Romantic Interest NPCs
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Jeremy✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Concerning the RPG part of MMORPG, what if the Writers provided a selection of Romanceable NPCs with new lines of Dialogue and even questlines that progress the relationship. A new game mechanic that allows the vestige to bond with an NPC, complete a personal story questline, and unlock special options such as making them a version of the Brotherhood Bequeather, or a special "Assistant" you can place in your house.
We already have lines of dialogue where the Vestige flirts, heavily, with Naryu. Thats a start.
Star Wars The Old Republic does this.
It would be nice if this game were to adopt a more interactive approach to their in-game characters. Not just socially, but it would also be cool if you could fight with them as well. This one area (and probably the only area) that SWTOR is superior to most other games out there.Edited by Jeremy on June 8, 2019 10:57AM7 -
erlewine✭✭✭John_Falstaff wrote: »Not entering the whole discussion, really, but I just peeked at the thread and found this, so I wanted to remark - no, I don't think we have 12 yr olds playing this game, not unless they lied about their age anyway. Game TOS prohibits underage players from playing it.
we don't have many 12 year olds because most 12 year olds dont like games like this. they're far more statistically likely to be playing something like minecraft or fortnite or mobas or shooters.eisley the worst1 -
Monte_Cristo✭✭✭✭✭
✭John_Falstaff wrote: »Sevalaricgirl wrote: »I'd love to see it, doubt it would happen. We have 12 yr olds that play this game. They don't even want The Lusty Argonian Maid excerpts on the forums. When they said the game was mature, they should have kept it that way and made the parents account for their children playing it. And if I had to pick someone, it would be that rogue Jakarn. Ah yes, Steve Blum. Love that man, love that voice.
Not entering the whole discussion, really, but I just peeked at the thread and found this, so I wanted to remark - no, I don't think we have 12 yr olds playing this game, not unless they lied about their age anyway. Game TOS prohibits underage players from playing it.
I've seen plenty of, and been in a few, guilds that bill themselves as family friendly cause they have minors playing, so there's probably more than you'd think.Edited by Monte_Cristo on June 8, 2019 1:07PM0 -
jainiadral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭John_Falstaff wrote: »Sevalaricgirl wrote: »I'd love to see it, doubt it would happen. We have 12 yr olds that play this game. They don't even want The Lusty Argonian Maid excerpts on the forums. When they said the game was mature, they should have kept it that way and made the parents account for their children playing it. And if I had to pick someone, it would be that rogue Jakarn. Ah yes, Steve Blum. Love that man, love that voice.
Not entering the whole discussion, really, but I just peeked at the thread and found this, so I wanted to remark - no, I don't think we have 12 yr olds playing this game, not unless they lied about their age anyway. Game TOS prohibits underage players from playing it.
Just musing too: has anyone read YA fiction recently? We've got global scale catastrophes, lots of death and dismemberment, twisted and warped notions of consent between "love interests," and lots of glorious suicide "victories." ESO's pretty tame compared to the kid's section at Barnes & Noble lately
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Imperial_Voice✭✭✭✭✭
✭jainiadral wrote: »John_Falstaff wrote: »Sevalaricgirl wrote: »I'd love to see it, doubt it would happen. We have 12 yr olds that play this game. They don't even want The Lusty Argonian Maid excerpts on the forums. When they said the game was mature, they should have kept it that way and made the parents account for their children playing it. And if I had to pick someone, it would be that rogue Jakarn. Ah yes, Steve Blum. Love that man, love that voice.
Not entering the whole discussion, really, but I just peeked at the thread and found this, so I wanted to remark - no, I don't think we have 12 yr olds playing this game, not unless they lied about their age anyway. Game TOS prohibits underage players from playing it.
