thinking about changing the tether for aggro

[Davairus]

been thinking permanent aggro from mobs is a bit pointless for everyone, we want it to matter in pk due to summon traps, bait etc, wandering into mobs you forgot about. but then there's the dont quit to avoid aggro rule. and that's an ok rule. until like 3 hours have passed and nobody cares anymore,

so.. thoughts?

maybe they only forget you after 30 mins
maybe they only forget you after you enter guildhalls (obviously that's pretty high safety area)
maybe forget you after a certain distance is exceeded

i prefer the time based one

[Voltron]

There's a rule to not quit to avoid aggro mobs? Like as in your charmie turns on you, you can't then quit out and re-log back in 1 minute later? Cause I'm pretty sure I've had Tzakrid do that while fighting me. Of course I have no proof here. And I'm not trying to call him out or get him punished or whatever. Not a big deal. Just clarification. There's a rule?

I would offer my input, but honestly I had no idea mobs held aggro forever like that.. That seems crazy.

[Morbious]

I think it might need a little attention. I've had a mob follow me from Darkhaven all the way to my guildhall in seringale. Forgot about it, left my guild and he was waiting for me right outside. Hurt bad too. So I'm for a slight change in aggro length

[Stephen2_Aust]

Wait, what? That's a rule? Don't quit out/relog because you accidentally fireballed 3 nymphs at once?

[Arishel]

I think 30 minutes sounds about right, a time limit, obviously the best and perhaps easiest option to code. (My 1st.)

If you make it guildhall (entry) then maybe you have to stay in the guild until the mob comes to the entrance and the guardian says to them you're protected by the guild, and that's the end of it. Leaving you with the consequences of attacking the mob in the first place. (What about when I accidentally blindness dust/fireball the mob and didn't mean it? Well, it's part of the game to learn from mistakes.) (My 2nd)

The distance being the least favorite of the three. Flight would rule the roost here, and other skills such as gate/heavens gate/word of recall. Unless you made it a walking distance affect. (My 3rd favorite).

[Pops]

I think the randomness of running into a mob you forgot you aggrod while fleeing PK is an interesting part of the game. Why not just get rid of the don't quit rule? Its the only one I see flaunted constantly in the open, mostly because people don't know about it, I would imagine. Adrenaline keeps you from leaving immediately just like it does for PK. I'm not sure why you'd be allowed to leave the realms to escape another player, but not to reset mob behavior. The RP angle kinda stinks, but overall I say just ditch it.

[Vevier]

Arishel, I don't like the idea of making you wait in your guildhall for the mob to meet you there. I feel like that just adds one more reason to guild sit.

I like the 30 minute idea, gives you enough time to have to be aware of the mob without having it hanging over your head for the long session. The only thing I'd be concerned about is if the mob goes aggro on its way back to where it began.

[Fireballer]

[Resatimm]

I say leave it as is. Some mobs are specifically set up to track through all areas to wherever the target is. This is a great equalizer for necromancer (and to a lesser degree dark knights). I have lost count of the times I couldnt kill a mob to raise it as a zombie, and then run into it 2 or 3 hours later during a PK attempt. Keep in mind, that as a level 50 necromancer, you will spend more than 2 hours raising a max level army, with 100 tick strength damned on each of them. That right there blows the 30 minute limit out of the water.. Also keep in mind, it is a rare person that quits and relogs to avoid an aggro mob. This rule would specifically target necromancers who CANNOT quit and relog because they would lose their army. Necromancers must take all this into consideration before trying to kill the mob that will track them, and/or track them out of the area...

Not to mention the classic long and drawn out battle, where one party is summoned and forced to flee into Daryth or Mordun, then wayyyy later flees into the Blood Forest where Mordun is waiting to attack his target... BUT WAIT! They get a rare flee where Mordun loses his "target" and is a basic aggro mob again, and attacks the attacker!! Turn about!

All this gives AR flavour, and is a fundemental aspect of "luck" and "risk".

[Fireballer]

[Resatimm]

Its the price a necromancer pays for biting off more than he can chew. If you have ever fought a level 50 necromancer with a full strength damned army of elite mobs, you will know what I am talking about.

People just have to remember which areas to avoid. And really avoid pissing off the mobs that leave their area!!