I've seen this idea discussed before but how about adding an option for your character to sit down?
I've heard people argue against this seemingly innocuous feature saying that it's pointless due to stamina potions or graceful outfits or even that it shouldn't be added because it wasn't an 07 feature. Some rebuttals to this:
1- So what if potions or the graceful outfit exist, why not have sitting on top of all of that? It's not like this feature would make them redundant or anything. The graceful outfit allows you to have better stamina recuperation while on the move whereas sitting down forces you to.. well.. sit down. But even if for some reason that's unacceptable I go to my main argument -
2- It's NOT about the stamina, it's about immersion, player expression and interacting with your environment and adding another social aspect that would enrich the game's experience. You don't even need to have a stamina recuperation function to it, just make it an active emote. Imagine walking around the GE or any major city and seeing people sitting around in some corner chatting with each other and just chilling out? It's an action that would make the game seem more lively and human, instead of just constantly seeing static standing bodies either walking or running around that you're never sure are bots or not. A good example of in game behavior that expresses the same concept is when you see two people following each other while they're engaged in conversation.
I have this memory from back in the day (08-09) where I was runecrafting water runes and inside the altar area where there's a little piece of land on the edge of the island I noticed there were a couple just sitting down there having a conversation, was really nice to see that and I never forgot about it.
Finally, and I don't expect this to be taken too seriously due to the scope but, it would be cool if all seats, benches, chairs, etc. in the world were intractable just like their POH counterparts.
30-Apr-2020 20:40:41
