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Pets: Intense pet targeting.

Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 10:26 pm
by Meric
In a good stronghold vs a good Lich so no WM sadist mechanic etc. My char appeared to be disproportionally targeted by all of a liches pets.

There were 8 other attackers in the SH. The char hadnt completed any provocative actions for at least 1.5mins prior and none of the attackers had stepped out etc. Somehow all 11 of a Liches pets targeted me without provocation against the Lich. Seems highly improbable from a target pool of 9 targets that all 11 pets are pulling one char as the attack result. Feels more like the pets defaulted to one char after the PM did a target refresh during defence.
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and missed!
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and hit for 5 points of slashing damage.
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and missed!
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and hit for 5 points of slashing damage.
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and missed!
- (5 times) Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and hit for 5 points of slashing damage.
- Wight, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and missed!.

Re: Pets: Intense pet targeting.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 5:26 pm
by plscks
Meric wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 10:26 pm In a good stronghold vs a good Lich so no WM sadist mechanic etc. My char appeared to be disproportionally targeted by all of a liches pets.

There were 8 other attackers in the SH. The char hadnt completed any provocative actions for at least 1.5mins prior and none of the attackers had stepped out etc. Somehow all 11 of a Liches pets targeted me without provocation against the Lich. Seems highly improbable from a target pool of 9 targets that all 11 pets are pulling one char as the attack result. Feels more like the pets defaulted to one char after the PM did a target refresh during defence.
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and missed!
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and hit for 5 points of slashing damage.
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and missed!
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and hit for 5 points of slashing damage.
- Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and missed!
- (5 times) Ghoul, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and hit for 5 points of slashing damage.
- Wight, belonging to Altisidora, attacked you and missed!.
Looking at logs, I suspect that the Ghouls were on defensive and you were the last character to attack the PM. It was though AoE, and I don't believe pets react to AoE, none of the explains the delay in attacking though. I'll leave this open in case further cases require documentation.

Re: Pets: Intense pet targeting.

Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:59 pm
by Goliath
AoE draws aggro but no retaliation as far as I've observed, yes.
Archons, Elementalists and DHs (and whomever else) beware