Roekillik Assassins: Make it stop!!

[EtoilePirate]

<DIV>Hi there!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I know it's my own fault for taking the quest, and so I put up with the assassins popping in the Feerrott (4x), The Steppes (3x), the Commonlands (3x), and Antonica (5x -- and all of these were JUST TODAY).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>However, I just died <STRONG>at the Stonestair Byway bank</STRONG>.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In Freeport.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>To one of those damned things.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think that's going a bit too far.  Can they be stopped from popping inside city zones?</DIV>

[Edowen]

<P>Yes, the attacks in the adventuring zones were very frequent and disruptive.  Normally Irgul can solo whites, but twice she died to blues because she got an assassin add.  So, I had to stick to soloing greens, just in case.  However annoying that was, that is not what really got my goat.  I got so tired of Irgul being attacked in Nettleville by assassins that were often 3 levels higher than her, that I finally deleted the quest.  Ah, blessed peace.  Now I can go afk to answer the telephone or feed the cats IRL without worrying about my toon dying to one of those blasted things.  The way the quest is now, the only safe way to afk is to camp, and that is a) inconvenient and b) detrimental to the immersiveness of the game.</P> <P>The only other thing to consider here is that I do not know the solution to the quest and I am guessing neither does Kella.  Once the solution becomes generally known, people will be able to complete the quest in much less time, and the period during which they are subject to assassin attacks should be much shorter and perhaps more tolerable.</P> <P>Edowen</P>

[EtoilePirate]

<DIV>[Disregard this particular missive, as the situation has changed (the bug in question no longer exists).  The rest still stand though.]</DIV><p>Message Edited by EtoilePB on <span class=date_text>07-20-2005</span> <span class=time_text>09:56 PM</span>

[Shantee]

When your grouped with a member who has the quest, they will attack group members.  We were grouped with Osen the other night each time we zoned we were attacked.  I'd say 75% of the time they would attack me first.  Kaida <div></div>

[EtoilePirate]

<P>Update:</P> <P>I couldn't take it anymore.  I'll do everything I've done so far all over again but I absolutely cannot keep getting attacked like this.  They're now popping UNDERWATER in Everfrost to attack my while I try to do a shark writ.  I had to delete the quest.</P> <P>Really, I'm all for immersion but this is ridiculous.  If I can't go anywhere or do anything because I'm dying from adds that pop up everywhere (I have 3% XP debt right now, from roekilliks), I can't play the game at all, and no one quest should be able to ruin the whole game for me. :smileymad:</P>

[Edowen]

<DIV>Wow.  Someone is giving out stars here in the private tester forum.  Who would ever have expected that. :smileysad:</DIV>

[Torali]

From a conversation in Test chat today, I have a good idea who it might be Edo. I could be wrong...but my feeling is strong.

[Edowen]

Lol, you are a tease!  :smileytongue:

[Grimsore]

Seems like the assassins should only come during the various quick (travel and talk) parts of the quest. Not the (find and explore the mines) part of the quests. I can imagine your pain, however at level 50 and doing the quest I have never seen one assassin.

[Owlchick]

<P>:smileysurprised:</P> <P> </P>

[imakee]

I submitted feedback on this as well (filled up one window and had to continue in a second report =( ) I have the worst luck with those assassins spawning. I have had them spawn on me when I zone into somewhere (and since my character gets into the new zone before my computer gets out of the loading screen I am usually zoning in with less than 75% of my health and getting lower by the second).  I have had them spawn in Freeport when I zoned from the craft instance into Longshadow alley; I ran past the guard and he didn't even look twice as I was getting beat on.  I have had many of them do a chain of spawns, where I finally am able to run one off (they run hella fast too - 32% horse here) another one will spawn immediately.  And boy do those assassins love to spam you with their one liners. One time I actually sat there and counted. The assassin gave me a line of text 15 times (one right after another). I hope some of things weren't intended because honestly no quest should make it impossible for me to continue with normal play (I spend a lot of my time just crafting and harvesting) <div></div>

[EtoilePirate]

Thanks very much for tonight's tweak!  I didn't mind the 39 or 42 Assassins that spawned tonight at all, and it was perfectly fair of them to spawn where they did, which was not underwater and which was also not in Freeport.  Thanks!