Do wanderers that die count against cap or would they be replaced?

[anoddhermit]

I know there is a cap on wanderers, but I'm wondering if that's living wanderers.

The game doesn't cycle them out over time, so could I intentionally go about sending wanderers with bad stats or irredeemably warped faces to die in battle so new ones will spawn? Can I end up with a practically never ending list of dead wanderers in the Heroes section of the Encyclopedia?

 

[Silfir]

I'd be surprised if it worked any differently. It's kinda up to the player whether they want to game the system that way or not, isn't it?

Wanders should periodically "despawn" by themselves if they pass a certain age, to prevent this workaround from being necessary. I'm pretty picky myself.

 

[Grank]

Semi-related, do you get their equipment back when they die?

 

[anoddhermit]

I'd be surprised if it worked any differently. It's kinda up to the player whether they want to game the system that way or not, isn't it?

Wanders should periodically "despawn" by themselves if they pass a certain age, to prevent this workaround from being necessary. I'm pretty picky myself.

Yeah it would feel more organic to just have them despawn over time, I would prefer something faster than by age though. If they spawned in taverns and lasted a week or so that would allow you to just take them or leave them. And/or maybe kicking them from the clan disappears them from the game after a month or so instead of having the rejects linger around forever.

Semi-related, do you get their equipment back when they die?

Nope.

 

[Apocal]

I know there is a cap on wanderers, but I'm wondering if that's living wanderers.

There is no cap.

The game doesn't cycle them out over time, so could I intentionally go about sending wanderers with bad stats or irredeemably warped faces to die in battle so new ones will spawn? Can I end up with a practically never ending list of dead wanderers in the Heroes section of the Encyclopedia?

The game spawns a new wanderer every six weeks, regardless of how many are alive and active in the game world. Yes, you can end up with a massive list of dead wanderers in the Heroes section.

 

[Silfir]

There is a window of opportunity - companions who died in battle show up one last time in the Loot screen, and can be stripped of their equipment there. You just have to remember who the dead guy is from the battle aftermath.

I'm not sure if that's intentional or not, but I think it's not - if you're supposed to get back the equipment, why not just add it to the Loot directly? That way you'd still have the desired result, which I imagine is that you lose their stuff if you have to run away from the battle.

 

[Grank]

There is a window of opportunity - companions who died in battle show up one last time in the Loot screen, and can be stripped of their equipment there. You just have to remember who the dead guy is from the battle aftermath.

Thanks for the info. Now I can loot their corpses and tell their wives I never saw them that day.