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xXa1 · Nov 03, 2006, 05:30 AM // 05:30

gaile claims that the AI is working as intended ... i guess anet wants to simply frustrate and annoy everyone in pve.

"Away with you ..." said the Lich.

Feminist Terrorist · Nov 03, 2006, 05:33 AM // 05:33

Heck, I'm still waiting for my ele's milk moustache to be fixed. *taps foot*

Moist Muffin · Nov 03, 2006, 05:52 AM // 05:52

I guess you all want the healer monsters to sit down and die for you. I like the challenge. Just dont chase the healer into more agro. Maybe change yours or your hero's build to slow down the kite or speed up your attack. To much of a thought process. huh!

BurningFeetMan · Nov 03, 2006, 06:07 AM // 06:07

W00t! My dyes are now stacking! All but one, which I suspect is the dye I got as a reward from the mission "To Dye For".

Cheers fella's!

garethporlest18 · Nov 03, 2006, 06:12 AM // 06:12

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Originally Posted by Moist Muffin

I guess you all want the healer monsters to sit down and die for you. I like the challenge. Just dont chase the healer into more agro. Maybe change yours or your hero's build to slow down the kite or speed up your attack. To much of a thought process. huh!

To bad hero's don't use all their skills the right way huh?

SFlames · Nov 03, 2006, 06:59 AM // 06:59

I think there's a problem with the AI not being able to keep certain enchantments on themselves. For example, I set Vital Blessing on Koss for him to have extra health since I'd want him to be my meat shield. However, when I go out of an outpost/town, he doesn't cast it at all. I tried manually clicking the skill, but once the spell was finished casting, I'd see the icon on the bottom of his task bar for a split second, but disappears right away. Could you guys possibly fix this? Thanks in advance.

Sarevok Thordin · Nov 03, 2006, 07:26 AM // 07:26

Gaile, what about preorder items not being modable? >_> (it seems to happen with every preorder item now)

The Great Al · Nov 03, 2006, 07:39 AM // 07:39

Gaile - I love how we can preview dye before we use it, do you think in the future we will be able to preview dye (and armor!) BEFORE we buy it? I really want to know how my armor looks in white dye before I shell out the money for it

trielementz · Nov 03, 2006, 07:44 AM // 07:44

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Originally Posted by SFlames

I think there's a problem with the AI not being able to keep certain enchantments on themselves.

Ugh. Was hoping this was fixed with the update:

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Fixed a bug that caused skills requiring upkeep to be removed whenever cinematics began.

This bugfix doesn't concern heroes then? The enchantments don't even stay on until whatever cinematics the update is referring to.

Ruby Lightheart · Nov 03, 2006, 07:45 AM // 07:45

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Originally Posted by Narutoscryed

I was just in pohgan passage mission.. where you have to protect that lvl 16 lady.. i went as a boon prot but i threw life bond in there for protecting here against the spike. prot spirit + life bond = tank.. anyways.. every mob targeted her first and every spell went her way.. so it is almost impossible to keep her alive because she gets the enchants ripped off her.. and then shortly after get spiked to death..

im not saying that its impossible.. its just bullcrap that no one else in the party is getting hit and she is the only one..

I am having a simular problem with the Down the Bayou mision..they go right for Vidja and wipe him out first and totally ignore everyone else till he is dead and you fail the misson.

As much as I like Nightfall and love the challenges in it..I do have to say the AI needs some serious adjusting...AOE has been pretty much made useless and thats not fair to the casters out there.

Sol_Vie · Nov 03, 2006, 07:48 AM // 07:48

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Originally Posted by Clawdius_Talonious

Good to know, my guildmate who holds all our dyes will be quite pleased when this update occurs

Heh I'm that person for my guild, and I can say that yes I'm looking forward to seeing that the dyes are stacking properly again.

Hand of Shiva · Nov 03, 2006, 08:13 AM // 08:13

I'll save my issues with the AI for other threads, I'd like to thank the Devs for fixing what they have though. It was getting a little precarious with the amount of dyes i had stacking up all over the place.

However, I'm still having problems with the imperial commedations stacking. I noticed 1 other poster said they were having problems with this, is anyone else having this issue or should i like burn em and try getting more?

Also that camara thing is getting to be a problem. Myself and a friend are getting extremely dizzy from the way it whips around, and with the inclussion of "improved" AI the camara is whipping around in every which direction now as my party members scatter to handle it. Please ANet a fix for this if you will, even if its a little switch that turns it on and off.

THANK YOU!

