Creature Handler Archive

And then, to top that off, even if I leave my creature a distance away take cover then send him to attack, as soon as I bring him back into range I can fire I get discovered right away !?! WTH is going on?

Cover first then call your pet.

I tried that and it said I was discoverd.

Cover as you describe it in your post is working as intended. Anything that can see you and gets within 20m of you breaks the cover. This includes your pet(s), your speederbike (yes LOL), other groupmembers if in a group.

When hunting with pets I send them in to attack making sure that I am 60m to 64m away (max range) from the intended victim. THEN I go prone and go under Cover. Not before.

Another thing you could do is to have your pets Follow Other with the target highlighted. Once they get to the target then go prone and under Cover.

You are just trying to use Cover to close to things.

Once you start attacking the target be aware that if it aggros you and charges once it gets within 20m it will break your Cover. That's how it is supposed to work.

Currently, any ally (or enemy), be it another player, pet, speeder, etc, within 20m, will interrupt your cover or cause it to fail when attempting to enter the state.

The rifleman correspondent has raised it as an issue since it doesn't make a whole lot of sense that allies/pets break the cover. It's a rifleman issue, and perhaps it will change. Until then, your pets will mess it up and there's no real way to make it work without being creative about sending them in at certain times.

I feel your pain, I'm master rifles/CH too and have the same problem.

Set a patrol point 20m or more away from you and use the patrol command to call him back - that way you can keep your pet out of your range.