Why does everyone hate me? : V

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:07 am

Some kid sent mercenaries after me for stealing. I've never stolen anything in my life but ok I can understand maybe he was bored.
Then someone sent an assassin from the DB after me and I don't know how to trace who did it.
Are these bugs or does the game periodically send people to hunt you down and kill you?

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:09 pm

same stuff happens to me aswell. i cant say ive been all good though, so i guess i should've seen it coming

but id really want to find out excactly who sent them after me and for what reason. maybe time will show..

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:23 pm

I've had a DB assassin sent after me, but I don't know who I pissed off. Either way, not a bug.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:06 am

I've been playing the good guy but now I want to kill whoever send the DB after me.
Sadly there's not much I can do to that kid.
I understood not being able to hurt children but how is it fair that they can send mercenaries after me.

Damn you Bethesda.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:13 pm

Its difficult to say if you claim to do nothing wrong. Its possible you stole from a random NPC, even one that you killed before/one that attacked you.

But yes, the game usually does send out NPCs like this in response to the placers actions, not randomly. Good luck remembering why though.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:11 pm

Kill the thugs, one of them should have a contract which says who hired them. Not sure about the assassins, haven't had them yet.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:44 am

Certainly isn't a bug.

I hired a room in the Inn at.. umm.. Solitude.
In my room there were several potions, etc. I took them, as I paid for the room! (and thus the rest in it!)

Then a few days later, the leader of that inn sent some thugs to kill me. The dead thug had his letter. =p

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:09 pm

If you're a generally good character DB assassins can attack you sometimes. I think it is tied to the random encounters rather than generic enemy generation. If you mess with Thalmor Inquisitor teams too much they send teams after you - you'll find a notice on the hooded Thalmor (usually) detailing that your activities have been highly disruptive to their interests.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:30 pm

Pretty sure its the Random Encounter system doing that. Introduced in Fallout 3. Skyrim has it.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:57 pm

I've had three mercenaries and one DB assassin come after me before. Some people abuse those services a bit too much, methinks.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:08 pm

I also play a character that never steals. The house in Whiterun (don't know about the others) periodically flag items as stolen for reasons I have no idea. I have notes that were given to me that I stashed away that came up as stolen.

So maybe the items ties back to whoever gave it to you or items you found. It flags them as stolen and the game thinks you stole them hence why the hired thugs appear.

Idk, 11/11/11 was an epic release date. Personally I think they and we should have waited. :sadvaultboy:

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:49 pm

I'm been a fairly good character......except I assaulted 22 times......by accident.......3 on purpose. Shouldn't have blocked way if you didn't want to get hit!

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:23 am

If you actually did steal from somebody and got caught, you'd have guards after you, not mercs.

Mercenary and DB assassins typically attack while you're travelling cross country to give you an element of danger. It's scripted, not a bug. The hero of any story always has an enemy who doesn't wish to see them succeed.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:27 pm

Got some hired thugs on me too, apparently some woman NPC, which I don't recall ever stealing from or doing anything else other talking to her. Probably just thought my sixy elf was prettier than her

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:10 pm

I know who hired the mercenaries, it was some kid. Something Vilinius I think.
Apparently I have 68 Assaults and 3 Murders.
Do animals count?
The murders might be the giants I strayed too close to but 68 assaults?
Seriously?

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:41 am

Some kid sent mercenaries after me for stealing. I've never stolen anything in my life but ok I can understand maybe he was bored.
Then someone sent an assassin from the DB after me and I don't know how to trace who did it.
Are these bugs or does the game periodically send people to hunt you down and kill you?

It's not a bug. I got the same note after a DB assassin attacked me. I suspect we will discover more as the game goes along.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:43 pm

I got some Thugs sent after me twice, one of them had a contract that said that i stole something from a Priestess who sent them after me. The other contract said something about me being rude... but i'm always nice... meh.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:29 pm

i was level 5 when a assassin attacked me on the road with a note saying someone wanted me dead, i was like wtf i haven't even been to a town yet!

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:12 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk5SkZ4rvKQ

It's a light touch in the game.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:38 pm

hehe... the exact opposite happens to me; i got inheritance money after the death of someone i never even heard of. at first i thought it was some quest, but apparently some random NPC died somehow and despite not knowing who he is, he decided to write me into his will... go figure.

ive had the thugs sent after me (i have stolen like 2 things throughout the whole game), but i only saw them come into a cave and mutter something about "like to steal do you?" just as i ran out the same way. when i went back in the cave, they were gone... never saw them again.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:26 pm

Pretty sure its the Random Encounter system doing that. Introduced in Fallout 3. Skyrim has it.

Nahh Neverwinter Nights 2: SOZ had random encounters way before that

Edit: re-read - sorry, I'm assuming you meant Bethesda games only

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:03 am

Got jumped by an assasin when with Lydia and the Riverwood woman going off to meet a dragon - so three v one - Don't think the poor sap even had enough time to make a pithy remark before the three of us ripped him a new one.

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:25 pm

Some kid sent mercenaries after me for stealing. I've never stolen anything in my life but ok I can understand maybe he was bored.
Then someone sent an assassin from the DB after me and I don't know how to trace who did it.
Are these bugs or does the game periodically send people to hunt you down and kill you?

You didn't name your character Chris, did you ?

Because everybody hates Chris.

See for yourself,

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460637/

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:58 pm

I had mercs come after me once, on their bounty note it was from a 'Black-Briar Mercenary'.. A MERCENARY WITHIN A MERCENARY!!!

» Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:41 pm

I'm fairly certain DB assassins are sent if you're a nice person and thugs if you've been naughty. That's the only explanation I have for DB assassins, since they seem to show up as early as level 5 on Master difficulty.

Clearly, being a goody goodsman can be detremental to some people. I'm looking at you, Legion.