How to know if someone is “good” or “bad”

Question

From far away I can see a person. I don't know if he(or they) will attack me on sight or not. so what I do is save and go to them and if they attack me I reload and kill them using bow. is there any way to know if person or people will attack you? if I fire arrows before I'm sure I might lose a cool mission :(

Answer

Shoot an arrow near the target while sneaking. If they are hostile to you, they'll start searching for you and you can see your stealth eye open a little bit. If they are not hostile, then they'll ignore your shot.

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