Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-68.38.147.135-20151129235927

The concept of the suggested addition is as follows:

If you clothe yourself with the full garb of another faction, you gain the ability to sneak disguised into a territory of a faction with whom you are negatively aligned, unless you get close enough to an enemy NPC for them to "recognize" your disguise as false (this would also prevent trade, questing, and unit hiring, though perhaps it would allow use of crafting tables, forges, etc. if no NPCs are near).

After thinking this through, it seems the best way to achieve this would be something like the following:

Set a certain temporary alignment (100?) to a faction and its allies for a player clothed with that factions full garb. This would also require a set temporary negative alignment (-100) with factions that are unfriendly toward the faction of your discuise. This would enable unlocked fast travel points in the territory of your disguise (and its friendly territories) and disable fast travel points negatively aligned with the faction of your disguise. The disguise would be ineffective on NPCs within a certain block range (say 2-3), and once the disguise is broken in this way (i.e. an NPC becomes hostile), the NPCs within normal sight range would also see you through your disguise and come to the hostile NPC's aid. This means you could be in a lot of trouble should your disguise be broken! Your disguise could resume once all hostile NPCs are killed or evaded. If a player who is actually positively aligned with the faction attacks you, the disguise would be similarly broken among in-range NPCs.

There may be some necessary restrictions in order to prevent one from sneaking into the center of an enemy territory and then suddenly summoning a massive army. That doesnt seem to make sense or be fair. I think the proper remedy would be that you cannot carry swords or horns of command when clothed in a disguise, nor be able to fast travel to a territory accompanied by your negatively aligned mounts or hired units. Disguises would need to be used for indivdual covert purposes rather than large invasions.

Let me know what you guys think! 