I was killed by a guard during a Dynamic Encounter

Rishikesa108 · July 15

I was doing the Dynamic Encounter in Glenumbra with many other players. We were moving from a fighting place to another till the end of this encounter. At the last place there was a Lion Guard Duelist (no killable as every guard in the game). I hit the guard without realizing it and the guard continued to attack me relentlessly until it killed me. How can something like this happen? Guards have to stay very very far from battle fields !!!! So I couldn't have the reward from the Dynamic Encounter and all my stolen stuff was taken away....
A picture of this guard here @ZOS_Kevin

SilverBride · July 15

I accidentally attacked the same guard yesterday. He didn't fight me because he was attacking another player, but I did get a bounty.

valenwood_vegan · July 15

Yeah, I think they put some new guards around the Lion Guard Redoubt wayshrine for one of the new thieves guild quests, and unfortunately one of them is too close to / wanders into the area where the dynamic encounter occurs. People are getting bounties almost every time. Hopefully they can move or delete that guard.

Techwolf_Lupindo · July 15

A trick I do is run ahead of the group, hit the guard, pull him to the center of the event where the group will stop at. Buy the time everyone releases whats going on, the guard cast Riot Control and everyone is poofed. :-) Yes, I am a bad wolf. aaarrrroooOOOOoooo

Rishikesa108 · July 15

Techwolf_Lupindo wrote: »

A trick I do is run ahead of the group, hit the guard, pull him to the center of the event where the group will stop at. Buy the time everyone releases whats going on, the guard cast Riot Control and everyone is poofed. :-) Yes, I am a bad wolf. aaarrrroooOOOOoooo

@ZOS_Kevin pls do something in order that players can't do things like that!

SilverBride · July 15

Rishikesa108 wrote: »

Techwolf_Lupindo wrote: »

A trick I do is run ahead of the group, hit the guard, pull him to the center of the event where the group will stop at. Buy the time everyone releases whats going on, the guard cast Riot Control and everyone is poofed. :-) Yes, I am a bad wolf. aaarrrroooOOOOoooo

@ZOS_Kevin pls do something in order that players can't do things like that!

I agree that something needs to be done. That sounds like a Code of Conduct violaltion because it's targeted harassment designed to intentionally ruin someone else's gameplay.

ZOS_Kevin · July 15

Hi All, just wanted to follow up here. Thanks for reporting this. We have a fix slated for Update 51 for this. Our incremental patch is already locked down, so fixes cannot be added to it. Hence this fix being added to U51.

Erickson9610 · July 15

Techwolf_Lupindo wrote: »

A trick I do is run ahead of the group, hit the guard, pull him to the center of the event where the group will stop at. Buy the time everyone releases whats going on, the guard cast Riot Control and everyone is poofed. :-) Yes, I am a bad wolf. aaarrrroooOOOOoooo

That honestly sounds hilarious. Proof that video games can still be fun.

Ketryellowynne · July 15

Rishikesa108 wrote: »

I was doing the Dynamic Encounter in Glenumbra with many other players. We were moving from a fighting place to another till the end of this encounter. At the last place there was a Lion Guard Duelist (no killable as every guard in the game). I hit the guard without realizing it and the guard continued to attack me relentlessly until it killed me. How can something like this happen? Guards have to stay very very far from battle fields !!!! So I couldn't have the reward from the Dynamic Encounter and all my stolen stuff was taken away....
A picture of this guard here @ZOS_Kevin

I didn't even hit him. I healed someone else within the giant clump of people who had hit him and got a bounty for aiding a fugitive :') Not a lot of way around either way sadly. I really wish they would get rid of the healing a fugitive bounties because sometimes *** get a bounty then run through a heal in the middle of town that was already down and suddenly all of the guards are chasing you too T^T

Grega · July 16

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi All, just wanted to follow up here. Thanks for reporting this. We have a fix slated for Update 51 for this. Our incremental patch is already locked down, so fixes cannot be added to it. Hence this fix being added to U51.

Does this mean any potential fixes for 0% chance on getting Granny’s eel recipe or 0.000001% chance on agility gem are also off the table till U51?

ellmarie · July 16

Oh good, glad this will be a fix. I had to check today if my attacking innocents was on/off. lol, I kept getting a bounty.

DarwinStormChaser · July 16

I keep getting a bounty for being a werewolf in the same DE from a guard on the top of a rock.

raystormusa · July 16

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi All, just wanted to follow up here. Thanks for reporting this. We have a fix slated for Update 51 for this. Our incremental patch is already locked down, so fixes cannot be added to it. Hence this fix being added to U51.

Glad to hear. U51 ETA Sep 21, 67 days from today, (9 weeks, 4 days from today).

Until then, these actions will continue to incur fresh bounty on innocent participants, collateral damage by being an accomplice to the fugutive:
- using a synergy (likely provided by 1 or more players with the bounty)
- Cross healing the player(s) with the bounty

This will persist to the final stage too, cross healing the NPC to keep them alive may also cross heal players still carrying the bounty.

Rishikesa108 · July 16

raystormusa wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi All, just wanted to follow up here. Thanks for reporting this. We have a fix slated for Update 51 for this. Our incremental patch is already locked down, so fixes cannot be added to it. Hence this fix being added to U51.

Glad to hear. U51 ETA Sep 21, 67 days from today, (9 weeks, 4 days from today).

Until then, these actions will continue to incur fresh bounty on innocent participants, collateral damage by being an accomplice to the fugutive:
- using a synergy (likely provided by 1 or more players with the bounty)
- Cross healing the player(s) with the bounty

This will persist to the final stage too, cross healing the NPC to keep them alive may also cross heal players still carrying the bounty.

If you are targeted by the guard, he will keep hitting you until you die and lose all your stolen items. Last but not least, you will receive no reward for the Dynamic Encounter if it was completed while you were dying.

Wuuffyy · July 17

raystormusa wrote: »

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Hi All, just wanted to follow up here. Thanks for reporting this. We have a fix slated for Update 51 for this. Our incremental patch is already locked down, so fixes cannot be added to it. Hence this fix being added to U51.

Glad to hear. U51 ETA Sep 21, 67 days from today, (9 weeks, 4 days from today).

Until then, these actions will continue to incur fresh bounty on innocent participants, collateral damage by being an accomplice to the fugutive:
- using a synergy (likely provided by 1 or more players with the bounty)
- Cross healing the player(s) with the bounty

This will persist to the final stage too, cross healing the NPC to keep them alive may also cross heal players still carrying the bounty.

That is absolutely unacceptable. I never considered the implications of a single guard mistakingly being at an event like this.

ellmarie · July 17

Oh eeesh, with this last info, umm yeah to wait over 2 months for a fix that's not cool at all.

Gemini_Girl · July 17

This needs to be fixed ASAP @ZOS_Kevin. Please. Today, the guard was standing inside the last area for the Glennumbra dynamic encounter. Right next to the pillar players need to used stendar's gift on. I watched a player straight up attack him, pulling him into the middle before the fight even started. So people would hit him. There is no "escaping" the guard if they're literally standing inside the encounter... While some thinks it's funny others do not. Grow up people...

SilverBride · July 17

If we could figure out which player drew the guard in we could report them. But with so many packed togehter it would be hard to figure out.

katanagirl1 · 12:50AM

It’s unfortunate that there are so many other guards right near the nearest wayshrine, if you aren’t on a stealthy character you will have to pay the fine then and can’t wait it out. If you’ve are on a stealthy character, then you get a greater fine by escaping and have to wait it out longer.