Talked to gnomes, agreed with them to blow up
Talked to duergar too.
Blow up the wall.
Duerrgar agro, gnomes start neutral.
100% sure no damagge done to any gnome.
After Gale casts Fireball on Duergar only, loaceted away from the wall, with 100% no gnome in area, the gnomes agro.
This is a bug.
Repeat 5 times to be sure.
Yes, lots of players have struggled in patch 9 with gnomes turning hostile in this battle. It seems even worse now than when this post was created, but hopefully will be addressed in the full game.
I’ve ended up just fighting this battle with no AoE spells or effects at all, which works but does make things a bit more challenging!
