Since these guards are behind the gate but within perception range of Nightrisers and rats, mobs tend to bunch up against the gate and stay there even when in the case of Nightrisers they should vanish in the morning. Could they be moved outside, to prevent masses of mobs building up and killing weak PCs because they can't activate the gate conversation.
Just shorten their perception range so they can't see what's on the other side of the gate.
Or better yet, get rid of that clunky Gobsquat door system altogether. I never realized how utterly counter-intuitive that Gobsquat gate was until I brought a newbie in here last week and saw how much trouble it poses for someone unprepared for it. I'll bet we've got players who still don't know that it's free to leave the Gobsquat.
I completely agree, PC. Although you HAVE to find out that it's free, the door-convo only places you inside, not outside.