ANet: Make cities more lively

HI to all!! New here!! First post for me:

I've got a suggestion for cities on Tyria (and Cantha as well, but they could be already different). I find city scattered around the world a lot boring... NPC stay there, doing nothing other than standing straight watching the infinity. Wouldn't be better if e.g. the armourer stay near an anvil hammering an (ever) unfinished blade, stopping only if someone talks to him. Or if merchant would stay sit behind their shop waving hands and advertising their goods. Wouldn't be better if citizens go around doing their job instead of walking in circles?

Just an idea..C&C appreciated!!

Bye all!!

Only if it doesn't cause game to slow. Plus, I am only in town for business and don't want to be chasing any NPCs down for simple errands.

I think the lag would be insane

why the lag should be insane? Outside outpost there are a pletora of monsters and they move everyone indipendently.... does your game lag?
During Wintersday event there was a lot more animations with a lot people in districts...did your game lag?

I think slowness it's not a problem.
Plus me too don't want citizen with quest going around...but "useless" roaming people would be better if animated. same with merchants: static in place but animated.

The lag is due to so many other players being there too, and yes during wintersday i was getting crazy lag in LA, that's with a decent video card and an "ok computer".

I really couldnt care if this would be implemented, but I don't think lag would be a problem, wintersday was a lot bigger then some animations i think.

and your lag, was that when Dwayna and Grenth were there or during whole wintersday?

More interaction, npcs, houses stores and stuff ..

/signed asap

is it just me or theres no informatin on the left column under Epsilorn the Red name.. me thinks hes a hazor.

/signed

Signed make it a little more roleplay friendly by making the epic guildwars world a little more immersive and in depth, this is the one thing i find guildwars lacking in.

so /signed for sure!

Yea thats the second one of tose i've seen. Its the same for darkpower alchemist.

I originally thought he was like god, because god doesn't want us to know his personnal info, or else we would bombard him with messages in game. Now I'm not sure why its happening.

Back on topic, this sounds cool, it is more of a want that a need though. If for some reason in the future, a-net is just sitting around on there arses with nothing to do, then they should do this, but for the time being there are more important things.

Insane lag for sure.

Yes, I hate hot Npc just stand there all day... don't their leg ever get tire?

some more character animation would surely be nice. Can also add some interactive factors (like the Merchant yelling your name to buy their goods). Should also add more NPC that would walk around or doing the usual thing. Always seem strange that the world you are trying to save is fill with Hero Warriors and Mages..../Sign

On a similar note... /Sign for Town Cloth.

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oh, and I don't think it would lag much at all, since those animation will be just play off your computer, and not needed to stream from server. Wintersday add lots more NPC to LA, which does not seem to make it more lag than before (beside when there were 200 districts)

/aspecialchris_nin00sign


This sort of pushes towards a more rpg like game.

don't know why i havent data under my name... registered correctly as anyone...