Gaile Gray · Nov 03, 2006, 08:23 AM // 08:23

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Originally Posted by Hand of Shiva

I'll save my issues with the AI for other threads, I'd like to thank the Devs for fixing what they have though. It was getting a little precarious with the amount of dyes i had stacking up all over the place.

However, I'm still having problems with the imperial commedations stacking. I noticed 1 other poster said they were having problems with this, is anyone else having this issue or should i like burn em and try getting more?

Also that camara thing is getting to be a problem. Myself and a friend are getting extremely dizzy from the way it whips around, and with the inclussion of "improved" AI the camara is whipping around in every which direction now as my party members scatter to handle it. Please ANet a fix for this if you will, even if its a little switch that turns it on and off.

THANK YOU!

Could you please PM me the name of your character(s) having trouble stacking the imperial commendations after the update? This should be fixed, and if you're still finding items not stacking, we'd like to investigate further. Thanks!

Firebaall · Nov 03, 2006, 08:29 AM // 08:29

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Could you please PM me the name of your character(s) having trouble stacking the imperial commendations after the update? This should be fixed, and if you're still finding items not stacking, we'd like to investigate further. Thanks!

This is also happening for Monastery Credits.

PM sent with my character name that can demo this for you.

Anarkii · Nov 03, 2006, 08:35 AM // 08:35

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On 10/31/06, we fixed that bug, and now the AI targeting system once again works the same way it has ever since the release of Prophecies.

That may have been the intention, but it is blatantly obvious for any observant person that it is not so.

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Earlier: Tank runs in; everyone else stays way out of aggro bubble. Mobs start attacking the tank; everyone else moves in to heal/nuke/etc; tank KEEPS aggro, unless there is an AoE scatter caused

Now: Tank runs in; everyone else stays way out of aggro bubble. Mobs either ignore the tank and head straight for the backlines or, attack the tank TILL the backline goes in range, wherein they head for the casters brushing off the tank.

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The true AI change on 10/25/06--which some players may be finding unsettling or annoying and may be calling a "bug"--is a change to melee monsters that causes them now to back off. That is new

That isnt happening. The enemy monk runs off wildly if anyone looks at him funny. The melee mobs run around hitting whoever they feel like.

I've been a firm supporter of GW and ANet policies and changes, and thats why I'm still playing this game since release. But the current AI makes the game too frustrating.

For simple testing try out two things

(a) A 3-man group consisting of tank, monk and nuker. Aggro any group of level 24 mobs. See if its possible for the tank to hold the aggro of the whole group.
(b) Take 7 henchies/heroes and go outside Gates of Fear and aggro a group of demons. Watch the melee mobs head straight for your casters.

It is obviously not unplayable.If this change is intended, some players will quit while others adapt. But claiming that this is not happening at all is out of line.

Gaile Gray · Nov 03, 2006, 08:47 AM // 08:47

I've sent over notes to QA and the Design Team, and they tell me they are tracking each to find out if there are bugs in the programming that might cause some of the odd behaviors that have been reported.

Again, thank you for letting us know, and we'll keep looking into this.

explodemyheart · Nov 03, 2006, 09:42 AM // 09:42

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Special Dye: The "To Dye For" mission (which you obtain in Kamadan) gives you a special dye, one is spawned differently, and this dye will not stack now or in the future. However, you will get that single dye just the one time, so if you keep it, you'll have just that one unstackable square. (I used mine right away, to avoid using up a space.)

This quest appears to be broken now.

Kais Vivelame · Nov 03, 2006, 09:44 AM // 09:44

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Could you please PM me the name of your character(s) having trouble stacking the imperial commendations after the update? This should be fixed, and if you're still finding items not stacking, we'd like to investigate further. Thanks!

PM sent. Doesn't work yet for me, my old Equipment Requisitions have the label "quest item" and not the new ones, and I can't stack them.

(screenshots taken this morning *after* the last game update)

korcan · Nov 03, 2006, 09:56 AM // 09:56

im having similar problems with requisitions, totems, & commendations being unstackable.

Amity and Truth · Nov 03, 2006, 12:37 PM // 12:37

Thanks for atleast acknowlediging that there might be a problem with the AI.
There is another question though (one which is off topic but of concern to the community).

Is the Elite Mission of Nightfall included and working as intended?
Furthermore, is it possible to meet the requirements for it as of currently? (as in, no bug preventing that)
I'm not asking where it is or how to reach, but simply if it is there at all - people are having doubts about it being included and with all those titles, explorers and questers there should have been atleast one who discovered the entrance to it.
(i know this question is off topic here but i don't know where else to ask with hopes of getting an answer on it)

A short "Yes, working" or "No, not yet included" would be great. Thanks in advance.