Q About Summoned Minions - Guild Wars Forums

jantar1814 · Jul 14, 2007, 09:39 PM // 21:39

Ok so i made a pvp-only character (necro) to see if its something i would like to make, and it seems that whenever i summon anything, they just attack completely random targets, watever they want to hit, is there any way to get them all to focus on what i want them too? thanks

eightyfour-onesevenfive · Jul 15, 2007, 12:19 AM // 00:19

That's how minions work. You have no control over them whatsoever. They follow you around as long as there is nothing hostile in range but as soon as there is a target, they attack whatever they want to attack (usually it's simply whatever hostile is closest to them).

free_fall · Jul 15, 2007, 02:06 AM // 02:06

There are 2 mission bonuses that I can think of off-hand where you are required to *not* kill certain creatures which this minion behaviour will cause you to fail.

countesscorpula · Jul 15, 2007, 02:52 AM // 02:52

yup. Minions are mindless. They are not like pets. They attack whatever enters their aggro. Not always the first thing, either.

The wilds: Let all the minions die before entering the bonus area. The second mission you refer to seems to elude me atm. Oh, yeah.... that NF newbie island one. Lot's of minions would be bad for NOT hurting the sunspear ghosts.

fujin · Jul 15, 2007, 08:11 AM // 08:11

You wouldn`t do this in PvP, but you can always spam Taste of Death to kill them off in an instant.

Jul 14, 2007, 09:39 PM // 21:39	#1
jantar1814 Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Jul 2007	Q About Summoned Minions Ok so i made a pvp-only character (necro) to see if its something i would like to make, and it seems that whenever i summon anything, they just attack completely random targets, watever they want to hit, is there any way to get them all to focus on what i want them too? thanks

Jul 15, 2007, 12:19 AM // 00:19	#2
eightyfour-onesevenfive Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: 7??13'35" E - 50??06'27" N Guild: Servants of Fortuna [SoF]	That's how minions work. You have no control over them whatsoever. They follow you around as long as there is nothing hostile in range but as soon as there is a target, they attack whatever they want to attack (usually it's simply whatever hostile is closest to them).

Jul 15, 2007, 02:06 AM // 02:06	#3
free_fall Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Oct 2005	There are 2 mission bonuses that I can think of off-hand where you are required to not kill certain creatures which this minion behaviour will cause you to fail.

Jul 15, 2007, 02:52 AM // 02:52	#4
countesscorpula Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Gwen Is [EVIL] Profession: N/	yup. Minions are mindless. They are not like pets. They attack whatever enters their aggro. Not always the first thing, either. The wilds: Let all the minions die before entering the bonus area. The second mission you refer to seems to elude me atm. Oh, yeah.... that NF newbie island one. Lot's of minions would be bad for NOT hurting the sunspear ghosts.

Jul 15, 2007, 08:11 AM // 08:11	#5
fujin Krytan Explorer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hong Kong, all the way in Asia :O Guild: Officer of United Jedi [UJ] Profession: E/	You wouldn`t do this in PvP, but you can always spam Taste of Death to kill them off in an instant.