I think this Verant's punishment/reward for passive neglect...you were there when a poor knoll pup was cruelly killed and did not try to stop the attack, therefore you are as guilty as the actual murder.

Frank Hartmann wrote:

> From: "Frank Hartmann" <FRANHART@...>
>
> I have seen this exact behavior in other zones as well, namely Misty Thicket, Blackburrow and Upper Guk. Merely running past an ongoing melee that I am not involved in seems to then later adjust my faction when the melee concludes. As you stated, so far I have not disliked the behavior because the faction adjustments are in my favor, but it definitely seems to be a bug.
>
> Back from lurker mode because a silent bard is as useless as lipstick on a troll.
>
> Keledal
> Bard of Erollisi Marr
>
> >>> <kim@...> 09/24 1:46 PM >>>
> From: <kim@...>
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999 jhenders@... wrote:
> >
> > This doesn't explain situations I've seen where another group is
> > fighting a mob (not one of the ones they are ignoring) and it stops part
> > way through the fight to run over and take a whack at the bard in
> > another group. I've seen this in both Unrest and Cazic.
>
> There's still something buggy going on as well. I'm still
> taking faction hits in Solusek for mobs that other people pull
> past my group (which isn't necessarily a bad thing since I
> want to increase my faction with the fire giants and Solusek
> mining company).
>
> --
> John H. Kim
> kim@...
>
>