Talk:Colony 4

Categorize NPCs?
I think NPC section should also be categorized as "permenant" and "Temporary" npcs. Because there are npcs that will move to another place like Ethel from colony 4, Dorin and Bambam. Or died after completing a quest, like Dana. --Monado mario (talk) 22:00, 14 March 2023 (EDT)
 * It has been decided NPCs lists on colony pages would include all NPC who are either affiliated to that colony or can be found and talked to on the colony grounds at some point. Subsections would clutter the list since we would need "permanent presence", "temporary presence" (which could itself be split into "leaves at some point" and "only appears when conditions are met") and "already dead but affiliated to" subsections. Info about whether they can be found temporarily or permanently in a specific area will be displayed on each NPC page. Sicahya (talk) 05:48, 15 March 2023 (EDT)
 * Not sure when was the decision made but I accept the former. Because my main concern is some players might only check the location page to check npcs and might cause confusion as the list merely consists the affiliated or temporary npcs. That being said as for now there is no need to change the npc list. --Monado mario (talk) 07:29, 15 March 2023 (EDT)
 * The main problem is that a lot of NPCs aren't always present in the colony's area due to disappearing momentarily in-between quests. For some colonies, "permanent NPC" is the exception rather than the norm (e.g. Colony Tau). Out of the 21 NPCs currently listed on Colony 4, at least 13 are absent of the colony's area at some point. Therefore "temporary" is considered the norm and we can't list them as exceptions. Sicahya (talk) 08:32, 15 March 2023 (EDT)
 * Indeed, not to mention you also have certain colonies have its most if not all NPCs to other location, such as Colony 0 moving to the prison camp, and Colony 15 moving to the City. The numbers NPCs move around during stories and quest is a certain aspect of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 that is hard to list for the time being.--Monado mario (talk) 08:41, 15 March 2023 (EDT)