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Offline The Mimic

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Unlocking other Time Period NPCs
« on: February 17, 2012, 10:59:56 am »
I've been playing since the first release, on and off. Things have changed quite a bit! Normally, I would find other time period NPCs by visiting wind shelter build locations, finding them wandering around. Then I'd use the strategic view to have an NPC rescue them, but that's not quite valid anymore.

The unlock screen simply says to find a chunk with them in it. I didn't find any new NPCs in missions, so I decided to check the neutral Ilari stones underground. I DID find other time-period NPCs down there! However, it didn't actually unlock the unlockable. They never moved, though they occasionally spoke, and I could glyph-transfer over to them, but it never counted as having met them.

I'm assuming I'm doing it the wrong way now. How does one go about unlocking NPCs from other time periods?

Edit note: This was during a multiplayer game.
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Offline Toll

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Re: Unlocking other Time Period NPCs
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2012, 11:02:30 am »
Honestly, I've been having the same thought. I've played an entire continent now, without unlocking a single NPC. The missions only seem to have unlocked ones so that can't be how, nor have I found any in the caves I've been in, so that can't be the way to do it... The only reason I haven't put it on Mantis yet is because... well, no one else has, and I haven't played much, so I figured I must've missed something.
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Offline x4000

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Re: Unlocking other Time Period NPCs
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2012, 11:03:27 am »
It's probably something that is broken with the way that you unlock them -- thanks for the note.
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Offline The Mimic

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Re: Unlocking other Time Period NPCs
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2012, 11:21:43 am »
Quote from: Toll on February 17, 2012, 11:02:30 am
Honestly, I've been having the same thought. I've played an entire continent now, without unlocking a single NPC. The missions only seem to have unlocked ones so that can't be how, nor have I found any in the caves I've been in, so that can't be the way to do it... The only reason I haven't put it on Mantis yet is because... well, no one else has, and I haven't played much, so I figured I must've missed something.

Same. I figured I was just doing something wrong. I can add it to mantis if you like, x4000. I'm going to try meeting the neutral Illari stone survivors in a SP game first, so I have more information for you.

Ed: Ah, it's sort of here already, but not quite: http://www.arcengames.com/mantisbt/view.php?id=5292 This one is a bit too outdated to be relevant.
« Last Edit: February 17, 2012, 11:23:37 am by The Mimic »
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Offline x4000

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Re: Unlocking other Time Period NPCs
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2012, 11:27:05 am »
We're working on it -- this one we've already got on our internal list for today, no worries. :)

Along with at least three new mission types (two already pretty much done, the third about 70%; we might even be able to fit in a fourth, heh).
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Offline The Mimic

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Re: Unlocking other Time Period NPCs
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2012, 11:28:45 am »
More mission types! That sounds amazing; I'm really looking forward to that. Just to verify, I encountered a neutral Ilari in SP, and this unlocked NPCs - so it was purely an MP issue after all!
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Re: Unlocking other Time Period NPCs
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2012, 11:34:45 am »
Awesome, that sounds good.  In terms of meeting the NPCs in that fashion, that also makes sense -- can you add a note to the mantis ticket above about that still being true with the neutral ilari ones?
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Re: Unlocking other Time Period NPCs
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2012, 11:59:40 am »
Ok, as of 0.579, rescue-npc missions will now pull from the right time period :)
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Re: Unlocking other Time Period NPCs
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2012, 02:52:37 pm »
Quote from: x4000 on February 17, 2012, 11:27:05 am
We're working on it -- this one we've already got on our internal list for today, no worries. :)

Along with at least three new mission types (two already pretty much done, the third about 70%; we might even be able to fit in a fourth, heh).

Can't wait for more missions I've done the current one's so many times lol
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