Traders are confusing

[Suresight1987]

Hi,

Often I come across a group of Traders. You say can I help, they say why not and nothing really happens.

Quite often I've found that they will just wonder back and forth in a small area, never really going anywhere, and not going to the towns. Is this a bug or a graphics error???

[Clawdius Talonious]

Currently the ability to actually join onto a caravan as a full fledged guard, as well as a variety of other planned activities, have not been implemented. Early on it is sometimes easier to follow a caravan with the bodyguard function, so that you can gain some combat experience and perhaps acquire some gear from the fallen foes.

As for the merchants becoming stuck, that sounds like a glitch in the navmesh, you may be able to solve that sort of thing by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F11 or saving and reloading.