Just musing too: has anyone read YA fiction recently? We've got global scale catastrophes, lots of death and dismemberment, twisted and warped notions of consent between "love interests," and lots of glorious suicide "victories." ESO's pretty tame compared to the kid's section at Barnes & Noble lately
You say it like these themes are new to fiction meant for young adults but theyre literally hundreds of years old. Young people really can handle much more than people give them credit for.4 -
r34lian✭✭✭✭✭
✭'Tis a slippery slope. First comes the romance options, then people ask for nude patch.
After all these years still the top most endorsed mods for skyrim are nudity mods......
Gaming community in a nutshell
I'd say best will be that one can marry their alts this way everyone will have their unique and make them place able at house so when a player visits his/her house he'll get lover bonus like in skyrim maybe 10% boost to xp for 10 mins something like that just like Ayleid Wells.Edited by r34lian on June 8, 2019 7:50PM2000 CP • 18 Maxed Characters • 6 Altmers • 7 Redguards • Necromancer Orc • Warden Dunmer • DK Nord • DK Imperial • Templar Breton2 -
sentientomega✭✭✭I'd say best will be that one can marry their alts this way everyone will have their unique and make them place able at house so when a player visits his/her house he'll get lover bonus like in skyrim maybe 10% boost to xp for 10 mins something like that just like Ayleid Wells.
This would be great, especially if we could make it involve cross-server alts. Perhaps even an alt companion system!
I'd also like it to be similar to a friends-romance-engaged-married progression, where you get to build your characters, personality-wise, and gain affinity/influence/affection etc based on actions performed ingame, be they in general or in dialogue with NPCs.0 -
craybest✭✭✭✭✭I'd love this, but SWTOR is much more story focused, our characters have voices and personalities. in here we're like a blank state. and romances where the character doesn't say anything and doesn't have any cinematics, becomes just random fluffy dialogue from certain npc's.
I'd prefer if they did it the right way and add more cinematics to the game in general and for this option too.0 -
ArchMikem✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Imperial_Voice wrote: »Anyone who tries to romance an Alfiq should be banned.
If your character is a Khajiit that would be perfectly normal though.CP2,100 Master Explorer - AvA Two Star Warlord - Console Peasant - Khajiiti Aficionado - The Clan
Quest Objective: OMG Go Talk To That Kitty!7 -
jainiadral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Imperial_Voice wrote: »jainiadral wrote: »John_Falstaff wrote: »Sevalaricgirl wrote: »I'd love to see it, doubt it would happen. We have 12 yr olds that play this game. They don't even want The Lusty Argonian Maid excerpts on the forums. When they said the game was mature, they should have kept it that way and made the parents account for their children playing it. And if I had to pick someone, it would be that rogue Jakarn. Ah yes, Steve Blum. Love that man, love that voice.
Not entering the whole discussion, really, but I just peeked at the thread and found this, so I wanted to remark - no, I don't think we have 12 yr olds playing this game, not unless they lied about their age anyway. Game TOS prohibits underage players from playing it.
Just musing too: has anyone read YA fiction recently? We've got global scale catastrophes, lots of death and dismemberment, twisted and warped notions of consent between "love interests," and lots of glorious suicide "victories." ESO's pretty tame compared to the kid's section at Barnes & Noble lately
You say it like these themes are new to fiction meant for young adults but theyre literally hundreds of years old. Young people really can handle much more than people give them credit for.
LOL, they're not new. Look at how grisly nursery rhymes and fairy tales are at their origin. Just saying the flap over protecting the little tweens is misguided. My favorite stuff to read when I was that age was horror: Stephen King, Dean Koontz. Loved apocolyptic fiction the most: Swan Song, The Stand.
