The rate of Street Fights

[Blichacz]

Something is bugging me for a while now, and I finally found guts to ask about it. I can't tell if it's just a me thing, but... Is the street fights rate off the charts for anyone else? No joke, I'm able to do one street fight, and couple of steps later, another guy wants to fight me. The best record of back to back brawls was 5 (gotta love Kineicho). The goonsquad has entire country on the lockdown or something?

I recently even picked Nishikigoi and Yellow Dragon binding to see if it'll increase the amount (for the lulz, ok?). Low and behold, nothing changed. Yes, I'm aware that effects of equipped items take effect after I enter and exit an interior. But I felt no difference then from before. Or maybe it's just my copy? Or am I simply loosing it?

[Talilover]

Yeah I noticed that street fights happen very often in this one, the town that saejima is in being the worst offender by far (I once was forced into 5 back to back street fights).

It's hella annoying but hey, free xp and stuff I guess

[Alas]

You can always try walking... bleh.
Yeah, it's ridiculous, it's kind of a series staple, but it feels even worse in Y5. I wrote about Yakuza 3:
"And I really do have to ask, what kind of braindead two-bit thug sees a monstrously ripped dude, surrounded by a flaming aura and says "that's the guy I wanna jump"?"
It appears the answer in Y5:
"All of them and their cousins too."

[lPaladinl]

I thought it had to do with grinding and the fact you play so many different characters in 5.

[pauls]

When you are drunk they also attack you more often. Its best to learn how long you have to walk slow, and when you are safe to run.

[Maxz85]

Just walk around the enemies lol :)
There is also item for Kiryu very early in the game which will dramatically reduce enemy encounters, you can receive it by completing a certain substory (can't remember which one tho) in Part 1.

[0JMachine]

basically walk around when you notice enemies nearby, do the side stories during finale when everyone is together so you can swap items around to lower your encounter rate and don't get drunk unless learning modified heat actions.

[Nightflash]

This is one thing I didn't like in this game. In the other yakuzas it was manageable, but in this one you can't even run away from some fights bc some thugs are elite sprinters and the walking is very slow. They spawn too much for me too.

[Robert F.]

It's more annoying when you're playing as Saejima, getting chase by an random street thug in a long distance and moves you all the way back where the thug originally spawned after fighting.