Auto-defend

"put away your sword, you dummy, you're running away. no, put it away again! ...no, i mean it!"

i understand how this makes sense for the new user experience, but please make it optional.

 

It would be better, if Auto-defend didn't turn on from any ranged attacks which are hitting you from behind your back.

 

That seems like it would be harder to program than a toggle, and I really don't want it at all.

 

YES!!!! Thank you, it's infuriating to keep hitting Z! LOL

 

I'm really curious to know. When you're attacked and forced into combat mode, why wouldn't you want your weapon out?

 

Sometimes I am fleeing for my life. Sometimes I am running through an area to a specific destination and the mobs aren't worth my time. Sometimes I am attacked by something I don't WANT to kill (does it trigger for fauns? I haven't checked, but you shouldn't be having new characters automatically performing a virtue hit.)

edit: oh, and herding dogs!

 

One reason would be because you want to leave combat mode as soon as possible.

 

Another would be to not add wear to your weapon for no good reason just hacking at stuff while running away. It may slow you down also, but I'm not really sure.

 

My case is simple: after fighting a mushroom, it releases some poisonous stuff, which reduces avatar's health every second for some time. During this time, an avatar constantly goes into the combat mode unsheathing weapon. Pray tell, how my sword/bow/whatever will help me in this situation? There are no more enemies. The best I can do is to switch in the normal mode, fight poison with an accelerated health regeneration. But... See above. Clearly it is a bug, which should be fixed.

Auto-defend should work differently. It should not be triggered by any damage to an avatar. It should not be triggered, when an avatar is doing other actions directly controlled by a user, like running (and a user presses, and holds the damn W key). It can be triggered when an avatar is doing uncontrolled (passive) actions, like mining, when there is no direct involvement of a user.

 

Agree!

 

What's even worse is when I say, "fine" you hit me and I automatically entered combat mode...I've got some good glyphs up...I'll engage the mob(s)....then right as I approach them it automatically puts away my weapon and drops all the glyphs. :/