Faction

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Hey all,

I apologize in advance if this was better served as a post under the bug forum, but I wasn't sure so I put it here. If someone with moderator authority deems it to be moved then that's cool.

So I have a question in general about faction and in particular about the faction "Minions of Scale".

My first question is, is a faction a faction regardless of zone and mob? So if we have Faction X. And let's say when I encounter a mob that is on Faction X it cons "scowls" to me. Then I do a quest that yields +2000 faction with Faction X. Then I con that mob and I now con "kindly". Let's then say I move to another zone where mobs are also on Faction X. Will I then always con the same as I did to the other mob if no other faction is involved?

The reason for my question is this:

According to the wiki when you kill a trash mob in Skyfire Mountains you lose 30 faction with:

-Ring of Scale (RoS)
-Minions of Scale (MoS)

(http://wiki.project1999.com/A_shadow_drake)

The same is, according the wiki, true of trash inside VP (http://wiki.project1999.com/Guardian_wurm)

I have never taken a negative faction hit with either RoS og MoS on my enchanter. When I go to Skyfire Mountains and con a trash mob (except for the devourers which seem on no faction and kos to all) I con "threateningly". When I cast Collaboration I then con "dubiously".

But when I go into VP and con a similar trash mob (a Guardian Wurm in both zones) in there I con "scowls".

Does this mean that mobs are on different levels of the same faction in Skyfire compared to VP? Or does it mean that mobs inside VP have a "scowls" default setting - much like, say, a Seafury Cyclops or some other baseline "evil" mob?

It's confusing because I would think it would be the same for Skyfire and VP.

Any insights would be great.