Ditch the Wandering NPCs

[MattyPoltergeist]

When Revelius was first promoted, the NPCs wandering around Diagonal Lane was a very appealing feature. However, I now feel their removal from the entire server would be an improvement - here's why:
- Their skins regularly don't load and the lack of diversity diminishes the realism
- They have no lore or relevance to overall gameplay
- Half the time they just have name tags above their heads, which just looks tacky and unnatural
- They do little but stand there, adding more confusion than life
- There are too few of them to create the atmosphere of a bustling town
- They only load when you are near, meaning the NPCs just sporadically and unexpectadely spawn
- I wouldn't be surprised if they have a negative impact on the server's performance

 

[GreatLordOz]

Big down vote for this. The areas with wandering npcs would feel even more dead without them.

 

[RazzleDazzle]

Big down vote for this. The areas with wandering npcs would feel even more dead without them.

This server feels too dead to begin with.
I'd suggest adding more Wandering NPCs

 

[Allandrk]

I personally don't see much use in the wandering NPCs, but they are not really in my way so I don't see why they should be removed.

 

[Ivan_]

Replace them with villagers *insert villager sounds*

 

[Pankakes]

I talked about this issue in the Map exploration post 3 years ago.

TLDR: It feels dead because the streets are too wide, buildings are too big, there's not enough NPCs and everything is dead silent.

 

[Blueburypancakes]

When Revelius was first promoted, the NPCs wandering around Diagonal Lane was a very appealing feature. However, I now feel their removal from the entire server would be an improvement - here's why:
- Their skins regularly don't load and the lack of diversity diminishes the realism
- They have no lore or relevance to overall gameplay
- Half the time they just have name tags above their heads, which just looks tacky and unnatural
- They do little but stand there, adding more confusion than life
- There are too few of them to create the atmosphere of a bustling town
- They only load when you are near, meaning the NPCs just sporadically and unexpectadely spawn
- I wouldn't be surprised if they have a negative impact on the server's performance

But then I can't bully them with leviocorpum and flipellius

 

[MelonFoxy]

Hello, @MattyPoltergeist!

Unfortunately, this suggestion has been declined. Over the last few months we have continuously worked towards improving our town NPCs. Earlier this year support was added to show custom skins on these NPCs, so they should no longer spawn in with default steve skins. In addition to that we are also working towards improving the NPCs to allow them to hold custom wands and wear custom hats tailored to their town that showcase our store items. Ultimately we like the idea of having the NPCs in towns as they do add life to them, and we are focused on adding and expanding our content rather than of removing parts of it.

Thank you for making this suggestion, and have a magical day!

 

[Pankakes]

improving the NPCs to allow them to hold custom wands and wear custom hats tailored to their town that showcase our store items

Shift+Click to perform a "drip check" that will display what the NPC is wearing or holding, with respective links to the PW Store