What do you want your npc's to do?

There are tons of threads and haven't seen a single one about npc's. So, my question to you guys is:
What do you want your npc's to do? I would want my npc's to be my SLAVES! And do my bidding and gie me money, and stuff. Discuss.

 

Strap explosives onto them and force them to kill each other in a Battle Royale-esque competition.

 

Sleep wi- I mean SELL things to the NPCs.

 

I would like a Koala to hang on my back at all times, he will chew any herbs I find and turn them into potions.

" Sleep wi- I mean sell things to the NPCs. "


I know that feel bro.

 

I mostly just wanna have them Research new stuff for me, but guards could be useful, too.

Also I'll probably sometimes drop extra NPCs into a pit filled with something really nasty...
Or feed them to a Poptop.

 

I want a wizard, and a maid, and a scientist, and a mechanic, and a tinkerer, and a biologist, and a pilot, and a medic, and a dog, and they will all dance all the time! :D

 

To not open doors. At all. Ever. Otherwise I'll be walking down a corridor and one of them will randomly decide to open the airlock...

 

i remember those stupid terraria npcs, always walking outside, falling into a pit and staying there until the next bloodmoon. geez...

 

And letting zombies in.

 

Would be epic if you could make armies with the npc's to fight bigger threads and invade enemy territory.

 

I want the crew from Cowboy Bepob, then I'll be good to go.

But I swear if there's a guide I'll make sure to find a voodoo doll as soon as possible.

 

I want them to follow me and fight, guard the base, take care of my pets, repair damaged base areas, research stuff, sell stuff, and jetpack around with me! Speaking of which, I wonder if it'll be possible for your NPCs to get in vehicles or jetpacks to follow you around. It would help make awesome threat level 100 squads if they could use that stuff.

 

Just to have a crew. thats what it all comes down to.

 

No clue....
i treat my NPCs only as living targets

 

To actually fight back if enemies come in....

 

You know, this is something I hadn't considered until now. I had a feeling the NPC's would probably fill a similar role to that which they did in terraria, selling you neat things in return for the junk you don't want. I think I'd be pretty happy with them if they did at least that. That, and the ability to throw them out the airlock if I don't like them. (I'm looking at you, Terraria Guide.)

One thing I'd absolutely love to see is the NPC's being just as randomized as all the other mobs in the game are planned to be. That way, every time I see my Red-head cyborg mechanic who always speaks in rhymes, I can remember saving her valiantly from the clutches of evil warrior penguins wielding samurai swords made out of frozen swordfish.

 

I want my NPCs to...
I want my NPCs to act like their own people. I want them to have thoughts and feelings and attitudes and interactions. I want them to do stuff for me, but I also want to do stuff for them. I want them to feel like other players. I DON'T want them sitting on their asses waiting for me to pop by.

Although I don't think AI has come that far yet... a man can dream, right?

 

Starbound is already feels so wildly ambitious to me, that I'm afraid that's asking quite a lot. But yes, we can dream of the day that the AI will be just like people.... And then collapse human society...

 

I would like it to vary depending on the NPC. Such as NPC that could go into combat with you, ones that would do research and ones that you could buy and sell with.

 

I don't know. Maybe have them do like random tasks like say cooking/melting/forging metal or other things for weapons if you can do that. But it might be too complicated if they can do stuff that you tell them.