Yeah, it happens for me a lot, and I've noticed that it happens most often on Crazed mages in Shame. I even tell the pets to follow them and it doesn't do anything. Other casting mobs like Eternal Gazers, Navrey, and Greater Dragons don't exhibit this behavior.
Beat me to it.
Someones not taking their own advice by reading before responding
Shhh I didn't come out and say that...Someones not taking their own advice by reading before responding
No really, they can still tell the pet to guard them and each time a mob targets the tamer the animal will attack, will give it a few bits and stop, just like a puppy!
120 taming 120 lore 120 vet
I had the same with a Neira about an hour ago. Was trying to get my Rune Beetle to attack her, and it responded positively, but never actually approached her until I was practically right on top of her.
Magery Mastery also seems to give pets more of an archer AI... anything over unlevel terrain or that flys and the pets run around trying to find a ranged place to cast from. Very difficult to get pets to actually attack at a place like Navery lair.
I have saw this more with my casting pets. Took my mare to the Origin EM event last night she mostly just stood there trying to cast. Took her out for a dread pirate, if I run right up next to the dread pirate and all kill she will melee and mage him for a couple of minutes and then run to the opposite end of the ship and go into casting only mode, occasionally teleporting to the pirate. Same with serpentine dragon. The other new glitch I have seen is the pets teleporting onto the Dread pirate ships long before they are scuttled and then just standing there getting pounded on. Only ways I have found to save the pet from a death is to log in and out or open a gate and go through and then back if I give the all follow me command and my ship is close enough to the DP ship. I did notice at the EM Event several of the greater dragons kept disengaging the scalis and running back to their owner as well. Others did not seem to be exhibiting the same behavior though.
I have noticed that at times but at other times the pet just stops fighting and walks right back to me and stands there almost like it has been peaced but we are alone and fighting things that do not have bard skills. It did that a few times fighting RC's in Doom. The switching is only a minor nuisance right now because low level critters are being killed while it is training but I do not even want to think about trying a Travesty with the AI being like it is right now. Pet would be targeting the mirror images or luring Trav back down to me...
Nah this is something different. Think it has something to do with the casting critters ai. I have a 5 slot hiryu that doesn't seem to be effected by this and he (she?) Has no ranged casting spells
Nope cus my Cu does it ALL THE TIME! Kill a rotting corpse..OH HEY there's a mummy WAY OVER THERE I think I'll go kill that now....:/ stupid dog
Didn't matter for me. I invised the pet, put the fire steed back on the other mob got wall mob to attack me, and the fire steed still kept going for it. Keep in mind too, the wall mob was over a screen away. I could just barely see both mobs on edges of screen, so I know they couldn't see each other. The steed also was untrained, so no effects.
Me too.
