Monday, August 17, 2009

Mob Positioning Woes

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has noticed that since 3.1, mobs seem to just be more difficult to position, and then keep in position. By this I mean they either freak out when I take a step to the left, right, or backwards or they randomly walk behind me for no reason whatsoever. Infact, one time I did Nexus and the last boss kept walking behind me, I was constantly walking backwards the entire fight, and when she froze me, I just had to spin in circles to keep her somewhat in front of me for the duration. For groups of mobs, a couple things I’ve determined to help this situation are simply stunning them, normally after they get out of a stun they’ll just take a step to position themselves and stay put.. or what I've been callign sidestepping. Sidestepping is simply taking a step backwards while rotating to either the right or left, I’m not sure why it works, but it does. What are your thoughts, am I just crazy?

Update: I'm just crazy/experienced a bug, since making this post I haven't noticed any other oddities in the way mobs move.

Update 2: Patch 3.3 introduced the same issue with mobs, and I noticed this post actually got a few hits on it from Google. I can't remember if I played/tanked the first week after 3.2, so I can't say if the issue was present after 3.2 went through. I think it's either lag due to people coming back to play the new content, or problems with the new patch's coding, or the servers rejecting it for some reason.

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