Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Guard not working?
Guard has not been working for me either. Whether I use /tellpet or say it in spatial. My pets just stand there watching me get chewed up until I issue the Attack command.
I have also had some instances in the middle of multiple fast battles where the pets seem to "zone out" completely and won't respond even to the Attack command. Its like their brains have gotten jumbled when I issue a flurry of commands and they need a reset. In those cases I usually just call them back to me, make them go into wedge formation and then try to send them back out to battle. Sometimes it works....sometimes not. If not...I just store them when I can , re-call them and everything seems to be working again. (except Guard....which I have never gotten to work Post-CU)
Hmm ...Guard may have changed post Pub-17. I still need to test if for sure....but while fighting with my Female Narglatch Trio today I noted that they would attack targets that were attacking me also.Before, they would kill the target I commanded them to attack and then just stand there until I gave another attack command. But today they came to my defense several times....don't know if it was a true Guard or if they were just responding to aggro from the other mobs.
I noted another issue with using the 3 pets at once also. They always respond to my attack command and all 3 rush to the target....but if they get attacked during battle by additional mobs only one pet responded to that aggro and continued to fight while the other 2 pets just stood there after the first commanded target was dead. If I targeted the second Mob and issued the attack command then the other 2 pets would assist the first one in his battle in progress.