Anyone else having trouble with aggressive civilians?

[K]

I'm not sure if it's a bug or what, but almost every time I get attacked in a public place, regardless of whether or not I started the fight, any civilians within sight will literally pick up pitchforks and try to kill me. It's happened too many times to count, though the most recent instance was in Heraklion, when you get attacked by a thug during the Swordfish quest arc. I was being chased around by five or six civvies armed with whatever they could pick up, despite not even having initiated the confrontation.

[Praesi]

Just dont fight near them ;)

[wim1234]

i wish they woudl take that out , yes.

[K]

Originally posted by Praesi:

Just dont fight near them ;)

In this situation it's literally impossible not to fight near them - you're talking to an NPC in a market, a thug jumps you, the fight starts, all the civilians pick up weapons. Killing them isn't a problem, they go down in like two hits, but bounty racks up quickly.

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Dont steal in front of them, dont kill their leader in front of them, dont murder guards in front of them.

If they attack, just run, make the guards chase you to a quiet place. Then fight.

[K]

Originally posted by SilentChill:

Dont steal in front of them, dont kill their leader in front of them, dont murder guards in front of them.

Okay if you had read my post you would know that I had done none of these things, and they attacked regardless.

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Originally posted by TinyLesbianRobot:

Originally posted by SilentChill:

Dont steal in front of them, dont kill their leader in front of them, dont murder guards in front of them.

Okay if you had read my post you would know that I had done none of these things, and they attacked regardless.

are you in Achaia or phokis at this point ? If you are wanted man in that region they might be aggressive towards you.

[K]

Originally posted by SilentChill:

Originally posted by TinyLesbianRobot:

Okay if you had read my post you would know that I had done none of these things, and they attacked regardless.

are you in Achaia or phokis at this point ? If you are wanted man in that region they might be aggressive towards you.

Like I said, I was doing the Swordfish quest ark, so I was in Messara.

[Gonsnakex]

Yes, there are even some missions, like the one where you participate in a tournament where they become hostile too. Its completely stupid. They should patch it

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Originally posted by TinyLesbianRobot:

Originally posted by SilentChill:

are you in Achaia or phokis at this point ? If you are wanted man in that region they might be aggressive towards you.

Like I said, I was doing the Swordfish quest ark, so I was in Messara.

so i assume that you already clear your bounty ? I mean, either kill the sponsor or pay the bounty ?

[K]

Originally posted by SilentChill:

Originally posted by TinyLesbianRobot:

Like I said, I was doing the Swordfish quest ark, so I was in Messara.

so i assume that you already clear your bounty ? I mean, either kill the sponsor or pay the bounty ?

Civilians don't attack you at random if you have a bounty, though - only mercenaries will come after you. The problem isn't that they attack without provocation, it's that the wrong things provoke them.

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the civils thinks you are attacking the guards even if guards attack you first, so they fight for their city.
kill the gards, don't hit the civils, then run away for 3 minutes and they will stop being hostile and no bounties

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Does the first one who attacked you happen to look like kurt russell ? If that is true, then it is scripted fight.

Especially when you are at the boat area questioning the old fisher.

And then there will be an investigation scene.

And then there is a lady want to search for her husband.

This quest could be a reference to the movie "swordfish" even the characteristic of person you are lookin is similar in the movie.

[K]

Originally posted by fermedonctagueuletrouduc:

the civils thinks you are attacking the guards even if they attack you first, so they fight for their city.
kill the gards, don't hit the civils, then run away for 3 minutes and they will stop being hostile and no bounties

I'm not talking about fighting with guards, though, I'm talking about situations where you get attacked by bandits or thugs as part of a questline.

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Originally posted by TinyLesbianRobot:

Originally posted by fermedonctagueuletrouduc:

the civils thinks you are attacking the guards even if they attack you first, so they fight for their city.
kill the gards, don't hit the civils, then run away for 3 minutes and they will stop being hostile and no bounties

I'm not talking about fighting with guards, though, I'm talking about situations where you get attacked by bandits or thugs as part of a questline.

maybe some want to play the hero, maybe they don't like strangers mercenaries in their town, maybe they think you are the one that making trouble, maybe some thinks you are the bad guy and don't guess the others are bandits, ... there's plenty of reasons,

[K]

Originally posted by fermedonctagueuletrouduc:

Originally posted by TinyLesbianRobot:

I'm not talking about fighting with guards, though, I'm talking about situations where you get attacked by bandits or thugs as part of a questline.

maybe some want to play the hero, maybe they don't like strangers mercenaries in their town, maybe they think you are the one that making trouble, maybe some thinks you are the bad guy and don't guess the others are bandits, ... there's plenty of reasons,

If that's the case, if this is intended behaviour, then that's a bad system, being attacked at random with no warning, rhyme, or reason by people you're not supposed to fight isn't a fun mechanic.