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Mudballs for event quest is now a Criminal Offense!?!?!

Stefirex
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Seriously? I kept getting bounties throwing muballs at celebrants in Skywatch for Breda's quest!
Edited by Stefirex on December 16, 2022 2:01AM
  • Grega
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    @Stefirex Always have been since 2015. Don’t throw them at the guards/soldiers and you’ll be fine
    Edited by Grega on December 16, 2022 1:58AM
  • disintegr8
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    Nail 'em up I say!!
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  • Stefirex
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    Grega wrote: »
    @Stefirex Always have been since 2015. Don’t throw them at the guards/soldiers and you’ll be fine

    I've been playing since Beta and hitting Celebrants with Mudballs has never gotten me a bounty til just today.
  • tomofhyrule
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    Stefirex wrote: »
    Grega wrote: »
    @Stefirex Always have been since 2015. Don’t throw them at the guards/soldiers and you’ll be fine

    I've been playing since Beta and hitting Celebrants with Mudballs has never gotten me a bounty til just today.

    Celebrants is fine.

    But if you hit a guard, that's an assault fine.
  • Stefirex
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    Stefirex wrote: »
    Grega wrote: »
    @Stefirex Always have been since 2015. Don’t throw them at the guards/soldiers and you’ll be fine

    I've been playing since Beta and hitting Celebrants with Mudballs has never gotten me a bounty til just today.

    Celebrants is fine.

    But if you hit a guard, that's an assault fine.

    Well it's bugged then because I did not hit any guards, just celebrants and other players. Every Celebrant agro'd on me and I got bounties. This isn't supposed to happen.
  • whitecrow
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    Maybe it was a plainclothes guard.
  • Arunei
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    Stefirex wrote: »
    Stefirex wrote: »
    Grega wrote: »
    @Stefirex Always have been since 2015. Don’t throw them at the guards/soldiers and you’ll be fine

    I've been playing since Beta and hitting Celebrants with Mudballs has never gotten me a bounty til just today.

    Celebrants is fine.

    But if you hit a guard, that's an assault fine.

    Well it's bugged then because I did not hit any guards, just celebrants and other players. Every Celebrant agro'd on me and I got bounties. This isn't supposed to happen.
    Are you hitting the people around the Wayshrine or are you hitting NPCs that are just around the city? Because hitting them might get you with a bounty since you have to specifically disable Prevent Attacking Innocents in order to chuck the mudballs at NPCs, so any not marked as Celebrant might trigger the Justice system. Not sure if that's the case or not since I haven't don't that quest in years.
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  • Beilin_Balreis_Colcan
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    I found a line of celebrants just outside Skywatch queueing up for something. Then I realised what it was for: my mudballs, muwhaha :). I filled the quest very quickly, needless to say...
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  • Stefirex
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    Arunei wrote: »
    Stefirex wrote: »
    Stefirex wrote: »
    Grega wrote: »
    @Stefirex Always have been since 2015. Don’t throw them at the guards/soldiers and you’ll be fine

    I've been playing since Beta and hitting Celebrants with Mudballs has never gotten me a bounty til just today.

    Celebrants is fine.

    But if you hit a guard, that's an assault fine.

    Well it's bugged then because I did not hit any guards, just celebrants and other players. Every Celebrant agro'd on me and I got bounties. This isn't supposed to happen.
    Are you hitting the people around the Wayshrine or are you hitting NPCs that are just around the city? Because hitting them might get you with a bounty since you have to specifically disable Prevent Attacking Innocents in order to chuck the mudballs at NPCs, so any not marked as Celebrant might trigger the Justice system. Not sure if that's the case or not since I haven't don't that quest in years.

    I didn't have to disable anything. Just target an NPC and the quest dialogue to splat them pops up and you hit the key to splat them and WHAM They Agro'd! Not Guards, Not faction leader's like Emeric or Ayrenn. NPC's with "Celebrant" in their names.
  • rpa
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    Mudballing a guard gives a really tiny bounty. It's not a big deal. Suggest using it as opportunity to practice evading guards or even fleeing guards (which gives much bigger bounty). I have never got anyone aggro from mudball, I suspect you might have accidentally with a light attack instead. Assuming you do not have avoid attacking innocent set.
    Edited by rpa on December 16, 2022 3:33AM
  • Stefirex
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    rpa wrote: »
    Mudballing a guard gives a really tiny bounty. It's not a big deal. Suggest using it as opportunity to practice evading guards or even fleeing guards (which gives much bigger bounty).

    Dude, that has nothing to do with Celebrants "AGROING" on me for mudballing them.
  • rpa
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    Stefirex wrote: »
    rpa wrote: »
    Mudballing a guard gives a really tiny bounty. It's not a big deal. Suggest using it as opportunity to practice evading guards or even fleeing guards (which gives much bigger bounty).

    Dude, that has nothing to do with Celebrants "AGROING" on me for mudballing them.

