Dock Suggestions

[Spiffy Has]

(who cant/wont enter the Docks)

Not without a DM you mean Caddies, it's been done!

[Divine Intervention]

I agree with Caddies on this, no matter how big a threat there will always be one guy who thinks "Hey while they are busy fighting the loyalists I'll just go and take over/make a nice profit".  In the face of adversity people either pull together or go off the wall and just beat on each other.

[Never-Again]

I will throw my two cents into this, I played in Lower quite a bit in EfU and I think that some of the attitudes there have carried over to EfU:A. In EfU after the Tigereyes died there was no NPC force to stop groups of Upper PCs from raiding lower and then retreating to the protection of the Watch. The only way the Lower PCs could survive was band together. A bit of that has carried over into the Docks in my opinion. When there are no large gangs, everyone tends to band together. When large gangs form, they usually battle it out as was pointed out a above.

[Seanzie]

Ok so the narrows is the place INSIDE the docks that has NPCs like flogged black and barrow wright and the prositutes right?

[Talir]

You could implement scripted merchants you could extort/bribe, NPCs that turn hostile to you and all that fancy stuff you can do with NPCs but where does it leave you? It only emphasizes actions that can be done with NPCs and lessening the creativity PC-PC wise. I am all for some way to give players fund to further their PC-PC ambitions, even did it myself with the drunken tradesmen on a character of mine, but when it comes down to it there's so many opting instead for easy profits for self-gain. Not utilizing them for plots/hiring others. I fear if we implemented something akin to that in the Narrows, it'd be the same.

Another thing about creating thugs that attack you or similar, this doesn't necessarily make the area they are in more attractive for people to enter. It could very well be the complete opposite. You also have to be careful - this in regards to invasions too - that there are so many areas in the Docks to enter and leave. If you have hostile NPCs entering a NPC or PC populated area, they'll spread out and eventually can be just on the opposite side of a transition that all other times are safe to go through. Not all PCs or NPCs are able to handle the hostile creatures.

EFU is all about player-player activity. You cannot chase or shake down NPCs like you can PCs. I am all for suggestions to help you guys rock out alongside each other but no amount of implemented and scripted features really measure up to the stuff you guys can embark upon yourselves. So be creative. A hammer is an excellent tool to hit a nail but is useless if there's no hand to hold it.

Citywide or district related events could be something to look into, but feel free to suggest what you guys think can be good.

There is nothing wrong about informing a DM what you want to do - be it in the Docks or otherwise - and what you want to create, and ask for ideas and ways to make it happen. Or just steadily inform us what you are working towards. This way you can affect the place you reside, or get support/animosity from the NPCs there to continue what you are working on alongside others.