Reproduction steps: I do not know what caused this issue, but sometime after the V1.1-1225 update, I found that the dialogue for most Merfolk was completely bugged for me. Either I am only able to interact with named Merfolk NPCs exactly twice per day each and then can't interact any more, or I am totally unable to interact with them at all. This also applies to the non-Merfolk underwater NPCs such as Nagalita. Examples of both versions of the bug are shown in the screenshots.
Reproduction rate: This is an ongoing issue that has been present across several in-game days.
Platform: Steam
Version: v1.1-1225
Input mode: keyboard and mouse
#Cannot interact with Merfolk
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Commenting to try to boost this and get a response, as I basically can't play in the underwater regions while this bug is active