Attacked randomly

[Revanslave]

Just recently my girlfriend and I started a new game together and we group up to do the quests. Do even the low level non-aggressive enemies attack you for no reason if you're grouped up? This seems to be the case but I didn't know it was a thing. It's not so bad but we did die by a lvl 17 turtle when we were only lvl 3 because of it.

Thanks!

[dejiko_san]

If you see lines connecting enemies, that means they will group aggro if one is attacked.



Also note the icons beside the mob's name, that gives you an indication of whether or not he'll aggro you.

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Dictionary_of_Icons

If you scroll down to the bottom of that page, it will let you know which icons means a mob will aggro and which are passive.

[Pintsized]

Your death at the hands .. feet? .. of the turtle must have been because one of you attacked it, albeit inadvertently, those huge creatures are always non-aggressive and are not linked in the way the lowest level mobs can be, as shown above.

[Revanslave]

Thanks for the replies! That helps a lot!

[Renius]

You will be attacked whenever you are a lower lvl than the MOB (not always but most times). They will not attack you as you get higher (they don't want to die lol) but there has to be some sort of realism in the game you can't go in higher areas as lobbie and expect that you can just wander around smelling the flowers.

[SpiritMuse]

When you're grouped up you're seen as stronger by the game because you are together, and as a result lower level enemies will often be pulled in groups even if some of them are normally non-hostile. If you come in as a high level single player you'll get the same grouping up of enemies as the game determines you to be strong enough to handle that.

[viewtyjoe]

You will be attacked whenever you are a lower lvl than the MOB (not always but most times). They will not attack you as you get higher (they don't want to die lol) but there has to be some sort of realism in the game you can't go in higher areas as lobbie and expect that you can just wander around smelling the flowers.

This is generally not true. There are two types of mobs: those with a green icon are passive and will only attack when you attack them, and those with a red icon, which are aggressive and will attack you as long as your level is not 10 or more above theirs when they detect you.

Another thing to note is that there are generally two types of detection for a mob: Sight, which is a cone in the direction they are facing (look for the arrow on their circle if you have them targeted,) or Sound, which will detect you within a certain radius if you are running (I've heard that walking will make them not attack, but my experience is mixed at best.)

If you are in a group, then monsters will be linked, which can be seen as a line connecting monsters when you target them. You may be attacked by passive monsters when attacking aggressive monsters because they are linked.

[Heliantheae]

You will be attacked whenever you are a lower lvl than the MOB (not always but most times). They will not attack you as you get higher (they don't want to die lol) but there has to be some sort of realism in the game you can't go in higher areas as lobbie and expect that you can just wander around smelling the flowers.

Leads to some funny moments when you're on a crafter/gatherer. Doing an Ixal quest earlier today, marched into the Stronghold with my Lv60 WVR and they ignored me. Then comes this WAR, probably doing plot stuff and they jumped him. When the worst I could do was knit them a very itchy sweater.

[Niwashi]

A mob's icon and level will indicate whether it will attack on sight or not.

If the icon is blue, then it's a passive mob, and won't attack unless it or a fellow mob that it's linked with (indicated by those lines dejiko_san mentioned) is attacked first. Whether you're in a party or not shouldn't affect this.

If the icon is red/orange, then it's an aggressive mob, and will attack any character who's under or up to 10 levels above its own level if they pass too close and within its range of vision. (Apparently mobs are all deaf, though, because so long as you pass behind them and not in front, you can go right next to them and they won't notice. Even mobs that don't appear to have eyes still have forward-facing visual range.)

If you're more than 10 levels higher than an aggressive mob, then it'll act as a passive mob (though still keep that red/orange aggressive icon).

[Niwashi]

those with a red icon, which are aggressive and will attack you as long as your level is not 10 or more above theirs

Minor correction, that should say "more than 10" instead of "10 or more". With a ten level difference, they'll still attack. With an eleven level difference, they won't.

If you are in a group, then monsters will be linked, which can be seen as a line connecting monsters when you target them.

Mobs can be linked when you're solo, too. (Maybe it occurs more often if you're in a group, though. I'm not sure. I'd always thought it was a static rule that certain mobs would always be linked and others never would. But I haven't really looked into it as there isn't very much content that I'll sometimes do solo and other times in a group, so I may just have not noticed the differences.)

When the worst I could do was knit them a very itchy sweater.

LOL (literally)