Avatar AI problems that need to be addressed

[Tarage]

You don't understand. The only way for SE to "fix" your problem is to take away the auto-aggression of avatars when the SMN is on top of the hate list. Basically, you are asking SE to take away the aspect of SMN that allows most SMNs to solo, including you when you killed that Dragon NM in Ifrit's Cauldron. Ask yourself this, how can you have beaten that dragon if you had to assault every time you had to resummon your avatar? Do you think that you could have survived the hit(s) each time because the avatar couldn't automatically hit the NM?

Maybe there is another reason why avatars hit sleeping mobs. Maybe they aren't doing it because the mobs are sleeping *gasp* Learn from your mistakes instead of asking SE to solve your problems for you.

Once again arguing to argue. You are wrong, and don't know anything about game design or game programming. If PUP pets can be taught not to cast silence on mobs that don't have MP, SMN pets can be taught not to auto-attack sleeping mobs. It isn't an all or nothing thing. Programming AI can be very flexible. It's called a state machine. Look it up some time. It would be very easy to create a 'Mob is asleep' state as well as a 'Mob is awake' state and have two different auto-attack behaviors associated to them. And before you start arguing that then avatars would never be able to hit slept mobs, this state would only apply to the first auto-attack, and not from a separate state using assault. I've made state machines and not only is what I am asking to do possible, but it's only a few lines of code.

But you never will admit to being wrong, even when presented with evidence proving you are. Go away troll.

[Korpg]

You realize that it would take a whole lot of work for something that can be solved by the player's intelligence.

There is already a solution to not having the avatars attack the sleeping mob, why should SE have to fix this problem if you are the only one unable to learn from your own mistakes?

Don't
Be
On
Top
Of
The
Hate
List

It is as simple as that.

[Tarage]

You realize that it would take a whole lot of work for something that can be solved by the player's intelligence.

There is already a solution to not having the avatars attack the sleeping mob, why should SE have to fix this problem if you are the only one unable to learn from your own mistakes?

Don't
Be
On
Top
Of
The
Hate
List

It is as simple as that.

I'm not the only one who thinks it's a problem.

Ever notice one of the tags for this topic is "korpg shits again"? People don't like you, don't agree with you, don't want you around. Go away troll.

[Korpg]

I'm not the only one who thinks it's a problem.

Ever notice one of the tags for this topic is "korpg shits again"? People don't like you, don't agree with you, don't want you around. Go away troll.

You don't even know what a troll is, because you call me a troll, yet use a troll as an example as somebody who doesn't like me.

So what if a few people don't like me, does that hurt me at all?

[Arciel]

>_>; bickering? srsly?

some people like it, some people don't.
in which case it isn't a real problem because some (in fact many) people can still use it in a positive way.

Also I'm of the belief that its better with than without it.

You can control a situation where your avatar 'misbehaves' simply be releasing it or finding some way to shed main hate - thru a THF or having someone else in the party do something to gain enmity. And in such situations Retreat works too.
Or in the more extreme case, wear some Enmity - gear. Hate is the main mechanic at play, and there are so many ways to control it.

However, you can never get your avatar to automatically attack a mob that is chasing you - not from any distance, and not without using a JA that may be putting yourself in potential risk due to range or hate/aggro issues.

In other words, its a unique ability that SMN has been given, and is meant to be a feature of the job.
Between the 2 sides of the argument, you can easily solve the issue of waking slept mobs without ever touching auto-attack mechanics, but can never auto-attack in any other way.

[Tarage]

Never heard of the phrase "It's not a bug, it's a feature" huh?

The point is, enough people don't like it. You can claim that we are playing SMN wrong, but it's the same as saying "Well, PUPs should just fight mobs with no NP. It's a feature of their job!"

It's a problem. People see it as a problem. I am not the only one.

[Korpg]

Never heard of the phrase "It's not a bug, it's a feature" huh?

The point is, enough people don't like it. You can claim that we are playing SMN wrong, but it's the same as saying "Well, PUPs should just fight mobs with no NP. It's a feature of their job!"

It's a problem. People see it as a problem. I am not the only one.

You are the only one who sees this as a problem.

They would "like" for avatars to not attack sleeping mobs, but they have figured out how to not have the avatars attack the sleeping mobs period. Only you haven't figured out, and it strongly seems like you won't ever figure it out, even though everyone has told you how to do it.

Don't cure bomb the BLMs after they sleep mobs. It is as simple as that. Either that or quit SMN and go as WHM.

[Arciel]

The point is, enough people don't like it.

sure doesn't seem that way, even in here.

[Tarage]

You are the only one who sees this as a problem.

They would "like" for avatars to not attack sleeping mobs, but they have figured out how to not have the avatars attack the sleeping mobs period. Only you haven't figured out, and it strongly seems like you won't ever figure it out, even though everyone has told you how to do it.

