Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Specials and Ranged attacks Update
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Miqmac
Sat May 08, 2004 9:01 pm
#1
Not sure where I had read it but I heard that the special attacks and ranged attacks had been fixed. I ignored that post just like I ignore posts about autostore being fixed.Today however, I thought to try the attacks out while doing some hunting.
SHOCK AND AWE is what I got. The specials both seemed to work very well (if not regularly) seemed to work about 75% of the time. The ranged attack sort of works. When I issued the command I got the message "ranged attacks toggled on" (or something similar). This is good and bad. Good because it worked but bad because I could not turn it back off and the critters stayed in ranged attack mode. I never thought about it before I saw it happen but, ranged attack is not so great. The target kept trying to run up to my Toxic Merek in an attempt to hit it. In response my Merek would run back to stay at range.. before I knew what had happened this Picket had chased my far more powerful Merek from Dantooine to Tatooine. The only way to turn the ranged attack back off was to store my pet and re-call it.
I would like to see some sort of range toggle off command to remedy this and make the ranged attack useful.
As for the other specials I think they may actually make CH a little more effective in pvp. With 2 decent bio-pets you could effectively go into combat and spam dizzy, stun, intimidate (uber in pvp), and KNOCKDOWN all at the same time with a macro running. This seems to be an effective tool in theory especially coupled with a Pistoleer or TK or similar.
Post your comments I would like to see your results both PVE and PVP with these new/old commands.
JMShunter
Sun May 09, 2004 5:40 pm
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I have a pet with strong poisin and no matter what I do he wont use it. So I am not sure if the specials are rly fixed.
Seiryuu
Mon May 10, 2004 8:57 am
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Most specials have been working since Publish 6. Poison, Disease and Knockdown still only work randomly at the pet's whim and cannot be commanded.
Zylphrix
Mon May 10, 2004 9:08 am
#4
Seiryuu wrote:
Most specials have been working since Publish 6. Poison, Disease and Knockdown still only work randomly at the pet's whim and cannot be commanded.
True, .. True. However when my merek assasins get going on their poison attacks they pour it on, same with my pets that use knockdown, I cant make them use it but when they do it themselves they spam it hardcore 
Zylphrix
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