Negative faction hits, how?Follow

The following happened to me yesterday while I was on my way to PoK in Misty Thicket, and I now have some questions.

from apprehensively to threateningly in 30 seconds
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Targeted (NPC): Blixkin Entopop
[Sat Mar 06 20:01:53 2004] Right click on the NPC to consider him.
[Sat Mar 06 20:01:54 2004] Blixkin Entopop looks your way apprehensively -- he appears to be quite formidable.
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:20 2004] Targeted (Player): Bad
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:21 2004] You say, 'Hail, Bad'
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:23 2004] You begin casting Spirit Armor.
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:29 2004] Bad is coated in translucent armor.
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:30 2004] You have become better at Riposte! (31)
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:30 2004] Blixkin Entopop punches YOU for 7 points of damage.
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:30 2004] You have become better at Defense! (146)
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:36 2004] Blixkin Entopop punches YOU for 7 points of damage.
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:37 2004] Targeted (NPC): Blixkin Entopop
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:37 2004] Right click on the NPC to consider him.
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:38 2004] Blixkin Entopop glares at you threateningly -- he appears to be quite formidable.
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:42 2004] Blixkin Entopop punches Bad for 7 points of damage.
[Sat Mar 06 20:02:42 2004] LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...
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well, "Player Bad" was an Iksar... so for buffing him while in the vicinity of Blixkin, my faction got hit badly.

ok, how to improve it now is not the question, I can check the factions section here on alla.

but, what else can cause negative faction hits? ok, killing a person. but do I even suffer for things group members do? anything else?

thank you for your help. :)

You didn't lose faction with misty thicket because YOU were the one that died. If the halfling would've died, you would've suffered the faction hit. As was said, you will lose/gain faction along with your group members accordingly IF the mob dies, but you won't necesarrily take aggro unless you take part in the fight in some way, including healing and buffing during the fight. For instance, my bard was afk in butcherblock, waiting for an adventure with the rest of the group. I went out for a smoke, came back and was dead. Like what happened with Rickea, someone trained guards through the camp and we had an SK in our group. Lucky for the SK, I was playing selos, so he hightailed it to the zoneline. Well, since my song hit him, and he had aggro, that gave me aggro also, so they turned around and destroyed me. They didn't touch anyone else in the group because no one even bothered trying to help me it was over so quick. So, moral of the story is: careful of your surroundings and who you attempt to help, especially when faction is involved.

Czaemon is correct, you will only get a negative faction hit if you help someone as they kill the mob. Help is healing, buffing, or (of course) aiding in attacking. You do not have to be grouped with the person that kills the mob to get the faction hit.

Helping someone who is attacking a mob, makes you TEMPORARILY KoS to that particular mob, even if you're already Allied to that mob.

well, I was a bit skeptical, if there is such a thing like temporary faction changes. but you are right. just verified yesterday.

[Mon Mar 08 19:01:41 2004] Right click on the NPC to consider him.
[Mon Mar 08 19:01:43 2004] Blixkin Entopop looks your way apprehensively -- he appears to be quite formidable.

thank you all for the clarification :)