NPC hireling "UO days" appear incorrect

[Hicha]

Not sure if this has been brought up or not, but NPC hirelings don't seem to know what exactly a "UO day" is. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought a UO day was 2 hours real-time.

However, NPC hirelings seem to last only 1/3 of that. I hired an NPC last night, dumped about 4k gold on it (at 101 a day, should've been around 39 UO days or 19.5 hours real time.) I came back about 8 hours later to find the NPC had already dismissed itself.

Could this just be a wording issue, as they're saying "UO days" but are really working 8 hours shifts (hence the 1/3 reduction)?

Any info?

[archaicsubrosa77]

8 hour shifts
Someone, I think Matron said that 13 UO days was a full day irl.
I think you are right though, these lazy npcs expect to be paid but dont want to work.

[Derrick]

They collect their pay every two real hours, looking into this to see if they are maybe double dipping.

[punk]

I've had NPCs last 8+ hours on the first 100 gold.

Ive never paid over 100 gold for a hireling, and rarely macro for less than 2 hours. Ive only had one release on me once...

[Layt]

I also agree there's likely something off here. I've hired them for the initial amount, and they stuck around for well over 2 hours. A few times, they complained that they needed pay, so I would dump about 3-5x the initial price on them, and they would say 'i will stick around for another 0 days'. I assumed this to mean REAL days, as it should have been 3+ UO days. As a discrepancy, the next time I started off by initially giving them the 3-5x, and they would start with 'I will work for thee for 1 day'. Def not 12 UO days, or 1 real day.

edit: tested today. 2x initial price said '2 days'... so i dunno

[Panthor the Hated]

I've noticed they dismiss far too early too.

[strut]

General pattern I observed is drop several k gold on hireling and come back to find they have dismissed themselves. Drop just a few hundred on them and everything is fine, character still macroing away.

[Einstein]

I've had hired NPCs stick around for more than one real world day on a single payment of 101 gold. Dunno.

[MatronDeWinter]

I've had hired NPCs stick around for more than one real world day on a single payment of 101 gold. Dunno.

I'll take a guess that they were sparring partners, seems like when they lock on you as "combatant" they never wander too far. (Not that they wont). I dont know if this is already changed, or has changed at all since I last played (8 months??), but the npc paladins from delucia definately quit before earning their gold.