Killing/Robbing NPCs

[jaded]

Is this possible or will it be added? I loved this in ultima online. I would like to become a bandit in the woods robbing or killing travelers.

[Bearhug67]

(08-06-2013 10:27 AM)jaded Wrote:  Is this possible or will it be added? I loved this in ultima online. I would like to become a bandit in the woods robbing or killing travelers.

That sounds like a lucrative career but which could also be quite short. Being a bandit is in most fantasy games often not a serious issue as NPC's don't really care much for eachother, maybe just protected by a few town guards.

But when you have actually a settlement yourself and rely on others in the world for supplies, training and trading and they remember you then this can be suddenly a very big problem.

That's why I loved games which have a reputation system were the game world actually remembers your actions in the good like in the bad, allowing you to build a supportive reputation or enjoy a very lonely but adventurous brigand life.
An example for a game with a rep system is for example Divine Divinity.

[Lord Mordekaiser]

That is a very interesting point BearHug, I was planing to put this fact into perspective in a lot of instances with the main story of the game if you decide to play a rogue like hero but there might be ways to get around this like wearing a mask, manipulating people to forget certain things, bribe guards, and other avenues to change the way people perceive you

[Jalister]

It would be great to see a proper reputation system. I can't really think of many games that even come close. I find it so unrealistic that if I choose to slay 3 elves that are camping in the woods, in the middle of the night, with no witnesses around, somehow every elf in the game gets notified about it, and I take a faction hit with all elves.

[Mark Rushow]

I don't bother with such activities but if others enjoy it go for it.

[Scanty Chunk]

I was wondering if any NPCs will ever react to things being taken from their house. I was playing the beta and I was just jacking everyone's plants and property.
I'm sure that this will get addressed eventually, because duh, but I just want to be sure that this is something reasonable to bring up.

[Jalister]

I'd also like to see NPC reactions to burning their house down.