New thread is up. I'll edit this page in a sec with the link to the last thread. Feel free to continue bickering here.

ORIGINAL THREAD: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1388815-say-no-to-ghost-towns/

Alright, so here are some posts from the previous thread that outline my main idea and proposed solution to the issue of vampires endlessly, monotonously attacking towns and killing npcs before the player knows they're in the city:

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Dang. Looked like the general consensus has shifted. A lot of you guys, LongKnife for example, have come up with some good ideas to improve upon this mechanic. It is a real issue when vampires kill people on the other side of town without you knowing it. I wish there was a way you could ACTUALLY fight back. If this is an "invasion" then why is there no organized resistance? We should have been able to train guards and upgrade them to make them better equipped to handle them and make it so vampires are less likely to get through the walls. It would have been much more interesting, involved, and fun than mindlessly killing vampires and never seeing the cities DO SOMETHING about it."

PROOF THIS IS AN ISSUE: A fellow Elder Scrolls Scholar did some research while playing Dawnguard and ran a little experiment to see how random vampire attacks affect the game. Here are his results:

No, ive had 6 attacks and im a vampire

its not a bad one you guys just svck at defending, (no offense)

They start attacking at level 10. I know they will continue to attack if you join the Dawnguard, but I am unsure about if you join the Volkihar (mixed evidence about this).

This may explain why I haven't seen them then, I am not level 10... started a fresh character for the vampire side and completed it before reaching 10.

And you would be what level?

You know....it only takes a few extra minutes to foot it to riverwood from a close location i had discovered. I use the same tactics for possible dragon attacks, after all, i had heard that fast traveling to cities/towns creates more of a chance of a dragon attack, so i play it safe.

Don't be lazy dude. Whats wrong with putting a little effort into not getting a vampire attack? Nothing wrong about it.

*Vampires attack. A Master level one charges right at Nazeem*

Nazeem: Do you get to the Cloud District very often?

this sound terrible, now i'm worried about buying this

81 lol

You should be, I regret it.

Interesting, usually the guards are reported as dead when you're level 81.

Your advice on how to defend against these attacks would be welcome. Constructive advice is more welcome than just attacking those that seem to get wiped by these attacks.



I like Dawnguard, but the anxiety around these attacks is starting to wear on me now.

You probably shouldn't have fast traveled to them, im not saying that if you didn't you would never have vampire attacks on them, but i think fast traveling more to places brings up more the possibiility of an attack there.

If you want to fast travel to riverwood, fast travel to another location close to riverwood, and then just foot it from there.

I honestly can't believe they'd make DLC that can have such a big impact on normal game play. Starting a new character with Tribunal installed was a pain at times, but it's not like the assassin ran around butchering everyone.

This will be my last post about this matter, but for me who have OCD when it comes to having lots of misc objectives and plans to complete all of them at one point or another then this feature is totally unacceptable!
I'm pretty sure i'm not the only one who thinks about it this way no?