Vilja's 'Fighting Strategy' Conversation

[jl319]

Hi! 

I'm the newest member of the forum as I make this thread, and never thought I'd have to ask for support for this slight issue with Vilja in Skyrim. 

I've been using the mod for the longest time, and am at a late stage in her romance quest in this playthrough. I wanted to change her fighting strategy, specifically when she attacks. 

For all the time I can remember playing her, she always had 3 dialogue options for this, which cycle as you choose them, namely: 

1) Attack any enemies on sight. 

2) Attack enemies that attack us. (Default)

3 Avoid fighting. 

I've occasionally changed the setting through her dialogue, but ended up keeping it to the default option for the longest time in game. 

I decided I wanted to make her all aggressive, and upon cycling through her dialogue, I can't seem to cycle to the 'Attack Enemies on Sight' dialogue option. 

Would anyone know if this has happened before? Thanks! 


I run the Steam version of Skyrim Legendary Edition (Skyrim + all DLCs)

It's an extremely minor issue for me, and I can live with it, but any help or insights would be greatly appreciated.

[wotan]

Hmm. I don't think there is more than two options - fight or don't fight. My experience is Vilja always attacks enemies as soon as they are encountered.

[jl319]

Thanks for the input. Perhaps I panicked myself by reading what may be older information on this page:

lovkullen.net/Emma/Vilja_Manual.html#aggression

[CollinMacleod]

You have four options, stay back and use ranged weapons/use melee weapons and get in close, or avoid fighting/attack enemies that attack us. If you tell her to stay back she will tell you to be sure and give her arrows... If you tell her to avoid fighting she will not fight until you are attacked. Or if they attack her of course. Attack enemies that attack us will trigger as soon as the enemies see you. This is her default behavior.

You can use combinations, therefore if you only select use ranged weapons, she will automatically start shooting arrows as soon as the enemy sees you, unless you tell her to avoid fighting. Likewise in default she will charge them with a sword.

Her A.I. of course will always take over to defend you if you are attacked. So if you are hit by a ranged weapon, she is going to run in to defend you. I usually travel with two companions, so as soon as I am attacked I usually just back off and let them take care of it, and pick off stragglers with my bow. Vilja will usually keep a look out if you are sneaking and tell you about an enemy you may not be aware of without attacking them.. Uh oh, there's a Bandit, for example. This usually means that an enemy has partially detected you. She is letting you know that if you don't take them out, she will...

You can find all her options here.. lovkullen.net/Emma/Skyrim/ViljaDialogueChart.htm

[jl319]

Thanks for the further clarification CollinMacLeod. Everything's clear to me now, and since I have no more issues, this is solved. Thanks everyone!