An observation (mob behavior)

[Jerseyprophet]

Has anyone else noticed that passive, non-aggro mobs....follow you? I've tested the idea on several mobs (rams in Uldah, monkeys in the woods, etc.) -- they literally follow you, with their head and if you walk in any direction, they stay at your heels.

They don't aggro, so it's actually sort of creepy as well as annoying since it prevents AoE moves.

Has anyone else noticed this behavior or have any idea why SE thought it was necessary? The code doesnt program itself, it has to tie into something.

[aru]

Time to sober up.

[Jerseyprophet]

I'm serious. Test it. Several people I play with have said they've noticed the same mob behavior.

[Priran]

yes, some mobs follow you, like opos and dodos

others, like antelope does, will run away from you

[Jerseyprophet]

Is there any point or reason behind it? Or just someone at Squares idea of "egh, why not"?

[Priran]

It's probably just meant to make mob behavior seem more realistic. Like, a monkey would be curious and follow you, but a deer would run away if you got close.

[XalienLevi]

its just a means of expressing their curiosity in you. You know. Immersion and stuffs.

[Muay]

That's crazy, I never noticed that mobs follow you.

[dubs]

yes, some mobs follow you, like opos and dodos

others, like antelope does, will run away from you

I don't think this is possible from a game mechanics point of view. Imagine if you were trying to engage a group of enemies, mobs following you would render all of your AoE attack abilities and spells worthless. Since we know SE intended group vs. group combat to be central to battle in XIV and we know that mobs following you would make group vs. group nearly impossible then we also know that mobs cannot follow you. QED

[Jerseyprophet]

Yea, if you get somewhat close to them (basically aggro range) -- they follow you for a while. From what it seems like, they follow you until you run out of aggro range. If you just turn or walk a foot or so, their heads follow your movements.

Rams and Opo's are the two mobs I've noticed the most doing it.

[Priran]

I don't think this is possible from a game mechanics point of view.

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/6...love763806.jpg

Seriously though, you presumably own this game, log in and test it yourself. I'm not making this up, mobs demonstrably behave in this fashion.

Furthermore, this isn't even new. Lycopodia and Hpemde in FFXI followed you around.

[bruiser]

I don't think this is possible from a game mechanics point of view. Imagine if you were trying to engage a group of enemies, mobs following you would render all of your AoE attack abilities and spells worthless. Since we know SE intended group vs. group combat to be central to battle in XIV and we know that mobs following you would make group vs. group nearly impossible then we also know that mobs cannot follow you. QED

What the fuck? How is this a QED? Do you even know what that means? I really hope this is sarcastic. Maybe it is, especially since you titled your post "unpossible"

[miokomioko]

I thought this was going to get locked after 1 reply. People seriously don't think that mob's following you, running away from you, being actively aggressive, or simply territorial was for immersion's sake?

[bruiser]

I thought this was going to get locked after 1 reply. People seriously don't think that mob's following you, running away from you, being actively aggressive, or simply territorial was for immersion's sake?

Uhh, what else would it be for?

[Priran]

I thought this was going to get locked after 1 reply. People seriously don't think that mob's following you, running away from you, being actively aggressive, or simply territorial was for immersion's sake?

please, oh wise one, explain to us why some mobs are aggressive, some follow the player around passively, others run away from players like they're hit with a fear-type debuff, and some are completely passive if not for the sake of creating a "realistic" environment

[miokomioko]

I think someone is playing the conspiracy card in that it's to make fighting with AoE attacks/spells more difficult. It doesn't take a brain scientist to see the correlation between monkeys following people and deer running away from people.

please, oh wise one, explain to us why some mobs are aggressive, some follow the player around passively, others run away from players like they're hit with a fear-type debuff, and some are completely passive if not for the sake of creating a "realistic" environment

You know, I read my own post wrong for a second there, then realized I didn't actually word it wrong. I'm assuming you misread it as well, because I agreed that the mob behavior mechanics were for immersion, and nothing else.

[Priran]

I think this is an amphiboly-type thing

Did you mean "people seriously don't think..." as in "I can't believe someone would think..." or "There's seriously someone who doesn't think..."?

[bruiser]

I think what he meant was "People don't seriously NOT think..." whew.

[miokomioko]

People seriously don't think that...

OK, that was awkward. It would be better if I switched "seriously" and "don't" and ended it with a "do they?"

I mean't, yeah, I can't believe people think the mob behavior is anything other than realism.

Realism gets in the way of your Circle Blades, sure.

[Crizto]

The double negatives are everywhere in here