Aggro / Hate while harvesting - weird AI behavior

12/29/2018 01:02
Title: Aggro / Hate while harvesting - weird AI behavior
Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker? No
Details:
Expected: Enemy aggro's player on sight while harvesting, elemental attacks and wounds it - enemy switches its target to elemental.
Actual: Enemy aggro's player on sight while harvesting, elemental attacks and wounds it - enemy continues to player location and melee attacks, interrupting harvesting.
Steps to Reproduce:
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6800K CPU @ 3.40GHz (12) System RAM: 32678
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GPU RAM: 8088
SotA.Win.64.890.Date.12.21.18
Area: RandomEncounter_Alpine01_Road/Krampus
Area Display Name: Snowy Mountains Road Encounter
Loc: (83.8, 79.0, 11.4)
Debug: UmFuZG9tRW5jb3VudGVyX0FscGluZTAxX1JvYWR8S3JhbXB1c3woODMuNzkzLCA3OC45OTcsIDExLjM1Nil8KDAsIC0wLjc2LCAwLCAwLjY1KXwtOTguOTc4ODJ8MTAuOTI1Nnw3LjA0ODY4Ng==

 

@Echondas, all pets generate aggro to their owner in order to keep the owner from just permanently letting them tank everything and gather uninterrupted.

 

@Alley Oop Ahh! That makes sense for balancing/bot prevention, etc.

I was thinking the hate generated by an enemy aggroing on sight, not because a player damaged it or cast a debuff, DOT, etc - would be easily overruled by the pet doing actual damage to it.

I imagine the hate value (per player/pet/etc.) should be weighted to favor actual damage done rather than just aggroing a passive player on sight.

 

i'm not sure where he ended up balancing it; that quote was a while ago. might still be worth investigating. however, if it is still 1:1, then the behavior is correct, as the player starts with a slight head start just from having been spotted first, he keeps that slight lead since he gains at the same rate as the pet.