i these guys started threateningly to me as a erudite sk. at 52, i decided to try and raise my faction, because everyone else in Qeynos loves me, but many of these guys not only extremely high level (red to 52), but they hit for the 300s..
i say this because i was in the big Q one day recently trying to raise my faction with them, and one walked by. i died soon after my FD failed twice in a row (coincidence*), so i knew i had to raise this faction
*coincidence that he conned super red and it failed twice? i doubt it. probably scripted to die if a npc cons red and you try to fd /shrug
anyway, to raise this faction, i got a group of 5 others that were just hanging out in the n00b garden. offered each 20pp to help. i have a level 4 human warrior who was able to show them what i needed, and i used him to get the note to neclo from one of the guildmasters there... the reason for this is the quest item is LORE but not no drop (yippee).
after we all had a note, i ran em all to Qhills, and had them sit tight while i logged my main on. they all handed me a note one at a time and i turned them in to neclo (who is green to me). he was threatening, but wouldnt aggro.
it didnt take too many trips, maybe 3, to get to dubious. and from there, i decided to do the blank scrolls quest, but im not worried about amiable faction or anything. i just wanted to no longer be kos.
now youre asking to yourself, how did i turn in an item to a threatening npc? didnt he say he wouldnt "do anything to aide beings like me"?
this is how you trade to them when they dont like you. in the case of neclo, you turn in the item, but before you hit trade, you get invised. check to make sure youre indiff, and continue.
as an SK, i have hide, so i do exactly what i just said, but it doesnt require a 3rd party.
i dont know how big the faction hit is, so i couldnt tell you how fast the blank scrolls quest fixes faction, but its only 2gp, and the guy is in the same zone as the quest npc. i tried to attack him and pull him near the guy that needs the scroll with my 4th level warrior, but he would leave just as soon as i logged my main back on.
Edited, Thu Dec 12 20:37:04 2002