Why am I engaged?

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Thracx V'staluz
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Why am I engaged?

Postby Thracx V'staluz » Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:38 am

Rolling Foothills
These rolling foothills are covered will wild grass and jagged stones,
making travel over them somewhat difficult. The great Alterian range
towers above to the east, with beautiful snowcapped mountains climbing
high into the clouds. The mountain range is extremely long, extending
north and south of here as far as the eye can see, with no visible breaks
apparent. To the west, an enormous forest fills the horizon, with only
one break visible along it's entire length. The foothills continue to the
north, west and south of here.
Exits: - North - South - West
A fire elemental stands, inches above the surface here, fighting a huge buffalo.
A huge buffalo stands here, fighting A fire elemental.

< 363h/411H 70v/100V >
< P: std > You start chanting...

< 363h/411H 70v/100V >
< P: std >
A fire elemental's attack only grazes a huge buffalo as he dodges aside!
A fire elemental barely burns a huge buffalo.
A fire elemental barely burns a huge buffalo.

< 363h/411H 71v/100V >
< P: std >
Casting: fireball *

< 363h/411H 71v/100V >
< P: std >
Casting: fireball

< 363h/411H 71v/100V >
< P: std >
You complete your spell...
You throw a fireball at a huge buffalo and watch as its flames burn and char his flesh.

< 364h/411H 71v/100V >
< T: fire TC: excellent E: huge EC: nasty wounds P: std >
You barely hit a huge buffalo.
A fire elemental's attack only grazes a huge buffalo as he dodges aside!
A fire elemental barely burns a huge buffalo.


I didnt assist.....yet im engaged....whats up?
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selerial
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Postby selerial » Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:03 am

..right.

Well, anyways, that's a long standing "feature" as it were, where casting an aggressive spell at certain mobs will cause you to autoengage. It doesn't happen with every mob, just whichever ones it happens with, which is a small subset of the mobs out there. It doesn't matter if you have vicious or aggro togged off, it just happens. For the most part, it seems to be aggro mobs that will trigger this behavior (CP sundew, Endu volcano mobs) but obviously a buff isn't aggro.

Perhaps someone more knowledgeable could explain the characteristic that causes one mob to cause you to autoengage when others don't, if there even is one.
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Postby Lirela » Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:48 pm

I dont' know anything about the fireball spell specifically, but there are some spells that will engage you when cast. Major para is another one.

Kinda weird, seemingly random, but at some time, somewhere, the person who coded them must have had a plan. Let's hope...
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Postby Thilindel » Sun Jun 05, 2005 6:48 pm

Fell frost, beltyn's blood, nerve dance, not sure what others. Fell frost usually engages. Pretty dumb stuff.
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Postby Pril » Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:29 am

Thilindel wrote:Fell frost, beltyn's blood, nerve dance, not sure what others. Fell frost usually engages. Pretty dumb stuff.


Not sure about others but fell frost only engages when it attempts to para.

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Engaged, at first I thought it meant to be married!

Postby Abbayarra » Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:27 am

If you didn't want to be engaged then you shouldn't have proposed!

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