Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

It would be nice to hire NPCs to perform tasks that are time sinks. If you complete a type task then you could hire an NPC to do that job going forward. Build a cultivator, you can hire someone to grow carrots, turnips, onions, barley, and linen. Tame your first animal and you can hire an animal handler to breed animals. Build a kiln and you can hire an NPC to cut down and replant trees and make charcoal. A sailing master to move ore from one port to another. A teamster to move items from one location to another with a cart. A black smith to smelt ore. A chef to make meads and foods. A fletcher to make arrows. Men at arms/Valkyries to defend your base during raids. A chamberlain to keep your sconces full of resin and your hearths topped off with wood. Then you have a use for all that gold you keep accumulating and you can concentrate on exploring and leveling your skills.

This sounds like a lot of fun, possibly like several other games all mixed into one.

Two words ; Mods and Research

Not sure if that fits the theme they're going with in the game, sorry!

Yeah, that's something I've always wanted in my game too. Some of the human element. Not so much the viking raids but small populations in the villages that you find.

It would be nice to hire NPCs to perform tasks that are time sinks. If you complete a type task then you could hire an NPC to do that job going forward. Build a cultivator, you can hire someone to grow carrots, turnips, onions, barley, and linen. Tame your first animal and you can hire an animal handler to breed animals. Build a kiln and you can hire an NPC to cut down and replant trees and make charcoal. A sailing master to move ore from one port to another. A teamster to move items from one location to another with a cart. A black smith to smelt ore. A chef to make meads and foods. A fletcher to make arrows. Men at arms/Valkyries to defend your base during raids. A chamberlain to keep your sconces full of resin and your hearths topped off with wood. Then you have a use for all that gold you keep accumulating and you can concentrate on exploring and leveling your skills.