Guard attacking mobs

[RexChaos]

Originally Posted by Shadow-Wolf

A temp solution that could cause problems IE Paladins and Militia.
ex:Hey i just did soulfire! my freeport faction is tarnished and the only way in is the sewers, hey wait all I gotta do is kill a newbies mob!

That would cause several porblems like high end characters camping newbie zones to get back in. It would make getting neg faction back too easy.

Not if the faction is +1 or something...You'd have to work a long time. And why wouldn't killing snakes and rats raise your faction anyway if they are KoS to guards? Wouldn't the guards be happy that you're eliminating the vermin from around their city? Aren't their quests where you turn in pieces of critters in certain places and gain exp and faction? I think it makes perfect sense...

You just make the modifiers different. Killing a guard -700 faction. Killing a bug +1 faction. You'll have to work a while to get back into their good graces.

[Muuss]

whatever, the situation with snakes and freeport guards in only an example... In a more general case it could be certainly usefull to avoid needless factions when you want to have some mobs fighting others.

[KhaN]

Thanks all, now guards are attackings NPC, no more newbies corpse everywhere now ^_^

[Muuss]

what process did you choosed, Khan ?

[KhaN]

The simple one "for the moment", aka, in one of my server zone "The Ruined Citadel", i have different "factions".
- Forsaken Guards "the good guys",
- Innoruuk's Legions "the bad guys"
- Cazic-Thules Legions "the bad guys"

Forsaken guards will attack innoruuk and cazix-thule legion when they will see them, because killing bad guys give good guy faction and reverse.
I have also animals in the ruined citadel, i decided to not add faction to them, i find having faction like "wolf faction" there is in EQLive (Kelethin) totally stupid and not RP at all. So when newbies will attack animals and come next to guards, they wont help, yes you are ally with them, but do this mean they are your slave and will "risk" their life for an action they dont care about ? As their job "GUARD" is only to protect city, not to help you kill animals.

Well this is only my point of view, and i know this can make a loooooong topic

[Muuss]

hehe yes )

[Wiz]

What I did was create an aiclass entry for NPCs. Made an AIclass for guards, and one for citizens. Guards attack all non-guards, non-citizens.

Works like a charm.

It would need some adjustment to work for PVP though.