    You sure you did not light attack someone instead of mudballing? I almost did at first.
    Edited by rpa on December 16, 2022 3:40AM
  • spartaxoxo
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    The celebrants didn't aggro, I thought? Thought it was just royals and Guards?
  • rpa
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    spartaxoxo wrote: »
    The celebrants didn't aggro, I thought? Thought it was just royals and Guards?

    I myself mudballed guards &cet without discimination and it did give me bounty but none got aggroed.
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    rpa wrote: »
    spartaxoxo wrote: »
    The celebrants didn't aggro, I thought? Thought it was just royals and Guards?

    I myself mudballed guards &cet without discimination and it did give me bounty but none got aggroed.

    Yeah, true. I think it would depend on your bounty before the mud ball, but that it increases your heat. But I also thought mud balling celebrants didn't count as a crime at all. Just the royals and the guards.
  • Eiagra
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    I wonder if that explains all the dead celebrants I saw when I did the dailies earlier... Either way, I usually just target players, it's easier and less risky.
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  • robwolf666
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    Grega wrote: »
    @Stefirex Always have been since 2015. Don’t throw them at the guards/soldiers and you’ll be fine

    Found that out the hard way a few years back, so, only target civilians, a war crime in any other circumstance, but still...
  • SeaGtGruff
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    Are you throwing the mudballs that are automatically used by pressing E when you get a prompt to use them, or consumable mudballs that are given as quest rewards?
    I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!
  • Quackery
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    *confused*

    It's always been a criminal offense.
  • whitecrow
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    Guards are the only ones that trigger the justice system. You are free to throw them at soldiers or even the queen.
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    whitecrow wrote: »
    Guards are the only ones that trigger the justice system. You are free to throw them at soldiers or even the queen.

    I'm pretty sure you get a bounty for mud-balling the queen, too. But celebrants definitely do not give bounties or aggro.
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    Stanx wrote: »
    whitecrow wrote: »
    Guards are the only ones that trigger the justice system. You are free to throw them at soldiers or even the queen.

    I'm pretty sure you get a bounty for mud-balling the queen, too. But celebrants definitely do not give bounties or aggro.

    Hm, been a while since I did it for the achievement, but maybe you are right.
  • Ragnarok0130
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    Stefirex wrote: »
    Seriously? I kept getting bounties throwing muballs at celebrants in Skywatch for Breda's quest!

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  • Cryptor
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    so, two things are apparent when reading this thread: #1 You choose not to listen to suggestions given. #2 You are the only person with this unexplainable problem.
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  • Clyde_BlueSnake
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    Video or screenshots for the curious that needs more convincing evidence please?
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    For like others, the quest is doing normal for me & this bug so far it seems only happening to you. You sure you didn't accidentally mudballed a guard?
    Edited by Clyde_BlueSnake on December 16, 2022 6:58PM
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  • FeedbackOnly
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    Stefirex wrote: »
    Stefirex wrote: »
    Grega wrote: »
    @Stefirex Always have been since 2015. Don’t throw them at the guards/soldiers and you’ll be fine

    I've been playing since Beta and hitting Celebrants with Mudballs has never gotten me a bounty til just today.

    Celebrants is fine.

    But if you hit a guard, that's an assault fine.

    Well it's bugged then because I did not hit any guards, just celebrants and other players. Every Celebrant agro'd on me and I got bounties. This isn't supposed to happen.

    Report it and please double check them tag community manger like Kevin
  • Auldwulfe
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    Check your location - there is a quest area for it, and the wayshrine is right outside - I had one where I hit a celebrant outside the quest circle on the map, and it was an assault .... just inside the line, and it was fine, on the same celebrant, as I let the guard kill me to clear the heat.


    Auldwulfe
    Edited by Auldwulfe on December 16, 2022 9:47PM
  • rpa
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    I again did the quest with two characters and mudballed players, celebrants and ambassador with no aggroes.

    One celebrant I mudballed was standing beside their own dead body. But DB repeatable Marked for Death killing spree would explain that. (I faintly recall Skywatch is one of possible targets.)
  • Hapexamendios
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    No bug here hitting celebrants
  • Stefirex
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    SeaGtGruff wrote: »
    Are you throwing the mudballs that are automatically used by pressing E when you get a prompt to use them, or consumable mudballs that are given as quest rewards?

    Throwing mudballs when the E for the quest shows up and Celebrants are all agroing on me. ZOS owes me a ton of bounty gold at this point!
    Auldwulfe wrote: »
    Check your location - there is a quest area for it, and the wayshrine is right outside - I had one where I hit a celebrant outside the quest circle on the map, and it was an assault .... just inside the line, and it was fine, on the same celebrant, as I let the guard kill me to clear the heat.

    Inside and outside. Doesn't appear to matter and it's only on this account that it's happening. I have 3.
    Edited by Stefirex on December 26, 2022 3:10AM
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