# NPC threat assessments shoudl take into account worn/wielded weapons

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**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [February 16, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-threat-assessments-shoudl-take-into-account-worn-wielded-weapons/29145 "2024-02-16T07:03:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Demetrious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Demetrious](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Demetrious)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-threat-assessments-shoudl-take-into-account-worn-wielded-weapons/29145/1 "2024-02-16T07:03:32Z")

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It’s not exactly news to anyone that NPC’s are a “work in progress,” but I’ve found the pure suicidal attitude of NPC’s to the initial encounter somewhat puzzling. More than once I’ve been trucking about only to encounter a new NPC, sometimes armed with a melee weapon, one only armed with her own helmet wielded in-hand, who ordered me to drop my weapon and fuck off, forever, on pain of death.

Whilst I was wearing a handgun and had a slung rifle on my back.

As important as the nuances of social interaction may be, in my personal experience (as a gas station attendant working at Dark O’Clock) a loaded handgun has a miraculous effect on most social encounters. Like a magic wand, when you point it at problems, they tend to disappear. Very fast, at best running speed, towards the nearest cover.

Whenever NPC interactions are updated, I submit that this is a worthy consideration to take into account.

[EDIT:] 0.G Stable, if it matters.

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**Author:** ![RenechCDDA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/renechcdda/32/12231_2.png) [@RenechCDDA](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RenechCDDA)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-threat-assessments-shoudl-take-into-account-worn-wielded-weapons/29145/2 "2024-02-16T07:31:38Z")

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They already do take into account your wielded weapon, including if your wielded weapon is a firearm.

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**Author:** ![Demetrious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Demetrious](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Demetrious)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/npc-threat-assessments-shoudl-take-into-account-worn-wielded-weapons/29145/3 "2024-02-16T07:38:28Z")

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Taking into account worn weapons would be a big improvement, considering the primacy of melee in the game. I’m usually running around with a spear in my hands, a holstered pistol (for emergencies) and a slung rifle (for really big emergencies.) Given the fact that spear straps are (currently) considered a difficult-to-tailor item instead of a rope tied to the weapon (like rifle slings) the spear is almost always going to be in my character’s hand upon the first encounter.

Additionally, it’d be interesting if ankle/deep concealment holsters were _not_ taken into account, to allow for the potential of hidden/holdout weapons, given the propensity of some NPC’s to strip you of obvious weapons on occasion. However, I don’t know how difficult that’d be to implement from a coding perspective, and further nuance to NPC interactions would be required to fully realize the potential there.