Quote EricMusco Quote: Originally Posted by Hey folks!



I know the NPC limit is certainly something many of you would like to see raised so I wanted to explain why it is in place currently. As most of you suspect already, it is a performance issue. Without going into too much detail, if someone's Stronghold begins to load a large amount of NPCs it can create issues not only in your Stronghold, but in others as well.



As with all things we will continue to monitor this limit and raise it as we can. We want to give you the opportunity to place as many NPCs possible, but we also want to ensure you have the best experience in your Stronghold as well.



Hope that makes sense. Thanks!



-eric





A 35-40 visitor limit can accomodate 3 op groups which should be enough for even guild events/parties. I was in one of the largest guilds on my server with regularly planned events and it was extremely rare for us to gather more than 30 people at any given time.



Personal strongholds are not world zones, there is little for the visitors to do except to gawk at your trophies and decorations. Even if it is in a social gathering setting, people will get bored and leave rather quickly. So unless you are in an exceptionally large guild with an abnormal number of active players who like to hold large parties at your place, the probability of a personal stronghold ever hitting the 70 visitors mark is extremely slim to say the least. That slim probility is certainly no justification to limit the NPC options for everyone elses strongholds. Eric, if the NPC limit is tied to the "potential" of having 70 visitors coming into your stronghold which when combined with more than 25 NPCs could then creat a performance issue, then the solution would be simple. Lower the visitor limit by half.A 35-40 visitor limit can accomodate 3 op groups which should be enough for even guild events/parties. I was in one of the largest guilds on my server with regularly planned events and it was extremely rare for us to gather more than 30 people at any given time.Personal strongholds are not world zones, there is little for the visitors to do except to gawk at your trophies and decorations. Even if it is in a social gathering setting, people will get bored and leave rather quickly. So unless you are in an exceptionally large guild with an abnormal number of active players who like to hold large parties at your place, the probability of a personal stronghold ever hitting the 70 visitors mark is extremely slim to say the least. That slim probility is certainly no justification to limit the NPC options for everyone elses strongholds.