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On 10/28/2022 at 5:54 PM, A Lamp said:

I aswell don't like much the idea of a trader, tho it is very likely HL will add a setting to disable it. (I mean after all there's custom mode for a reason no?)

Also, does anyone else feels like Methuselah will be involved with the trader, IF not being one?

Yes that's also right!

When I heard a trader Methuselah the first one came to my mind! Not as trader but because its the only NPC that encountered you couple of times on your way and you can chilling with him in his campfire 😁

Thanks everyone for sharing your opinion!

Again, I'm wrong to judge something unknown just because of my own speculations... So forgive me for that, but I'm so excited to shut up 😅 I just wanted to share and relief 

I would like to say that I'm not against the trading idea itself... It's just that specific one when you have a static NPC standing all day in one place, like many other games.

However, good ideas that fit the game style will be a great addition, for example:

What if the traders are passersby that shows from time to time and set a campfire on roads and other places (and they randomized each time so you can always have a new fresh meeting)
And you can find them by radio, campfire smoke, flares, notes, or any other idea
Something close to this idea is already implemented in the game as Methuselah and the survivers from the plane in the story mode

Hinterland always does things right so far... For example, I don't like supernatural stuff, especially in realistic games... But they made the aurora event so interesting and fascinating that i really liked it
So I hope they are going to make the trader idea interesting and fit the game so well.🙏

3 hours ago, yollarbenibekler said:

Please allow us to kill the trader so if anyone wants to trade, then there it is. If you want to be alone, a bullet is enough. Especially in Survival Mode, I want to be left alone.

Edit: If the trader is really someone who we don't see, but can reach by a radio, then it's ok. Just drop the radio in an inaccesable place and we're good to go.

No don't do a crime!😐

Actually if the trader will stand still there forever I guess you can do it... its fine 🤐

On 10/29/2022 at 10:24 AM, GeneralJConnor said:

I predict that the Trader will be like...or possibly will actually be a Forest Talker...that you will only talk with over the radio but never see.

He will give you options of a trade offer...and if you accept it will be hidden in a cache at a drop point discussed over the radio. The radio is only active during an aurora.

You can choose to use the radio or not.

Simple.

Thats so interesting!

And it will be fine to meet someone on campfire instead of just the cache .... and I will definitely choose to use it because its brilliant idea! 🙂

On 10/28/2022 at 5:06 PM, jeffpeng said:

 

Maybe the Trader will be an aurora infused bear that got struck by lighting...

I like your ideas 😆

Thanks for sharing... I will wait the update while I'm collecting the rabbit pelts😆

Yes lets wait and see 🙂

As we know, TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY will be adding TRADER. We don't know how it will be exactly yet... But I don't like it
And I hope they give as an option to disable it

Let me explain...

The Long Dark is my favorite survival game because of the atmosphere, environment, and the feelings... when you feel lost, lonely, worried, hopeless yet satisfied, and excited

Now, if they will add a robotic NPC that stands on the same place for eternity just for trading, that kind of breaks those feelings and make it silly or awkward because it doesn't suit that type of game

On other survival games, like zombie games, traders are acceptable because
1- There is no way out, and we have to adjust with the new world
2- There are communities and people to trade with

But on TLD and similar survival games (such as stranded deep, forest... etc)
There are no communities or people to trade with!
It's so silly to open a shop in an abandoned, doomed, empty world!
Also the world is still there... There is a way out... Only you who lost... So you should keep going and if you meet someone on the road they should be people like you looking to survive and find a way out not traders!

So, I hope they will give us an option to disable that 🙏 

And yes, it's wrong to judge before we know how it will be implemented in the game... but I still think it will be a robotic NPC.
I'm am the only one who makes that a big deal?
What's your opinion about this trader system?