Except you may be considered a potential threat!

Although that could go somewhere...

You can do this, be smarter than the game. Fast travel outside of towns and wait until morning so the vampys dont attack.

i have tried that, and so have other people.... this doesnt eliminate the threat of attacks. the vampires are fearless and dont give a [censored] whether is really dark or if the sun is shining in their faces....

be honest, do you want to fight away vampires from every town you visit to drop off gear, buy and sell for the rest of the game?

Well i guess so far my game is different. It works like a charm for me.

Guard : Hold it right there traveler. What is your business here ?
Traveler : Just came for refreshments. Me and my fellow companions.
Guard: We have been getting reports of increased vampire attacks. Ya'know... Glowing eyes, pale skin in hooded robes, seen any ?
Traveler: Not that I know of...
Guard : Oh, and what is this ?
Death Hound : I'm a puppy
Guard : Aw, isn't that cute. Alright, go right in just don't let me catch you with a hand in my pocket
*Shields cracking, swords flashing, blood boiling, bodies dropping, hounds barking...*

Later on in the same city

Guard : We are getting increased reports of vampire attacks...
Traveler : I'll be sure to point them out if I see any.
*Shields cracking, swords flashing, blood boiling, bodies dropping, hounds barking...*

Here's a taste of a vampire attack on a city at lvl 18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1dFWZOC1uo , and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v80gUzq6Ec8 . Oh and this is how I see myself against Vampires http://fulltrending.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Abarham-v-Twilight.jpg ... such an epic picture

keep in mind that the vampire attack in that video was minor, he was lucky and had the guards as well as alik'r warriors attacking the vampire.

You guys seriously have a problem with these? Ive played like 60 hours since dawnguards release *bloodshot* never had a "bad"
vampire attack. Ive lost one of those good-for-nothing-battleborns but other than that no deaths.

It's not the defeating them part....it's keeping npc's alive....especially since the attacks will never stop for rest of your game

I just wait a couple seconds with my bow aimed at the gate, then proceed. Usually they are dead before they can pick an npc to attack..

exactly right, whether the npc's die fast in your game, or slow in you game. ghost towns will arrive, the longer you play the bigger risk you are in which i why i refuse to play skyrim until we have the option to prevent attacks on towns altogether without needing to finsih the dg mq. misc quests which force attacks on towns is a good idea for everyone. people like me who hate the idea of npc's in the game dying will just not pick up the misc quest and the towns will be safe, people who like the attacks will just pick up the misc quest, if that doesnt work just remove vampire attacks from towns and cities altogether and keep them in the wilderness. its and easy fix

I wonder who Bethesda got to work on this DLC. It's starting to seem (IMHO) like they don't have any idea what their fan-base likes.

Random events = good.

Random events that, given enough time, ensure that everybody dies = bad.

With a random Dragon attack in town, it's completely different. It's one thing. With the entire town focusing solely on it. The Dragon can't (effectively) attack more than one person. You can use the shout to bring it down, and clip it's wings. With the Vampires, they can go after many different targets. Let's say you're in Markarth, just walked through the gate. You see a Vampire chasing someone up the hill towards the keep, and another chasing some poor sod down towards the Warrens. You can't save them both. Unless one gets lucky and runs into a guard or two, one is going to die.

How is that fun? Eventually, you're left with nothing but the essential NPC's.

You are overdramatizing. Just reload or dont fast travel into cities. Youll cut the attacks by 80%

Nope, nope, nope, and nope.

That's not how it works.

You've been lucky then, not to have them appear when you've just come out of a business or dragons reach.....or you're just allot faster at the draw than I am.....I am old after all, reflexes not as good as used to be

you point out the problem wonderfully

I'll give 1 good and simple reason for everyone to understand why I love Misc. quest gives so much that I do not wish them harm in any way... RANDOMNESS. That's right, randomness. No matter how you see it, the big quests are always in the same locations that you can probably finish them blindfolded with your feet on the keyboard. While misc. quests are randomized as in locations. Meaning Alvor's sword won't always be in the same cave as you're used to so that's why I like Misc. quests so much. They're refreshing and always changing their locations.

This. It's shoddy implementation by Bethesda. Nothing more, nothing less.

The idea is solid, but you cannot avoid them. It isn't a misc quest you can just not pick up next time, it always. happens.

Apparently super lucky. Ive been in and out of towns maybe 200 times in the past few days. Maybe i got a better copy of the DLC.

I wish i could have these attacks happen to me just so i could at least have 1st hand experience, cause I read all of this, and I dont argue or doubt that its happening, I just almost feel like Im playing a different game than all those that have this happen so much. 30 hours. 2 city attacks, 1 attack in the wilderness. It baffles me how it could be that different. Im gonna start a new character with the sole intent of seeing how long it will take to devoid my cities of life, cause nothing remotely close to anything like this is happening with my other one.

the vampire attacks proc from dusk on so jus dont enter a city from dusk until it is dawn. problem solved.

I've had same issues with dragons....some characters get allot of attacks by them, some very few....idk why

I'm sorry, but I had to quote this. Since when is it the Dovahkiin's business to kill vampires? I thought he was supposed to kill dragons. Also, if it's an invasion, why don't the npcs that aren't guard's run for their [censored] lives?

Yeah I dunno why people are assuming that not using FT eliminates vampire attacks because it doesn't. I'm not even sure the chances are reduced. I just walked into Dawnstar at 11pm and I had 2 vamps attack at the place where the Khajiit caravan is usually. Then one hooded traveler spawned down in front of the smithy. And 2 more vamps spawned outside the Mythic Dawn museum. Slight overkill with the vamps guys.

And that's not even unusual. If I walk to a town at night time, 100% it's under attack.

Problem being some quests require that it be night time before you can continue.