Random Vampire Attacks #2 [merged similar topics] : V

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:48 am

Here is what I end up doing every time I go into a town zone:

1: Go into a town and hope there isn't a vampire attack

2: If there is a vampire attack, hopefully it will occur next to me so I can stop it and save the civilians. If not run to where ever there is the sound of battle and take stock on how many NPC's are dead. (Usually at this point reload a save)

3: If there are no battle sounds go about my business, shopping handling quests, etc.

4: When I am done, search every nook and cranny of the town to make sure no one was assassinated. (If they were reload a save and start from step one again) Of course this takes the most time and is by far one of the most boring things I have ever had to do in Skyrim.

5: Leave and hope I don't have to return to a town anytime soon.

6: Continue doing this for all eternity because the attacks can never be stopped.

Can someone tell me how this is fun?!

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:48 am

I would assume that the slow time shout would be useful.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:19 am

That is actually a decent idea, though even that might only help a small bit. Still I shouldn't have to go through all these tedious steps every time I want to buy something or drop off some gear.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:25 pm

The only time I've ever walked into town where a fight was already going on was when I first loaded Dawnguard to get the quest. Now when I go to town I just stand near the entrance and wait for the "Traveler" to walk through the gate. If he dosen't show up within the first minute then the cost is clear. This has work for me every time.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:34 pm

Are there really people having this much trouble with vampire attacks?
I've honestly only had two people die to vampires, & they were guards.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:26 am

How do you check all the houses? Most of them are locked, and I have the feeling that this poorly coded encounter doesn't leave the door unlocked after he goes inside.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:31 am

Nope still zero attacks for me

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:16 am

Here is what I end up doing every time I go into a town zone:

1: Go into a town and hope there isn't a vampire attack

2: If there is a vampire attack, hopefully it will occur next to me so I can stop it and save the civilians. If not run to where ever there is the sound of battle and take stock on how many NPC's are dead. (Usually at this point reload a save)

3: If there are no battle sounds go about my business, shopping handling quests, etc.

4: When I am done, search every nook and cranny of the town to make sure no one was assassinated. (If they were reload a save and start from step one again) Of course this takes the most time and is by far one of the most boring things I have ever had to do in Skyrim.

5: Leave and hope I don't have to return to a town anytime soon.

6: Continue doing this for all eternity because the attacks can never be stopped.

Can someone tell me how this is fun?!

Yep, this sounds like tons of fun. Additionally,

Spoiler

the east-facing walls of every building should be painted red, while the west-facing walls should be painted in stripes. Additionally, you should also have no doors to your personal chambers in fear of woodland creatures, and have no windows so that the sun and moons won't plot against your death- as easily. It's so fun, it's madness! /sarcasm

How do you check all the houses? Most of them are locked, and I have the feeling that this poorly coded encounter doesn't leave the door unlocked after he goes inside.

Simple, you break into every house and make certain that there's no vampires there, and then if you're spotted, then you get arrested because you can't leave fast enough, and then you realize the next day that half the town is dead. :swear:

But seriously, you could just pick the locks and get inside to check, but then the guards will start telling you to not pick any locks around here, which will annoy some people. :dry:

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:11 am

Fast travel outside of towns and then go in. Try not to end up fast traveling and landing somewhere at night.

Its annoying but there are preventative measures to take.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:59 am

And you should feel compelled to do this...why?
Would not the best solution to this be a bug fix?

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 9:14 am

Simple, avoid the night... i hope this works, i haven't tried this yet

I can't imagine a vampire attack on daytime... i hope

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:04 pm

Simple, avoid the night... i hope this works, i haven't tried this yet :tongue:

I can't imagine a vampire attack on daytime... i hope

Pretty sure they attack during daytime as well. But that's not science on my part.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:15 am

Simple, avoid the night... i hope this works, i haven't tried this yet

I can't imagine a vampire attack on daytime... i hope

They've attacked during the day in my game.

Fast travel outside of towns and then go in. Try not to end up fast traveling and landing somewhere at night.

Its annoying but there are preventative measures to take.

Been there, done that. They still attack.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:49 am

Can someone tell me how this is fun?!

Well, it isn't. <_<

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:38 am

they always attack in 3s
just use the slow time shout and turn the difficulty to novice
with a good sword you can kill all 3 before the first one hits the ground with slow time active

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:52 am

Continuation of previous threads.....here's link to most recent/last one: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1390060-random-vampire-attacks-merged-similar-topics/

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:14 am

Would you mind adding a poll? I was just going to start one but don't want to start another identical thread - it will get locked anyway.

I thought it would be useful to ask if people are seeing them

a/Virtually never - what's the fuss about?
b/Several attacks but easily handled - no biggie
c/Pretty regular, several NPCs dead
d/Ghost towns - mass death of NPCs

Then whether people like them or not, we can at least see the scale of the issue.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:38 am

After sending a PM to Gstaff about the issue, I got a reply. He says he will share my feedback with the team, which is excellent news, and somewhat surprising given that I am a PC user, and haven't seen the bug first-hand.

So now we can only hope that Bethesda see that this is an issue that needs fixing, and that it will be fixed by the time the PC and PS3 versions arrive, and possibly patched to Xbox as well.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:22 am

Would you mind adding a poll? I was just going to start one but don't want to start another identical thread - it will get locked anyway.

I thought it would be useful to ask if people are seeing them

a/Virtually never - what's the fuss about?
b/Several attacks but easily handled - no biggie
c/Pretty regular, several NPCs dead
d/Ghost towns - mass death of NPCs

Then whether people like them or not, we can at least see the scale of the issue.

I'm on my cell phone at work....trying to set up poll, but proving difficult. Might have to get it when I get home.
Excellent gamestarr, be nice to hear something official

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:07 am

After sending a PM to Gstaff about the issue, I got a reply. He says he will share my feedback with the team, which is excellent news, and somewhat surprising given that I am a PC user, and haven't seen the bug first-hand.

So now we can only hope that Bethesda see that this is an issue that needs fixing, and that it will be fixed by the time the PC and PS3 versions arrive, and possibly patched to Xbox as well.

Wow, very nice. I wanted to hear developer's thoughts on this feature.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:37 am

Hopefully we'll get a "Yea, we're working on the issure and will delete the vamp attacks to make the game replayable" type of answer.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:34 am

Hopefully we'll get a "Yea, we're working on the issure and will delete the vamp attacks to make the game replayable" type of answer.

Honestly I'd rather see it reworked somehow, as opposed to deleted entirely. There are at least some people that like/enjoy it as it is, it'd be nice if it wasn't totally removed.....I'm not out to spoil anyones playing experience

» Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:51 pm

Ugh.

If it gets to that point for me... I'm just going to stop playing or start a new game without the dlc.

So far I think I've been the luckiest player alive, only 2 vamp attacks since DG released and I've been playing quite a lot.
That said I'm becoming increasingly paranoid that the game will make up for it at some point and unleash a vampire apocalypse upon my towns at any moment.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:16 am

Hopefully we'll get a "Yea, we're working on the issure and will delete the vamp attacks to make the game replayable" type of answer.

You really just are a real 'ol bundle 'o joy.

» Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:35 pm

I noticed on another thread, people were confusing random vampires attacks for the random traveler event. THIS IS NOT TRUE. That event is much easier to deal with because he normally only attacks the player when you get close, while the problem we're having is with random vampires that spawn hostile in random parts of town. There is a difference.