Following up on our first post, we're planning to add an even more life-like feel to NPCs. In the Alpha Test we added various gestures and conversations between NPCs (bubbles appearing over their heads as you approach), but in the Beta Test we will be taking it a step (literally) further and adding NPCs that take it upon themselves to wander around a bit.

During the Beta Test be sure to explore and find these NPCs.

While we were running the Alpha Test phase, Sound Director Knee-Soken made a comment about further expanding the state of liveliness of Eorzea:

Quote Originally Posted by Masayoshi_Soken
I feel that things need to also sound more lively in the areas where NPCs hang around, but due to various hardware constraints this would be a very difficult task.
However, we're still going to push to get this implemented! No matter what it takes, there's going to be more hustle and bustle in the city!
We hope you're all looking forward to a livelier Eorzea!