ESO's so amazingly tame compared to what I used to read as a kid. I think the people who need the most protection are adults I have so much less stomach for that stuff these days than I did when I was a tyke. 4 -
Mathius_Mordred✭✭✭✭✭
✭huschdeguddzje wrote: »No, go and have real life relationships
Obviously written by someone who's never had one! Far more trouble than they are worth and far more expensive than a few thousand crowns!Skyrim Red Shirts. Join us at https://skyrimredshirts.co.ukJoin Skyrim Red Shirts. Free trader. We welcome all, from new players to Vets. A mature drama-free social group enjoying PVE questing, PvP, Dungeons, trials and arenas. Web, FB Group & Discord. Guild Hall, trial dummy, crafting, transmutation, banker & merchant. You may invite your friends. No requirements10 -
Sylvermynx✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭As someone who's been married nearly 43 years, I have all the relationship I need and then some. Now, I don't ever do game relationships as I just don't find it interesting, fun, or involving - but of course as long as it was totally optional I wouldn't care if it was added.
Most other games have stuff like that; I can't remember about WoW and RIFT (only other MMOs I've played) but nearly every single player game has gone there.2 -
Bouldercleave✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Sylvermynx wrote: »As someone who's been married nearly 43 years, I have all the relationship I need and then some. Now, I don't ever do game relationships as I just don't find it interesting, fun, or involving - but of course as long as it was totally optional I wouldn't care if it was added.
Most other games have stuff like that; I can't remember about WoW and RIFT (only other MMOs I've played) but nearly every single player game has gone there.
Yeah, I'm 26 years into marriage myself. I couldn't care less if they added it, but I'm not remotely interested in participating...3 -
Sylvermynx✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭ If only mods were allowed. 
*laughing* OH SO TRUE!Bouldercleave wrote: »Sylvermynx wrote: »As someone who's been married nearly 43 years, I have all the relationship I need and then some. Now, I don't ever do game relationships as I just don't find it interesting, fun, or involving - but of course as long as it was totally optional I wouldn't care if it was added.
Most other games have stuff like that; I can't remember about WoW and RIFT (only other MMOs I've played) but nearly every single player game has gone there.
Yeah, I'm 26 years into marriage myself. I couldn't care less if they added it, but I'm not remotely interested in participating...
Yep. That says it for me too.0 -
StormeReigns✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Companion(ship)? Yes
Relation(ship)? Gray area
But given how the AI currently is for pets... an NPC partner would just add more to the grief if not done right, as well does morality come into play now? Are they an already existing game NPC character? If not, What if your "new" NPC is goody-two-shoes and you're a stab-stab-klepto? Can you sway them to your moral thinking (in game) or are you stuck with what you got?
Not including, would/could you add personalities and costumes / outfits to them? Would they need gear to help you fit, or a glorified pack mule on two legs? or they just a House / Base Placement with a basic appearance?
Will/should they offer unique quests, achievements?
Do they give unique commentary or are they pseudo silent unless spoken to?
Would/should they have their own class / specs or they baked into a single basic role?
Edited by StormeReigns on June 9, 2019 12:01AM1 -
RPGplayer13579✭✭✭✭How about you give the players the option to either pursue an already existing NPC or create an original NPC on your own whom you rescue as they are a captive in Cold Harbor or a prison somewhere on Nirn. Add some quests where you get to know them and then after they move into your house you get a daily quest where the reward is a buff of some sort. Some potential buffs could be increased experience, health, gold found, better stuff from chests, etc.My Characters.
Mike Snow - Imperial - Templar - One-Handed and Shield - Tank - Daggerfall Covenant - Commander.
Catelyn Rivers - Breton - Sorcerer - Destruction Staff - Daggerfall Covenant - Telvanni Magister.
Ashara Sand - Redguard - Warden - Two-Handed/One-Handed and Shield - Daggerfall Covenant - Heroic.
Tormund gro-Largash - Orsimer - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Daggerfall Covenant - Furious.
Lysa Rivers - Breton - Nightblade - Bow/One-Handed and Shield - Vampire - Daggerfall Covenant - Brassy Assassin.
Jon Karstark - Nord - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Ebonheart Pact - Drunk.
Arya Sand - Dunmer - Dragonknight - Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Assassin.
Sansa Snow - Impeial - Warden - Destruction Staff/One-Handed and Shield - Ebonheart Pect - Swashbuckler.
