[Idea] Scared villagers

Post » Wed May 16, 2012 3:39 pm

Another good mod I would install if someone could do is a mod that makes the Villagers run and flee if a Dragon arrives or any other monster , I find pretty stupid that they all take out their weapons and go to fight , usually beeing killed .... at least in the Bethesda trailer you see all people ruhning away , and you the hero go to fight , instead in the game you let the peasants fight and just wait them to kill the dragon ...
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Chris Duncan
 
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 4:31 pm

Odd, in my game the guards tend to shout something like "Dragon! Everybody inside!", all the villagers then scatter whilst the guards fight the dragon...
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Allison Sizemore
 
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 10:09 am

Odd, in my game the guards tend to shout something like "Dragon! Everybody inside!", all the villagers then scatter whilst the guards fight the dragon...
Yeah, in my game when anyone attacks most villagers run about/away (excluding the ones with giant swords).
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michael flanigan
 
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 7:45 am

Prometheus_ts, did you happen to be in a city, or in a village in the game world? When I was in Whiterun, the civilians ran away when a dragon attack inside of the city.
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 10:11 pm

I think they only scatter if the player is actually in the same cell. I saw a dragon flying over Riverwood and it killed like 3 people because no one would go inside but as soon as I crossed back over the river and went into the village everyone scattered and went in their houses.
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tannis
 
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 6:03 pm

Yeah the npc's definately need to run and hide unless they are a "Hero" type (companion, mage, guard, or any other person that should be able to handle their own), any one else that is a vendor or "peasant" should run for dear life and hide indoors.

I would really like it too if they did it for more than dragons, so when open cities comes out and something decides to attack the city ( like someone will be kind enough to make a bandit raid like the guards talk about they miss :hubbahubba: )
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Kirsty Collins
 
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 8:51 pm

I'd prefer a mod that limited or removed dragon attacks on settlements altogether - it's great in theory, but the reality is that I'm constantly reminded how static the environment is, and how impotent the dragons are when a huge, flying, fire-breathing horror fails to seriously damage even the smallest hamlet. It doesn't help that Skyrim's "cities" are village-sized - huge cities would at least mean a dragon could be attacking the outskirts, or a more vulnerable district.

Still, villagers (and most guards!) fleeing, or at least not running towards the dragon, would make things a bit more bearable. I've lost track of a dragon after Shouting it to the ground before, only to turn up after a couple of town guards have already killed it by themselves. (Who then warn me about approaching a guard with a weapon drawn...)
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