Aggro

eq4me · #1 09-10-2006, 01:50 AM

Right now MOBs never loose aggro when you run away. This can be quite annoying when you are in a big outdoor zone.
Is this a broken or not yet implemented feature? Anyone working on it? I am tempted to pick that up as my next project.

**fathernitwit** · #2 09-11-2006, 02:20 AM

the real issue is determining the criteria for them losing aggro... my recollection is that mobs will keep chasing you until you disappear (invis/zone/etc), but im sure somebody else knows better than I.

#3 09-11-2006, 02:27 AM

Mobs wouldnt chase you once you got so far away from them tho.

For instance, you have SOW, and run past a mob in lets say South Karana, by the time you got to the other side of the zone the mobs would arive 10-15 min later it would have given up.

eq4me · #4 09-11-2006, 02:55 AM

I summoned and used fabled journeyman boots and let a drolvarg chase me through nearly the whole Dreadlands. But I did actually hit him since he was green and didnt aggro on me by himself. Maybe that makes a difference?

eq4me · #5 09-11-2006, 04:40 AM

Well, just to be sure I tried again in Dreadlands and West Karana. None of the mobs i aggroed stopped chasing me.

Btw. Drachnids seem to be awfully fast. Even with +50% runspeed they where only like 20 seconds behind me from exit of the cave to the Spires to entrance of the cave to Firiona Vie. The mountain giant braes where like 60 seconds behind. The bandits bears and whatnot in South Karana where multiple minutes behind me.

It is some years that I played on Live but as far as I remember most MOBs stopped after a minute of chasing(With SOW and/or if I got off a root before I tunred tail) at max. But as long as you did not zone or relog after they gave up chasing you they had a very wide aggro range on you.

John Adams · #6 09-11-2006, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by eq4me

Well, just to be sure I tried again in Dreadlands and West Karana. None of the mobs i aggroed stopped chasing me.

It is true. As a current Live player, mobs do stop chasing you under certain conditions (like distance from them, mostly). But I do know there are some cases when they never stop until you zone or camp. Terror in PoFear, anyone? I think some of the mini/bosses will chase you until you are hamburger. So it's variable.

But currently, you're correct. I do not think aggro loss working properly (though it makes for some funny ass screenshots when you have 40 drachnids nipping at your heals).