Question About AI and Condition Removal - Guild Wars Forums

Sir Tidus · May 24, 2008, 03:56 PM // 15:56

Say I have a monk hero with [mend condition] and a mesmer hero with [smite condition] and no other condition removal in the party. Will my mesmer hero be smart enough to prioritize [smite condition] to my monk hero? (since [mend condition] will cover the whole party except for the monk hero) Or will my mesmer be dumb and just use [smite condition] on whoever has a condition and not realize that my monk's got it all covered and the only point of [smite condition] is to remove conditions from the monk. Thanks in advance.

miskav · May 24, 2008, 04:01 PM // 16:01

Dumb enough to spam it senselessly =3.

MagmaRed · May 24, 2008, 04:25 PM // 16:25

Yep, heroes don't understand prioritization. For instance, if you take a hero with ANY condition removal spell, they will use it on ANY character with ANY condition. That W/R with absolutely no spells will get Dazed removed. That E/Me with no physical attacks will get Blind removed. The W/N with Plague TOuch will waste energy using Plague Touch to remove a condition the hero already removed.

Sir Tidus · May 24, 2008, 04:34 PM // 16:34

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Originally Posted by MagmaRed

Yep, heroes don't understand prioritization. For instance, if you take a hero with ANY condition removal spell, they will use it on ANY character with ANY condition. That W/R with absolutely no spells will get Dazed removed. That E/Me with no physical attacks will get Blind removed. The W/N with Plague TOuch will waste energy using Plague Touch to remove a condition the hero already removed.

So the fact that my monk is carrying [mend condition] will have absolutely no effect on my mesmer's choice of target for condition removal?

miskav · May 24, 2008, 04:43 PM // 16:43

No.
12charsssssss

Sir Tidus · May 24, 2008, 05:37 PM // 17:37

Thanks a lot.

MagmaRed · May 24, 2008, 08:31 PM // 20:31

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Originally Posted by Sir Tidus

So the fact that my monk is carrying [mend condition] will have absolutely no effect on my mesmer's choice of target for condition removal?

Nope, the only things that effects what a hero does regarding condition removal are:

1) does the hero have enough energy
2) can the hero target the character with a condition (Vow of Silence)
3) is the target in range

It won't matter what the condition is, who it is on, or what other characters can remove it. Its a first come, first serve situation. Whoever casts first gets the job done, and all that can do it will try.

Miska Bow · May 24, 2008, 09:46 PM // 21:46

In order to truely experience the AI of your heroes, try [inferno] on any ele hero.

Discovered this with Zhed. Had it on his bar and i kept wondering why the *&%$ he kept running back and forth from melee.

Things is, he 'll try to cast it, run into melee, THEn realize he's a backliner and come back in the back line. (again and again and again and again and again and again....)

try it its fun to watch.

Tyla · May 25, 2008, 02:27 AM // 02:27

Try it on a Warrior then, Miska! Then it'd work!

But anyway, the questions been answered, and just try things that make no sense, like Miska!

May 24, 2008, 03:56 PM // 15:56	#1
Sir Tidus Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2008	Question About AI and Condition Removal Say I have a monk hero with [mend condition] and a mesmer hero with [smite condition] and no other condition removal in the party. Will my mesmer hero be smart enough to prioritize [smite condition] to my monk hero? (since [mend condition] will cover the whole party except for the monk hero) Or will my mesmer be dumb and just use [smite condition] on whoever has a condition and not realize that my monk's got it all covered and the only point of [smite condition] is to remove conditions from the monk. Thanks in advance.

May 24, 2008, 04:01 PM // 16:01	#2
miskav Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: None Profession: Mo/	Dumb enough to spam it senselessly =3.

May 24, 2008, 04:25 PM // 16:25	#3
MagmaRed Furnace Stoker Join Date: Mar 2007 Guild: Our Crabs Know True [LOVE] Profession: R/	Yep, heroes don't understand prioritization. For instance, if you take a hero with ANY condition removal spell, they will use it on ANY character with ANY condition. That W/R with absolutely no spells will get Dazed removed. That E/Me with no physical attacks will get Blind removed. The W/N with Plague TOuch will waste energy using Plague Touch to remove a condition the hero already removed.

May 24, 2008, 04:43 PM // 16:43	#5
miskav Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: None Profession: Mo/	No. 12charsssssss

May 24, 2008, 05:37 PM // 17:37	#6
Sir Tidus Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jan 2008	Thanks a lot.

May 24, 2008, 09:46 PM // 21:46	#8
Miska Bow Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: somewhere, Grinding some l33t titles Guild: Order of the Divine WoodChuck Profession: R/	In order to truely experience the AI of your heroes, try [inferno] on any ele hero. Discovered this with Zhed. Had it on his bar and i kept wondering why the *&%$ he kept running back and forth from melee. Things is, he 'll try to cast it, run into melee, THEn realize he's a backliner and come back in the back line. (again and again and again and again and again and again....) try it its fun to watch.

May 25, 2008, 02:27 AM // 02:27	#9
Tyla Emo Goth Italics Join Date: Sep 2006	Try it on a Warrior then, Miska! Then it'd work! But anyway, the questions been answered, and just try things that make no sense, like Miska!