BOT Attack
 

Hi All,

Newbie here, just setup my 1st server the last couple of days. Play it privately. I really do love the bot idea! Really appreciate and commend the work that has been done.

I do however have one question.

I noticed that when I play my warrior, the bots respond to the #bot group order attack command and they attack the target with no issue (even before I engage. However, when I try to play my cleric, beastlord, or ranger. They do not attack unless I start attacking. (melee) I was wondering if this was working as intended?

I think the logic should be reversed if there isn't anything wrong. As a "TANK" I should be the one who initiates the fight to gain aggro. If I a non tank class to get up close and melee, especially with a hard mob. I would think I'd be one dead feller quickly.

I play a ranger on my server and the "#bot botgroup attack <groupleader>" command works fine for me..

You might want to review the syntax of your attack commands. The botgroup leader's name is ~Case Sensitive~. That threw me for a loop for a bit. Also, the syntax still applies even if the bots are in your group. For example, to make my group attack my target my command is "/say #bot botgroup attack Prickle".

Alternately, I can inflict damage and then hit my attack button and all bots will attack my target.

The command works fine for me (Ranger), and for my friends (Druids).

I've found that with a non-melee char, hitting the melee key out of range, and then casting a small dot or nuke is enough to send the melee chars (and pets) in to fight. The problem is that with some mobs, they respond to the little spell with massive force - so if they respond with a big nuke things get messy.

Related is that my cleric bot will not heal if I get jumped, and I don't hit the melee key. So even though my pet is pounding on the mob, the bots will stand around and ignore me, while I slowly die, although they will heal my pet!!

I think there needs to be more thought on bot AI. One real issue is preventing AI such that you just park your group at a spawn point, go to bed and wake up with several levels. I don't see that improving the game at all. This is not an issue at the moment, but could be if the bots had too much autonomy.

Thanks I will try that out, but I just found it odd it worked for my warrior and not the other chars.

Wow I feel stupid, thanks a lot for your assistance..It was the syntax. Thanks a lot!

I kept adding the word "order". I feel very foolish now.