Have you ever considered they(the npc's) are simply tired of all this bs? After all, they've had to deal with our characters for 1.8 years now. Over and over again. I say, the AI is doin a coup d'etat :P
Souls of cheaters and hackers are reincarnated as NPCs, doomed to repeat the same stupid line over and over and over and over ...
They may have enough, but that is the whole point.
