Marrying npcs.

[Elleia]

As much as I wish this would happen, I do believe that it won't because it would be a nightmare for the devs to have every NPC available in the game for eternal bonding. As mentioned before, if they were to have certain characters available for marriage, we will have people complaining that their favorite NPC is not on the list. With this in mind, the NPCs that died, yeah, they're not going to be there either because it would be flat out weird they came back to life (you're marrying a zombie).

Going off of this, how would they handle NPCs who are not dead, but that they are planning to kill off in a later patch? I can only assume SE has this story planned out far, far ahead from where we are currently. It would be rather disappointing for players to marry an NPC only for them to die later down the line. Restricting certain NPCs because they are planning on killing them would also be a no-go, because it could tip people off as to who might live or die. I can see this working with non-important NPCs, such as guildmasters etc, but NPCs with an important role may be difficult to implement.

[MaeIsMean]

Estinien. In a heartbeat. I'd get that cold, spiky armor off of him and that stubborn, arms-crossed demeanor would fly right out the bedroom window....:: swoon ::

Not gonna lie...

When Estinien's armor came off in the final cut scenes, I was like "Dang, he's way hotter than I thought."

[SendohJin]

Not to try and be mean or offensive in any way but.. how would they handle an NPC who isnt "compatible" with your character?

That's precisely why this system should be based around relationships and not just romance. Bioware does it well enough in most of their games.

[Worldofwarcraft]

If I could marry an NPC, I want to marry my retainers ;O

[Teryaani]

I don't think that they're opposed to a dating game (see the e3 interview ). They would likely be separate in some way from the MSQ characters just in case.

If they did it right, they likely would own even more of my time.

[DreamAngel-Ren]

Going off of this, how would they handle NPCs who are not dead, but that they are planning to kill off in a later patch? I can only assume SE has this story planned out far, far ahead from where we are currently. It would be rather disappointing for players to marry an NPC only for them to die later down the line. Restricting certain NPCs because they are planning on killing them would also be a no-go, because it could tip people off as to who might live or die. I can see this working with non-important NPCs, such as guildmasters etc, but NPCs with an important role may be difficult to implement.

True true. Which is why I've accepted the fact that marrying npcs would be impossible because there's too many complications.

[DroFrehter]

Retainers are NPC's, why not allow our characters to marry them? Thus giving them access to different quests/ventures and access to our personal/private quarters. If anyone else already suggested this, apologies.

[The_NPC]

^ thou it was sujested (here & in posts before) it is still a viable answer/addition cause I'd use one of my 2 if I could... because I find bonding to a RL person, in-game, disturbing personally (Friend in RL asked, declied for that reason)

[Ageofwar]

If I could marry an NPC, I want to marry my retainers ;O

Retainers are NPC's, why not allow our characters to marry them? Thus giving them access to different quests/ventures and access to our personal/private quarters. If anyone else already suggested this, apologies.

well technically I already have married my retainer if you scroll back to page 3

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Just call this Balmung: The Game, and be done with it.