Jojen Reed-Walker - Argonian - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Ebonheart Pact - Melancholy.
Alys Karstark - Nord - Nightblade - Bow/Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Minstrel.
Nymeria Woods - Bosmer - Nightblade - Bow - Aldmeri Dominion - Thief.
Brandon Wings - Altmer - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Aldmeri Dominion - Scholar.
Lyanna Flowers - Altmer - Sorcerer - Sword/Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Duchess.
Marvolo-jo Riddle - Khajiit - Necromancer - Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Deadlands Firewalker.
Obara Woods - Bosmer - Templar - Bow - Werewolf - Aldmeri Dominion - Cheerful.7 -
MartiniDaniels✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭'Tis a slippery slope. First comes the romance options, then people ask for nude patch.
After all these years still the top most endorsed mods for skyrim are nudity mods......
Gaming community in a nutshell
I'd say best will be that one can marry their alts this way everyone will have their unique and make them place able at house so when a player visits his/her house he'll get lover bonus like in skyrim maybe 10% boost to xp for 10 mins something like that just like Ayleid Wells.
Actually no:
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/top/
Only 1 mod from top30 (5th place) maybe considered nude.
Though I agree about alts, if not for "romance" sake but simply for immersion will make housing way more alive and popular.0 -
jainiadral✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Tbh, I think adding some sort of romantic relationship the Vestige could engage in would bring enormous depth and immersion to the game. And, no, it's not a replacement for IRL relationships any more than reading a wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am thriller or romance novel is. It's a way to add dimensionality to your personal Vestige and to the NPCs around him/her.
Or, hell, give your Vestige a chance to develop deeper friendships with NPCs. SWTOR and Bioware in general have been stellar at weaving personal relationships into larger storylines. I find it makes me care more about the main story--like my characters have a real stake in the outcome. That sense of urgency is missing in this game for me.
Anyway, I've been married for 15 years, and I've enjoyed romances in RPGs of various stripes. They're story to be explored just like quests or dungeons or lorebooks. I think ZOS' writers have the chops to come up with something incredible if they have the desire or are given the space to do it. The single most romantic video game quest I've ever played was the flower quest for those two Bosmer in Greenshade.Edited by jainiadral on June 9, 2019 1:26AM9 -
Nightowl_74✭✭✭I've always enjoyed having an npc of my own in games with that feature. In FFXI I spent a lot of time working with my companion npc and in Skyrim my followers and "family" were fun, so although anything very heavy on the romance would put me off (I prefer a platonic companion npc) I think it would be a good addition.0 -
RPGplayer13579✭✭✭✭There could be options on how you acquire this new NPC. Complete some mandatory quests, Crown Store, Gold, Crown Gems.My Characters.
Mike Snow - Imperial - Templar - One-Handed and Shield - Tank - Daggerfall Covenant - Commander.
Catelyn Rivers - Breton - Sorcerer - Destruction Staff - Daggerfall Covenant - Telvanni Magister.
Ashara Sand - Redguard - Warden - Two-Handed/One-Handed and Shield - Daggerfall Covenant - Heroic.
Tormund gro-Largash - Orsimer - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Daggerfall Covenant - Furious.
Lysa Rivers - Breton - Nightblade - Bow/One-Handed and Shield - Vampire - Daggerfall Covenant - Brassy Assassin.
Jon Karstark - Nord - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Ebonheart Pact - Drunk.
Arya Sand - Dunmer - Dragonknight - Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Assassin.
Sansa Snow - Impeial - Warden - Destruction Staff/One-Handed and Shield - Ebonheart Pect - Swashbuckler.
Jojen Reed-Walker - Argonian - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Ebonheart Pact - Melancholy.
Alys Karstark - Nord - Nightblade - Bow/Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Minstrel.
Nymeria Woods - Bosmer - Nightblade - Bow - Aldmeri Dominion - Thief.
Brandon Wings - Altmer - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Aldmeri Dominion - Scholar.