Don't cure bomb the BLMs after they sleep mobs. It is as simple as that. Either that or quit SMN and go as WHM.

"My way of playing SMN is the only way. If you don't play it my way, you are wrong. Everyone agrees with me."

Let's quote some people then, who 'agree with you'.

Avatars Auto-attack an Enemy that is aggressive to the SMN, Meaning if you're on top of the hate list the Avatar will go after said mob. Its not as simple as "Dont do it".

Its not a giant problem but it is noticeable in group scenarios, especially in places like New Dynamis, or the like.

Eh! If I'm BLM/RDM or BLM/SCH in Einherjar, SMN/WHM has a tier of Cure over me. I'd rather have them heal me after I get beaten on/sleepga than have to Cure 3 myself twice as many times, and it's not hard to argue that casting Cure on me is likely the most useful thing they could be doing at that moment. There are situations where it would be nice for SMN to not have to choose between keeping a pet out (like giving Diabolos's Favor to Black Mages) and being able to heal whoever (like healing Black Mages).

Actually Korpg, it's a stupid design flaw that shouldn't have made it past RotZ beta almost a decade ago.

for avatar auto attack: just add a new command like /autotarget but pet oriented you can turn on-off

I wouldn't mind some slight AI update to make them avoid slept mobs. Shouldn't be that hard to program.

To be fair, Tarage does have a point. Avatar's auto-attacking monsters is great, but you should have the ability to turn it off or a Stay command. It's not a huge problem, but there are times when it can be annoying.

I hated summoning my avatars back in the old dynamis days after the blm had done sleepgas on big pulls and I had hate from curing. only to summon an avatar and have it float off and start waking things up and watching blm drop like flies. Though.... I was a master of MPK in those respects

That's from just two threads. I could go dredge up more, but my point is made. I am NOT alone in this. I am NOT the only one who thinks this is a problem. But this has never been about that has it? Even with so many people telling you they don't like it, you don't care. Even if it is a legitimate suggestion, you don't care. You just want to argue, and increase your post count, and fluff your ego.

That is why you are a troll. Go away.

[Korpg]

"My way of playing SMN is the only way. If you don't play it my way, you are wrong. Everyone agrees with me."

Let's quote some people then, who 'agree with you'.

Obviously reading is not your strong suit. Not once did I say that my way or the highway. That was Dallas. What I am saying is that you are asking for "solution" to a problem that A) isn't a problem for most because most SMNs are actually smarter than you and don't curebomb the BLMs so they can be on top of the hate list and B) will create a bigger problem because it takes away the best thing about a SMN, especially when it comes to soloing NMs.

I bolded the main points of my argument for when you tl:dr. Like you have been doing.

That's from just two threads. I could go dredge up more, but my point is made. I am NOT alone in this. I am NOT the only one who thinks this is a problem.

Karbuncle and Byrth also stated that the problem lies with the SMN being on top of the hate list. You had to cut those out of the quotes because they would hurt your argument in the first place. hiko was making a suggestion, not agreeing with you. Mala thinks that spirits should be updated to be better pets than avatars, so any of his arguments are flawed anyway. Sasaraixx wants a Stay command, which SE specifically said that they won't do for SMN, and that Stay will be a BST only trait. Tannlore has no idea, like you, about enmity control or hate issues, and it shows from that quote you made. He, as do you, think that avatars just suddenly start attacking slept mobs, which most people, not just SMNs alone, know that is not the case.

But this has never been about that has it? Even with so many people telling you they don't like it, you don't care. Even if it is a legitimate suggestion, you don't care. You just want to argue, and increase your post count, and fluff your ego.

That is why you are a troll. Go away.

If anything, the only one who is a troll, even by your definitions, is you. But you are also a noob, which by definition is: somebody who refuses to learn and blindly accepts the first thing he sees as truth.

You are the one who can't learn anything about hate control. You are the one who can't understand your own definitions, you are the one who can't even read without somebody having to bold the main points for you. You are also the one who take people's words and try to twist it for your own cause.

Also, saying that everyone agrees with you while nobody agrees with me is false also. Not only have I talked with people on this forum, I have talked to actual SMNs in this game, ones who know what they are doing, ones who have their own playstyle, and ones who's playstyle are very similar to yours. I told them your side of the argument, including just making it so avatars won't auto-attack sleeping mobs, but still attack everything else, and they all agreed with me.

Your suggestion is a lazy-man's suggestion because since you can't figure out hate controls, you want to bend around your problem so you don't have to learn. That is your main problem: instead of fixing it, you make it so people has to work around your problem for you.

But that is not how SE works. They are not going to make it so avatars are going to not attack sleeping mobs. They are either going to do nothing or take away the whole auto-aggression aspect of avatars. If they listen to you, you are going to make 75% of the SMN population (not those who burned, those who actually leveled the job from scratch) angry because you took away the only aspect of being able to solo harder NMs away from them, all because you are too lazy to figure out a simple puzzle.