NPC Waifus

[ydex]

Fun idea! We should test it for at least a world or two!

[Hasta]

Waifus would be similar to resources, but much more sought after. There would be a finite amount of waifus spawned at the beginning of the world in pre-generated villages. Players would have to siege them and claim the waifus inside. After the waifus have been claimed, people will begin to recognize which waifus are the purest and thus the most sought after. Whole alliances would be formed to siege and claim and recover sacred waifus. Waifus would also generate some form of score for their village holder, similar to relics in Age of Empires. And perhaps, the first to reach a certain goal of Waifu Purity would be the victors of the world and push Haven into the next. The Search for Waifus would be the ultmate driving force in Haven politics. Alliances would be ever changing entities as they form and shatter based on who claims the most Waifus.

Perhaps... waifus are the elusive End Game Content we seek? This would force player interaction! One could not simply squirrel their precious waifu away without drawing attention of the craving hordes. People would be forced to make friendships... and break them.

If you put it this way, I agree such a thing could somewhat vitalize the world and incite players activity at endgame. Then again, this function you describe can be carried by an object, not necessarily an NPC (non-playable character, with AI and means of interaction, in case someone reading this forgot the definition). Bear is an NPC. Holy Grail sought after and giving "score" to whoever has it in posession - is an object.

I think if you elaborate on more "smaller" functions of this Waifu you're suggesting, other than being a highly-sought prized posession, that can justify it being an NPC.

[Granger]

According to the devs: human NPC won't happen, ever, apart from the wizard in the starting room.

In case you want capture the flag style gameplay: bind it to objects and make them have a critical mass. Should you 'win' by collecting enough of them they go critical in somw way and wipe the winning faction from the map (they 'won' so they can start again fresh) for endless endgame to work in a reset free eternal world.

[Jesus_Smith_Nandez]