Thalls & Animals rework needed

[BotModExe]

I have even started a Topic on Steam and will also link this Tread on this site also on Steam, so it would be great a Mod or Admin could link this here to, you will find it in the discussions with the Title: [SUGGESTION] Thall rework needed! or (last part of the link) 1651043958643403200/?tscn=1559450484 Thanks!

One of the main problems this game actually haves is that really dumb system around the Thralls. You have no effective way to micromanage them anyways. The next point is that there is always a bunch of T1 & T2 Thralls & Animals that people no longer need, so these are placed somewhere on the server as garbage.

Options and ways to solve those problems in my opinion …

Character options:
· Agressive
· Neutral
· Passive

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Following options and so on:
· Follow / Unfollw. (Allways InGame)
· Defend and hold the actual position. (For Structures, Thralls and ner by Allied players )
· Stop! (Instantly stop all actions even attacking!)

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Even missing is a patrol System to guard your Buildings:
You can add a craftable Item like a Simple waypoint Flag. (Some Rocks a Stick or Bones some Hide, something like this.) After placing those you can add a limited number of Thralls which will patrol between those points. (About a maximum of 3 will be ok for the beginning)

The next point is to stop ppl. placing their unused Thralls & Animals all over the map… So there is a decay needed! If Thralls & Animals don’t get any food for more than 24 hours they have to die, this will keep any server clean and will reduce delay/lags! At this point, the interval for the good of the Thralls must be buffed, so that it is consumed slower otherwise ppl. will start crying about that fact because they have to spend more than 15 minutes with a cleaver to harvest some meat for some days.

Update 01:
On Steam the User: “snoclown” haves the Suggestion to limit how many Thralls a player could have. In my opinion, this is even a good idea because the Purges are not that hard that ppl. have to flood an area with more than 30 Thralls and Animals. (You should exclude Thralls for any workstations here.)

Edit:
This Tread will be updated with suggestions of other ppl. on Steam!

[TwoJay]

There are so many threads and posts for this theme. I cant count them anymore. A new/better/expanded Thrall/Pet Management/Overhaul is one of the most expexted/wanted features for this game.

News about the Overhaul of the thrall system

One of the core systems next to the Building System of this great game is the Thrall system. The overhaul and further development of this system is one of the most discussed themes on this forum. There are so many interesting suggestions for this system, the most favorite suggestions are: Naming Thralls Commanding Thralls (Attack/Come back …) Training for Thralls More Functions for Thralls (I.e. Musicians, Guards, …) More immersive possibilities for Thralls (Emotes for Thralls, waypoint syst…

Thrall/pet behaviors

A few ideas that could make thralls and pets a bit more helpful, behaviour wise. Mostly movement related. Nudge - would like to be able to nudge/bump friendly thralls and/or pets out of the way by walking into/bumping them. When set to follow, they sometimes block narrow paths, and I then either have to climb around them, or physically move them via their scroll windows. A simple little nudge/bump past them would help with this. Settings - the player to be able to set a thrall or pet’s move…

What would you like to see included in a settlement system

I’m curious as to what functions my fellow player would want a settlement system to preform. I’ve come up with a short list myself but please share any thoughts you might have. -Centralized control of thrall behavior. Who they are hostile toward and how they react to hostile. -Set permissions for building and storage access. -Centralized upkeep for thrall and building upkeep if and when it is implemented. -A tax system for giving the settlement a cut of all commerce that takes place within i…

Training facilties for fighter and archer thralls

It should be possible to train our T4 fighter and archer thralls and make them stronger. For example an archer of the Exiles faction should become as strong as an archer from the Forgotten Tribes if we put him for some hours or days into a training facilty like for example the archer target which is now just decoration. This would make the T4s of the souther map areas useful as these from the northern map and not just a waste of time in the wheel. Mentor (like the taskmaster in the wheel of p…

Random Events\ & additional Thrall behaviors\commands

I feel like the game came really benefit from random events. It will make it more living\alive in my opinion. Traveling Caravans, merchants, troop movements, some none hostile NPC camps depending on religion or race type. Assassin’s guild that will send out special enemies either single or group to take you out. Maybe more of a market where we can either trade items or sell, giving silver and gold coins more of a currency. Maybe a trade hut or market that is craftable for merchant caravans can…

Behavior of thrall

It should be possible to modify the artificial intelligence of slaves, so that they do not rush into battle when killing enemies. Or attack only the targets attacked by the player. Because slaves have the bad idea of running on all the enemies in range and often, this makes the situation complicated, because they can die and put the player in a bad situation, without forgetting all the objects that the slave wore. can be lost or too heavy to wear. I know there are camels, but I doubt that thi…

Thralls and pets behavior!

before the new release patch… i think a good idea is DEVs add some kind of istances for pets and thralls like Passive, Guard and Agressive modes… maybe wandering or patrol something like that… should be more usefull on terms of protection and strategics system… RP server dont be afraid to meet ppl to trade or something… when passive u can use thralls and pets to carry item whitout engage in no necessary combat… Guard mode thralls and pets only atk if u are in danger (no need to be hited by mobs …

New mechanic wish list!

Hey guys its about that time of year and we are getting ready to roll over to january again. Last January 31 Funcom released their yearly plan. Unforutnately unless they have been super quiet about what they have been up to we won’t be seeing all of that list added. But now is a great time to make out wants and desires for the coming year known so they know what kinds of things we all want to see. Who knows unique ideas from the community could breath even more new life into the game and bring o…

These are only a few. The Posts and Threads are countless and if you want to add the ones on reddit, twitter, facebook, youtube, steam … its definetely a feature everybody is waiting for a long time now.

[Kwalya]

Re: decay on thralls/pets.
There is meant to be a decay setting for thralls/pets now. They removed the death through starvation (which used to be death if not fed after about 10 days) and replaced it with a despawn after 14 days of the owner not logging in.

Funcom has recently stated that the reset should be proximity based (like it is for our bases). I have my doubts about that so I am testing it again… result of this latest test due midJune.
Back in mid-March I placed a bearer thrall on the rocks near the Senitals. My base is over near Narrowneck Span so I thought that the Sentials should be far enough away that if it’s by proximity then I would not reset him by logging into my base. I avoided going to close to that area for over a month … and he’s still there.
But the claim it is proximity only came after the more recent patch that removed the remnants of the feeding system and gave us the current abomination. So I am testing again. I took a thrall to the Temple of Frost obelisk and stranded her on a rock out of reach of hostiles and where players are unlikely to want to build on the 30 May. My closest base is at the mount of the dead. I will not go up into the ice again until 15 June … a couple of days after she should have despawned.

[BotModExe]

The main problem with this game is, that there is even no feedback and suggestions are auto closed after 7 days of inactivity which is completely worse and the reason for those mass of dead treads about this issue.

But this Thall / Aninimal issue is a real problem for each server which needs a rework nearby, that’s a fact!