Considering vampires reanimate most of their victims, resurrecting them is a pain, since instead of a real corpse we have ashes and dead thralls. >.<
So I just installed a mod to stop those attacks, too annoying - the only mod I use other than the unofficial patch.

One of the first mods I downloaded for Skyrim was called "Adventurers and Travelers" from the Nexus.
This mod adds generic people to the towns and the roads. I don't what level they are but they seem quite strong.
They travel in groups of about 5 or so. I saw a bunch of them make short work of vampires attacking Solitude in
my current game.

Maybe this would help.

I've looked around, but has a Bethesda rep addressed this?

Just to be clear, I have no problem with random vampire attacks.
If bethesda says, "Hey, you don't want your NPCs dead? Then FIGHT!"
That's cool.

But coming across dead people from the other side of town that probably died more than two autosaves ago?
Lame.

I know there are things you can do to avoid it, but... that kinda svcks.

Please...
-Make the NPCs more cowardly.
-Play music whenever you're in town with a vampire fight (a la dragons).
-In big towns, coordinate vampire spawns with the player entry point.

I would be happy with any of these. I bought Dawnguard but decided not to play it immediately. Instead I tried increasing my smithing skill by buying leather FROM EVERY TOWN. So... I don't know who's dead. Worried i'll have to load from a way earlier save.

At first, I actually cared about the NPCs dying. Now? Pfff, whatever. The best place for buying stuff is in the Thieve's Guild, which is underground. I've done pretty much all of the quests. For me, I couldn't care less, anymore. I'll be using Auriel's Bow everyday, so let the undead apocalypse come! I'll be hanging out with my buddies in the castle, Brotherhood Sanctuary, Thieve's Guild, and College. They, at least, are prepared.

My suggestion to you is to finish off the guilds. It'll make the vampire attacks seem a lot less punishing.

i have learn one trick and since i started using it in my new game play no attacks i am about 60 hrs in. the trick is you can not enter town later than 7 pm and once you do you have to go to sleep cant walk around after 8 pm in town (if you do you risk attack) and wake up later than 6 am. i noticed that the day time attacks on towns were only happening if i would enter town like lets say at 10 pm to 5 am and there might not be attack at that moment but once i go to my house and come out next morning boom attack ( so it really was trigger by my actions at night)

i recommend trying this like i said it worked 100% so far for me

IMO not having the random attacks would ruin the immersion... having a 100% safe zone in a place like Skyrim is just totally "unrealistic" imo.. However, they could better equip the npcs, maybe some battle gear they dress in when there is something hostile... or even making it to where some npcs actually run away from the attacks to a safe area instead of into the battle with a iron dagger and town cloths..



To each his own. The only place I've seen attacks happen on this first play through of DG is Riften.. and there are alot of imperial guards around it... only had 1 npc death and it wasnt an "essential" npc.

I like the idea of having legitimate threats to NPCs. It's just poorly implemented with the repeated attacks and poor AI. Peasants with iron daggers should not be tangling with Volkihar Master Vampires.