Quote Originally Posted by Moorea View Post
The only issue is you don't know if you don't read carefully that a quest is an escort or not
This is true, and even some that are "protect this area" quests will be treated, internally, the same as an escort, even though no NPCs are actually being escorted anywhere. I believe there's one in Loch Modan that has this behavior, but it's been a long time, so I could be mis-remembering.