Escape From Cell D72

Today I accidentally caused a bug to occur in the leve quest 'Escape from Cell D72".

The second set of crabs were a little further back than they normally were (Lower part of 5,2 rather than upper right corner of 5,3) and turned into imps. I was KO'd by the second imp after having killed the first, and upon returning I found the remaining imp frantically moving in circles as if it had aggroed despite never going near it. After weakness wore and I engaged it, it continued this erratic movement pattern, never once stopping to attack or perform any of it's weapon skills. I was able to KO it, complete the leve, and received slightly less Skill. (336 for normal kill, 288 for glitched kill.)

I'm unsure how this bug was created as I hadn't seen this happen in all the times I've done the leve.

I'm guessing you're an archer? This also happens a lot with the final spawn of elementals in the leves 'Bombs Away' and 'Necrolos: Inferno'. From my experience, this only ever appears to happen with the final spawn in a leve.

To re-create the bug, complete one of the aforementioned leves up until the final spawn, die to the spawn, then return and attack it from range. If you get in close to the mob it will resume attacking as normal.

I'm sure it happens on other leves too, but those are the ones that stick out for me the most.

I was actually a gladiator, and went up and meleed the target. It was roaming around before I even engaged.

Greetings, Zane!
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Thread Title: Erratic Mob behavior after becoming KO'd during a leve.

Platform: Windows 7
ISP: Comcast
Type of Internet Connection: Cable
Internet Connection Speed: Unknown
Date & Time: March 10, 2011 ~20:00 EST
Frequency: Once (Did not reproduce)
Character Name: Zane Gall
Race: Midlander Hyur
World: Cornelia
Class/Skill Rank: Gladiator/38
Physical Level: 38
Area and Coordinates: Cassiopeia Hollow, [5, 2]
Party or Solo: Solo
NPC Name: None
Monster Name: Darkwing Devilet
In-Game Time: Unknown
Steps:

1. Engaged a set of Megalocrabs for the leve "Escape from Cell D72" prompting them to turn into Darkwing Devilets.
2. After KOing the first of two Devilets, I was KO'd by the remaining Devilet.
3. I selected Return and immediately returned to the area making sure to stay out of aggro range.
4. The remaining Darkwing Devilet was moving around in circles at a quickened pace, as though it had aggroed but did not come near me.
5. After weakness had worn and I recovered to full health, I ran up to engage the enemy.
6. The enemy continued to move around in circles and never once used a physical attack, spell, ranged attack, TP attack, or used the ability that makes it's eyes glow.
7. The Darkwing Devilet was KO'd and gave less SP and EXP than normal. Unfortunately I am unsure if it had recovered back to full or not during this bug, but I can confirm that I did manage to damage it before becoming KO'd the first time.

Hey there Zane!

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