Curse

gloria vander belt · Sep 13, 2007, 05:48 AM // 05:48

me and a few others i know have noticed devona is running out of aggro(even wen not fighting) and lure'ing mob's back wich has been getting rather annoying expecially when fighting a group of 6-8 already, it dont bother me so much on th 3-5 group's, but im not shore this is suppose to happen, and also the big chicken henchie(talon silverwing i think) does it on occassions but not as often, has any 1 else experienced this??????

plasmasword · Sep 13, 2007, 05:50 AM // 05:50

Yes, I was fighting a group of mobs in a dungeon and Gwen kept running off and pulling a group of boss mobs no matter how many times I pinged another mob. She died like 4 times in a row.

Stolen Souls · Sep 13, 2007, 05:52 AM // 05:52

Pretty much all the heros/hench do this (I'm looking at YOU, Zhed >.< ). But yes, Talon and Devona seem especially noobish lately.

Kaida the Heartless · Sep 13, 2007, 05:53 AM // 05:53

Definitally. Ogden, my monk, decided to pull this in Shards of Orr just the other day. The baddies weren't even in radar range!

bungusmaximus · Sep 13, 2007, 05:57 AM // 05:57

Devona is Leeroy Jenkins' twin sister, try using the flags if they run off, they usually snap out of it. I found myself using flags quite a lot, especially for retreating and/or regrouping.

gloria vander belt · Sep 13, 2007, 05:58 AM // 05:58

yeah hmm seems a-net has a clean up job to do

Lalita · Sep 13, 2007, 06:11 AM // 06:11

Yeah the crazy heffer does this to me all the time. She wades out past the group we are agro'd on and goes to an entirely different area to pull a second group. I think she has confidence issues being next to Jora.

AlienFromBeyond · Sep 13, 2007, 06:17 AM // 06:17

Yeah, seems to me the scatter AI has been especially wonky as of late. Not too fun when your SF eles run around in circles instead of staying still in the wards and nuking.

Dr Strangelove · Sep 13, 2007, 06:31 AM // 06:31

My melee heroes have been completely broken lately. Melonni has apparently taken severe head trauma lately, she prefers to stare at walls or pace back and forth instead of actually attacking things.

Steboy93 · Sep 13, 2007, 06:36 AM // 06:36

Yeah this happens all the time when i use talon or devona, once even when i specifically flagged them in the other direction!!

bungusmaximus · Sep 13, 2007, 06:41 AM // 06:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steboy93

Yeah this happens all the time when i use talon or devona, once even when i specifically flagged them in the other direction!!

This behaviour isn't new btw, in other campaigns Devona is an intolerable ass-hat too.

Edge Martinez · Sep 13, 2007, 07:33 AM // 07:33

Just Leeroy it like I do with Livia, MoW, and Olias all as MM's. If someone's gonna pull in extra mobs, might as well be a member of the minion army.

WinterSnowblind · Sep 13, 2007, 07:35 AM // 07:35

Yup, I had this same problem in Nightfall, when trying to do the Dajkah Inlet challenge mission, there's one point especially where she loves to run up the stairs, past all the other mobs and attack the Guild Lord at the back. Took me a while to fugure out why she was dead and no one would resurrect her.

M1h4iL · Sep 13, 2007, 08:01 AM // 08:01

Lol chicken henchie, good one.

Lauryn · Sep 13, 2007, 08:49 AM // 08:49

Tahlkora is the new bane of my existence

I'm sure a monk set to 'avoid combat' Should not run in and start wanding Frostmaw

Friday · Sep 13, 2007, 08:57 AM // 08:57

Devona... Leeeeroy idiocy from her and Talon and Jora on occasion I can handle by setting their targets and flagging them, and they are warriors after all...

but Gwen...

Gwen Leeroys off past the mob we fighting, pulls in more (dies, is rezzed)...
Me: Get back in line you stupid woman!!!! *flag
Gwen leeroys off into the furthest backline of the mob (dies, is rezzed)
Me: GWEN, FFS, you are a MESMER, you're BACKLINE - NOW GET BACK INTO IT YOU RAGING NOOB!!
Gwen ignores flag and target and runs off to die - again...

The hero/hench AI should definitely be overhauled... I've broken most of them down to peeling potatoes back at base for their idiocy!!

Footnote:
(by the way, I am a woman, so I can call another woman an idiot and get away with it

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FelixCarter · Sep 13, 2007, 09:15 AM // 09:15

Welcome to Hard Mode.

Optional? No.

Zeph · Sep 13, 2007, 09:20 AM // 09:20

All the heroes/henchies are doing this crazy stuff at the moment. It's so annoying. They didn't do this pre-EON so something must have been changed in the AI when GWEN got released.

I hope Anet fix this soon. I remember last time the H/H went all wacko, Anet went into denial about there being anything wrong with them and it took ages for them to actually get fixed.

Targren · Sep 13, 2007, 09:23 AM // 09:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeph

All the heroes/henchies are doing this crazy stuff at the moment. It's so annoying. They didn't do this pre-EON so something must have been changed in the AI when GWEN got released.

I hope Anet fix this soon. I remember last time the H/H went all wacko, Anet went into denial about there being anything wrong with them and it took ages for them to actually get fixed.

It's not just in GW:EN either.

I hope they fix it soon. It's gamebreaking for the solo H/Her... and I was doing so well too.

arsie · Sep 13, 2007, 09:23 AM // 09:23

Wasn't there some fluff that Gwen wanted to be a Warrior when she grows up? Its like football(soccer) goalkeepers who started their careers as strikers. Brrrrrr.

As for Devona and Big Bird, here's how I figure it happens. They start by trying to run out of some AoE or somesuch. They shout "Charge!" and run much further than they expected. Their goldfish memory kicks in, and they go, ooooo new mobs!