Dumb civilians joining every fight

[HE1NZ]

Looks like a bug from a recent update. I get wanted levels now from any kind of fight, even when ambushed by a bunch of cultists in the forest. If this happens in the city civilians join the fight and cause a big mess. This didn't happen before update I think.

[UbiBaron]

Thank you for reporting that to us, we're sorry that's the case.

Would you be able to provide us with an example of that occurring? This will help us to look into the issue.

- Ubisoft Support

[HE1NZ]

Alright, there was a quest where a helot woman is being executed (Legacy of the Blade, part 3). If you refuse to pay soldiers they'll attack you. As I was fighting them off, local civilians thought I did something bad and joined the fight. In the end I had to kill a whole bunch of people and my wanted rating rose to 3/5.
First time I've noticed something is off is at the start of this part of the DLC when a village is attacked by persians. My wanted score was 0, but by the end of the fight when you kill two immortals it was 1+. Why would it go up, those are scripted enemies.

[Snip]

Civilians will join to fight you.
I was like that from beginning.

[HE1NZ]

Originally posted by Snip:

Civilians will join to fight you.
I was like that from beginning.

When you provoke them. They didn't attack you for no reason previously.

[Snip]

I remember when I started the game first time.
I went in to restricted area in Pokis, the soldiers started to attacking me and I was defending my self.
Be for I know it, there was bunch of civilians joining the soldiers and attacking me as well.
And I did not provoke the civilians, they just join the soldiers.

[Stormbringer]

I've noticed the same issue playing on ps4. I freed a captive and then the guards attacked me and the freed captive joined in. It was on Thasos when going to the cultist cave to free the athletes. There is a small island in front with 2 Athenian guards and a captive. The 2 guards pretty much ignore you until you free the captive. Then the guards turn hostile and the captive joins in. I thought it was a cultist trap or ambush at the beginning, but would have expected some dialog to confirm this. Then it happened some other random time I can't remember.
If I free captives with no one else around, they stay ok.

[Stormbringer]

I just remembered another one. When you go to the small island south of Kythera island, there is a quest to help some guy defend himself against the cult. As soon as you accept, cultists appear out of nowhere to attack and the guy's family jumps into the fray. I ran halfway across the island and the family pursued with the same vehemence as a mercenary chasing a bounty on your head... 😉

[Dronysus]

This also happened to me. I don't remember where it is, but a cultist is walking through the plaza. I got on top, jumped on and assassinated him. He had 2 body guards, no big deal, took out the body guards, but before I could confirm the kill, every civilian in the plaza was attacking me. After that little affair I had a wanted level of 4/5.

[tiktok.dygdar]

This is my first playthrough, but when i googled this to see if there was a perk to keep from civilians attacking me, I found this complaint from last year. There's no logic in the AI that does it, i love that they have some self preserverence, but they attack me for killing bad guys all the time and it drives me crazy.

[icemaN]

This is still going on in 2025, can you please make civies not aggro unless you are killing soldiers they are aligned with and only when its inside zones like camps , leader houses ,forts etc. There is a mission to escort a kid for training in sparta and the trainer asks for a mock fight and I get aggro'd by civilians for this.