"Crime" record

Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:27 pm

I stumbled by chance on this statistic page and I noticed the high number of "assaults" committed by my character.

Being sure that I never intentionally hurt anyone who wasn't hostile or a potential threat I decided to investigate. I noticed that one hit, stealth kills on opponents that still haven't gone hostile (even if they're a sure threat like wild beasts or bandits) sometimes are counted as "assault".

This behavior seems to be random, as reloading and replaying the same sequence another time may or might not make the assault counter advance.

I'm the only one who noticed this? :unsure:
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Nick Swan
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:27 am

YES. D: This is my good guy character, but out of curiosity, I checked my stats the other day: 54 assaults, 4 murders, and a lifetime bounty of 5040, despite talking to all the Jarls and not seeing an option to pay it off or anything. ._.
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Siidney
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:22 am

I had a group of Thugs try to kill me and found a letter saying they were hired to kill "the thief ."

But the thing is, I have never stolen anything. My stats even show 0 thefts.
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Britney Lopez
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:03 am

first off if all witnesses r kill u dont have pay 4 the crime second some of the plot quest require u 2 take sides im guessing the bounty came from battleborn lady its automatic if u side with greymane and vice et versa u can do it sneaky and itll still come up
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Sara Lee
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:35 am

I had a group of Thugs try to kill me and found a letter saying they were hired to kill "the thief ."

But the thing is, I have never stolen anything. My stats even show 0 thefts.

LOL
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Melis Hristina
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:19 am

I had a group of Thugs try to kill me and found a letter saying they were hired to kill "the thief ."

But the thing is, I have never stolen anything. My stats even show 0 thefts.


Eventually you're going to steal something. They are from the pre-crime bureau.
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Vera Maslar
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:11 pm

Well, I got caught up in some quest in Markarth and I had no idea where it was going. Turns out a corrupt guard tries to arrest you, so I resisted. I got into a fight, and all of a sudden I found myself killing about 12 guards before I realized that the quest-correct option would have been to go to jail.

So I surrendered. But that doesn't change the fact that I'm a mass murderer in Markarth. Whoops.
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Sista Sila
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:02 pm

Eventually you're going to steal something. They are from the pre-crime bureau.


Yup. "We're quite sure you will be stealing something in the near future, and since we are currently in front of our schedule(wut?) by a huge chunk, we've decided to apprehend you."
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Kayla Oatney
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:42 am

It counts accidental hits on companion NPCs as "assaults".
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Barbequtie
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:30 pm

It happened to me also with trolls and wolves: i see a troll in the distance, enter stealth mode and fire a couple of arrow at him to get a good advantage... BAM! My assault counter increases by one.

As I said I've been extra careful not to get involved in any other criminal activity: my bounty/lifetime bounty is still 0 so it's a bug pure and simple. At least in one occasion I saw it happening while there were others on the road; my action still count as an "assault" even if no bounty is given for a preemptive strike against a wild beast or a bandit.
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Penny Courture
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:49 am

It happened to me also with trolls and wolves: i see a troll in the distance, enter stealth mode and fire a couple of arrow at him to get a good advantage... BAM! My assault counter increases by one.

As I said I've been extra careful not to get involved in any other criminal activity: my bounty/lifetime bounty is still 0 so it's a bug pure and simple. At least in one occasion I saw it happening while there were others on the road; my action still count as an "assault" even if no bounty is given for a preemptive strike against a wild beast or a bandit.


If you pickpocket an enemy in a dungeon everything you take is marked stolen. My crime says I've stolen 252 items but I've only pickpocketed enemies in dungeons. I never stole from a npc, guard, or merchant either.

But I didn't have any assaults the last time I checked, and inside a dungeon, I killed some bandits before they knew I was there. Maybe I didn't get any assaults because the first bandit inside the dungeon attacked me when I pickpocketed him.
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Tanya
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:23 am

Eventually you're going to steal something. They are from the pre-crime bureau.


Stupid Pre-cogs and Minority Reports and Tom Cruise. :mad:
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Phillip Brunyee
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:31 am

You think thats bad OP?

I can't step into Markarth ever again after the escape from Cidhna Mine. I can't even pay it off or go back to the mine to escape again. I keep getting the run around and have to exit chat and kill the guards.
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Kirsty Wood
 
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:53 pm

I made a pure 100% goody two shoes. I had never done a single crime at all. I once entered a building that was unlocked and open and it said I tresspassed when it clearly wasn't locked or anything. I've also got like 50 assaults when I've never hurt anybody. Unless assaulting bandits... It's very fustrating seeing my good character with a crime record. No bounty though.

I also hate that lockpicking is under Crime. I don't think lockpicking is a crime if the people are no longer alive or around, or if you aren't stealing it. Like Dwemer Ruins where the Dwemer cease to exist it's not really stealing. And sometimes you need unlock doors to save people. I guess breaking into stuff is a crime though, then again I can't fully explore if I role-play as a good character without lockpicking :( Unless I use the Tower Stpne or a follower to unlock anything they can.
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