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    "You need to be anonymous" -- Why? How?

    This pops up at a certain point in the main quest, on screen, incessantly. I've tried putting on helmets LOL but what's going on?
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    It's a bug. Reload a save or restart the game.
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    it means people are looking for you. That could either be due to some bug, or because people are actually looking for you. If it is the later, hide in some place until the health bar disappears.
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    If your weapons are out, you have aggro, and you can't inspect things/talk to people when you have aggro. Pulse helps when you're like "TF are these guys..."
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    As others have said, this is likely due to detection.

    Even if people don't see you, nearby hostile animals can also trigger this. I'd either try to find and defeat the nearby enemies, or hide for a bit.

    If that doesn't work, let us know as I suppose it's possible it could also be a bug.
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    That has always irked me

    i.e. You're being chased by some bandits and one of your means to escape would be to head straight for your destination - A Door with a button prompt (further story progression).
    However you cannot open that door unless you are anonymous.
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    Originally Posted by bitebug2003 Go to original post
    That has always irked me

    i.e. You're being chased by some bandits and one of your means to escape would be to head straight for your destination - A Door with a button prompt (further story progression).
    However you cannot open that door unless you are anonymous.
    In my opinion, it was worst with the bureaus in the first game. Just about every time I enter a bureau during a playthrough, it's preceded by me finishing the pursuing guards on the HQ's rooftop first.
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    In Origins, if you ran from your enemy long enough, whoever was chasing you, would give up after a few minutes at worst. Is Odyssey similar?
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    Originally Posted by Olympus2018 Go to original post
    In Origins, if you ran from your enemy long enough, whoever was chasing you, would give up after a few minutes at worst. Is Odyssey similar?
    Sure, you can run/hide from enemies.

    That's a thing in pretty much all of the games.
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    I only saw this alert once , during a main story mission . And I just charged ! lol
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