[ WP ] You are a NPC during a scheduled server maintenance . There are no adventurers online .

`` Well, looks like break time, uh Merchant Roger?'' I said to my good NPC companion since server update 2.0.1. `` Yup, let's hurry up to the lunch room, there are not enough tables since the last NPC batch was added''. I told him to go ahead while I picked up some stuff but the truth is that I enjoyed these moments being alone, walking through the village where all sorts of players passed by, now void of all gamers and just a handful of NPCs rushing to get lunch. 
 
 In the first version of the game, I was alone most of the time just in charge of sending players on simple quests so they could level up or find their way through the small number of NPCs in the village. I remember the joy of giving some good advice to lost travelers or even assign a quick quest to low-level users. You see, I'm located at the town outskirts and was usually the first NPC the players see when logging for the first time, so when the game got more popular I met thousands of new players every day, telling them where to find stuff in the village and some quick quests so they could level up or just practice. 
 
 Do n't get me wrong, I love the new updates and I like to have more NPCs around me now. In the last update they added Merchant Roger, Blacksmith Patrice and Job Trainer Jack nearby so now the players do n't have to go inside the village ( which is now a big town ) to do their everyday tasks. 
 
 I guess I like the small moments of loneliness I get during these maintenance windows because I do n't have to listen to Job Trainer Jack and Blacksmith Patrice argue ( as they do almost every day! ) or hear about the new items Merchant Roger has in his stock. As NPCs you do n't move from your post during work so all I have left to enjoy some peace of mind are these small walks during lunch time. Do n't get me wrong, I enjoy the company but somehow I got too used to being alone to enjoy my surroundings or the look on the player's face when they have their first quest as trivial all that might be seen. Nowadays they talk to me less and less, new players have other NPCs readily available and my quests are now optional. The new sign post tell them where is everything relevant in the village so I'm not in charge of that either. 
 
 I wonder if I can request an upgrade to do something different: I'd love to be an advanced quest-giver NPC, maybe for Rogues or Paladins. Maybe in a remote village or town, or even in a mysterious temple forgotten in the middle of nowhere where I can be at peace but still get visits from players I used to know when they were little as level two, now eager to get the Sword of Destiny or Bow of Despair from the claws of Gokkrak The Giant Kobold. 
 
 One of these days I'll do it. I'll submit my request before the next update... I'm note even sure if it's possible. In any case, I can see Merchant Roger waving from a table where a couple of NPCs are already eating so I wake myself out of these dreams of change and wave back with a smile. 
 
 An NPC can dream. 
 

