Telling friend from foe? : V

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:09 am

I've had this problem since oblivion where I'd just see a group of people and not know if they're friend or foe... Surely the whole of skyrim's forests aren't filled with only bandits and nasty stuff? And shooting an arrow into somone's face just because he looks like a bandit is just silly!

Any opinions, suggestions, ideas? How about a simple spell that shows everyone who's is hostile to you? (Along with detect life, a perk maybe?)

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:04 am

You can use the enemy detection on the compass :shrug:
o wait that would ruin eeeeeeemuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurshun :rofl:

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:59 am

There are now friendly-npcs roaming in the forests, like hunters, merchants, warriors, guards, etc. I think hostile npcs show up as red dots on your compass (not sure).

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:10 am

You can usually tell by the music in Oblivion if they are friend or foe. But generally, in the wilds there are only a few types of friend: those who work on farms, pray at temples or are Imperial Guards (there are also sometimes inns far into the wild, and you occasionally see NPCs traveling outside them).

But otherwise, everything is hostile except for the deer, butterflies, etc.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:51 am

They aren't attacking you?

Cast Calm on the lot of them and then walk up and see what happens.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:30 am

You can use the enemy detection on the compass :shrug:
o wait that would ruin eeeeeeemuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurshun :rofl:

Well uhm... helpful, anyway... Being a fully armored warrior with low sneaking skill I don't want to get arsed to sneak all the way up to someone just to see if they're friend or foe via my compass, risking myself getting caught!

» Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:46 pm

I feel like the compass will be a big part in Skyrim so I would use that and find the red dots.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:06 am

I suppose you wait to see if they're baddies and leg it after you. If you're unsure and want to surprise attack, quicksave and see what happens.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:49 am

I think you would realize after playing the game what hostile npcs wear and what peaceful settilers wear.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:22 am

The red dots is a giveaway.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:51 am

My advice, swing first, ask questions later.... or just loot their corpses

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:02 am

You can use the enemy detection on the compass :shrug:
o wait that would ruin eeeeeeemuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurshun :rofl:

Hold on is that in the game? If it is it's not really an immersion breaker; more of a gameplay breaker.

Compass off hoooooo!

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:34 pm

Usually hostile npc's will unsheathe their weapon and run towards you upon seeing you.
I'm turning off all markers on my compass.

My advice, swing first, ask questions later.... or just loot their corpses

Or.. you could just do it Vsions' way

» Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:01 pm

Hold on is that in the game? If it is it's not really an immersion breaker; more of a gameplay breaker.

Compass off hoooooo!

I think only certain enemies like Giants and Dragons. I didn't see any for bandits.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:05 am

Hold on is that in the game? If it is it's not really an immersion breaker; more of a gameplay breaker.

Compass off hoooooo!

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:05 am

In the great words of Grandpa Simpson," Kill them all and let God sort them out." :wink:

Yeah, unless I can learn to tell on sight from actually playing, it might be a lot of:

1 - Save
2 - Approach to confirm identity
3 - reload to deal with accordingly

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:26 am

I can't help but laughing on the answers)) Especially those about "generally the hostile NPCs draw out their weapons and run towards you" :lol:

I strongly advice to sneak all the time if you are a stealth-based character... and the fully armoured warrior can just go straight, not being afraid of anyone

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:18 am

My advice, swing first, ask questions later.... or just loot their corpses

Straight from vsions! That might be a problem for the local guards though..

Anyways, if you explore some random mountain side and find a random fort in the middle of nowhere and there's folks there.. There's a huge chance they ain't friendly-or even human.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:45 pm

Well I was playing this no-save game and I saw this guy running through the forest, of course I shoot him in the face and loot him... not noticing at the time it was an imperial forester.

Well it ended up having half of chorrol being dead.