They seem to most often attack the character, but I have had them go for the child first plenty of times. Sometimes they do it instantly when you walk into the next room.

AIM: GS4Menos

>Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
>Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

>I was under the impression that while escorting a child any creatures in rooms would attack you first and not the child. Not true?

triton executioners have stayed true to their name on so many of my rescue efforts.

>> You have to be in the room for the child to be attacked

I am fairly sure this is an accurate statement.

-- Robert

"Wyrom isn't interacting with me, I think he is AFK scripting."

Thanks, guys. You make a good point, Rath - I seem to recall a grimswarm doing in my escort once, but like I said it might be a matter of timing and nothing more. Of course, it's also potentially that troubling matter of timing as in aging. . .

I wasn't distinguishing between bandits and other NPC types, but yes - most (if not all) of my escort losses are definitely bandit-caused.

I seem to run around 10% fail rate between escorts and rescue tasks - I don't overly sweat it, and I'm not as 'good' with all tactics as I know I could be. I've heard of fail rates below 5%, for example. But it's pretty easy to look at - all my rescue bounties were Teras shortly after the AdvGuild opened. And the overwhelming majority were, as Vanessa said, executioners that did the poor kids in. Favorite spot for them to tag the kid was at the entrance, too.

>>You have succeeded at the Rescue Child task 328 times and failed 33 times.

Shortly after the Scatter appeared, I left the Rock to venture there - and of course, kids are smarter than adults; they don't go into the Rift.

Doug

would it be possible to expand bounties in Zul Logoth to include kill bandits. Right now at level 51 I only get assigned escort tasks. I understand the risk vs. reward on all of the other tasks is skewed by the level range of the hunting areas but kill bandits should still be balanced enough.

thank you for your consideration
Frorin