every conor of the keep if you only fight a few. Like if there's say less than 4 players in a keep the guards are smarter but 5 or more there at there current derp state.
    Edited by Forestd16b14_ESO on January 27, 2015 2:16AM
  • KBKB
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    Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
    Cody wrote: »
    Well they can already see me while I am invisible, thru walls and rocks, 100 miles away.
    They are fine as they are:/
    That's the sticky in combat issue also I sorta get tower guards breaking stealth
  • Cody
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    Keep them as there derpy muffin loveable selves.
    KBKB wrote: »
    Cody wrote: »
    Well they can already see me while I am invisible, thru walls and rocks, 100 miles away.
    They are fine as they are:/
    That's the sticky in combat issue also I sorta get tower guards breaking stealth

    The guards should not see me when I run halfway to a different keep.
  • TheLaw
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    Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
    I-phone comment made me laugh!
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  • Solariken
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    Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
    Sure, make them smarter, but let's get rid of some! There are WAY too many NPC's in Cyrodiil to the point of major annoyance. Removing some might even boost performance...

    I also think that you should be able to sneak up on them. Currently they can see you from a mile away.
  • ToRelax
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    If guards are a problem you kill them first, don't see how that would change anything about nightcapping.
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  • Ryuuhime
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    Keep them as there derpy muffin loveable selves.
    Can you imagine what this would mean for the non-vet campaign? The VR5 NPCs are strong enough as they are, making them actually "intelligent" would make even sieging a hard task.
  • KBKB
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    Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
    Cody wrote: »
    KBKB wrote: »
    Cody wrote: »
    Well they can already see me while I am invisible, thru walls and rocks, 100 miles away.
    They are fine as they are:/
    That's the sticky in combat issue also I sorta get tower guards breaking stealth

    The guards should not see me when I run halfway to a different keep.

    That's the stuck in combat bug bro I really doubt that's intended, then again we are dealing with zos...

  • Goldie
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    Keep them as there derpy muffin loveable selves.
    Don't even get me started about the Off Phase Guards... What a disaster...
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  • ItsMeToo
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    Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
    FYI - There is no such thing as 'night capping' in a world wide MMO.
    FYI - There is no such thing as 'night capping' in a world wide MMO.
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  • ToRelax
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    ItsMeToo wrote: »
    FYI - There is no such thing as 'night capping' in a world wide MMO.

    When I enter Cyrodiil 3 a.m. with a group of maybe 12 players who are all from Europe as well and start taking emp keeps, how is that not nightcapping?
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  • ThyIronFist
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    Keep them as there derpy muffin loveable selves.
    Less PvE in PvP please.
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  • DisgracefulMind
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    Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
    Solariken wrote: »
    Sure, make them smarter, but let's get rid of some! There are WAY too many NPC's in Cyrodiil to the point of major annoyance. Removing some might even boost performance...

    I also think that you should be able to sneak up on them. Currently they can see you from a mile away.

    I agree with this. If they were made "smarter" it would make up for the need to have so many; therefore, ZoS could get rid of some and maybe improve the lag a bit.
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  • DisgracefulMind
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    Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
    Svenja wrote: »
    I am playing on Blackwater Blade, and hell no, please no even stronger/better NPCs.

    I had a good laugh at this. I started playing on Blackwater on my baby sorc, and omg those NPCs LOL. At this Chalman siege someone agro'd all the damn guards and they wiped the entire group. Definitely had a good lol at that. They should make the BWB guards level 50...like seriously.
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  • riverdragon72
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    Make them smarter so they actually defend the keep when it's empty. ( and maybe smart enough to fix I-phones )
    Heloo Mr. Guards, do you mind if I set up this wagon full of seej 20 feet from you and hurl them over your heads? I guess not.
    Meh...**** it..
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