Lyanna Flowers - Altmer - Sorcerer - Sword/Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Duchess.
Marvolo-jo Riddle - Khajiit - Necromancer - Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Deadlands Firewalker.
Obara Woods - Bosmer - Templar - Bow - Werewolf - Aldmeri Dominion - Cheerful.1 -
FierceSam✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭I have a relationship with Razum Dar. Tho the doesn't know about it yet. Other day he offered me a quest. Things are getting preety serious between us.
That’s nothing ‘special one’, only last week he took me to meet his Mum.
And his apparently never-ending stable of local girlfriends.1 -
wishlist14✭✭✭✭✭
✭I was pretty amused the first time I noticed companions sending me in-game love emails in SWTOR. I think the companion system in general would be neat in ESO, including the combat aspect. It would definitely help for making housing feel more alive.
I wish my gm would send me sweet emails 😜 He's kinda cuteEdited by wishlist14 on June 9, 2019 7:46AM1 -
twev✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭wishlist14 wrote: »I was pretty amused the first time I noticed companions sending me in-game love emails in SWTOR. I think the companion system in general would be neat in ESO, including the combat aspect. It would definitely help for making housing feel more alive.
I wish my gm would send me sweet emails 😜 He's kinda cute
Rings of Mara.
BYOP
Bring Your Own Partner.The problem with society these days is that no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.0 -
RPGplayer13579✭✭✭✭This post is just to see if there would be a response from anyone official. @ZOS_GinaBruno @ZOS_JessicaFolsom @ZOS_GaryA @ZOS_KaiSchober @ZOS_BillE
Can we expect anything like this either later this year or next year?My Characters.
Mike Snow - Imperial - Templar - One-Handed and Shield - Tank - Daggerfall Covenant - Commander.
Catelyn Rivers - Breton - Sorcerer - Destruction Staff - Daggerfall Covenant - Telvanni Magister.
Ashara Sand - Redguard - Warden - Two-Handed/One-Handed and Shield - Daggerfall Covenant - Heroic.
Tormund gro-Largash - Orsimer - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Daggerfall Covenant - Furious.
Lysa Rivers - Breton - Nightblade - Bow/One-Handed and Shield - Vampire - Daggerfall Covenant - Brassy Assassin.
Jon Karstark - Nord - Dragonknight - Two-Handed - Ebonheart Pact - Drunk.
Arya Sand - Dunmer - Dragonknight - Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Assassin.
Sansa Snow - Impeial - Warden - Destruction Staff/One-Handed and Shield - Ebonheart Pect - Swashbuckler.
Jojen Reed-Walker - Argonian - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Ebonheart Pact - Melancholy.
Alys Karstark - Nord - Nightblade - Bow/Dual Wield - Ebonheart Pact - Minstrel.
Nymeria Woods - Bosmer - Nightblade - Bow - Aldmeri Dominion - Thief.
Brandon Wings - Altmer - Templar - Restoration Staff - Healer - Aldmeri Dominion - Scholar.
Lyanna Flowers - Altmer - Sorcerer - Sword/Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Duchess.
Marvolo-jo Riddle - Khajiit - Necromancer - Destruction Staff - Aldmeri Dominion - Deadlands Firewalker.
Obara Woods - Bosmer - Templar - Bow - Werewolf - Aldmeri Dominion - Cheerful.0 -
ArenGesus✭✭✭✭✭Concerning the RPG part of MMORPG, what if the Writers provided a selection of Romanceable NPCs with new lines of Dialogue and even questlines that progress the relationship. A new game mechanic that allows the vestige to bond with an NPC, complete a personal story questline, and unlock special options such as making them a version of the Brotherhood Bequeather, or a special "Assistant" you can place in your house.
We already have lines of dialogue where the Vestige flirts, heavily, with Naryu. Thats a start.
Eveli Sharp Arrow, pls marry me!!!
Too chipper in the morning. Need somebody to glower over their coffee with me for an hour or two before I start being all happy with the world around me.1
