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 Post subject: Mount rescues against reaching weapon
PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:15 am 
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A lot of things with playing a mountable character are wonky, but this one is probably the worst of all. If a player who is mounted (e.g., griffon, centaur) in the front rank rescues a player in the second, the character (and person mounted) get put in the second row behind the rescued player.

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Group: Our Group
(F1)  [       PC Merc]    (F2)  [---------------]    (F3)  [---------------]
(M1)  [        PC Priest]    (M2)  [---------------]    (M3)  [---------------]
(B1)  [---------------]    (B2)  [---------------]    (B3)  [---------------]
Characters                 Rank    Pos  Here  Follow  Prone    HP    ME    PE 
PC Merc                   Leader  F1   Yes   No      No     100%  100%   81%
PC Priest                    Member  M1   Yes   Yes     No     100%   79%  100%
PC Mount                   Member  ??   Yes   Yes     No     100%   29%  100%

A really nasty NPC with reach's acidic bite barely burns PC Priest's head.
A really nasty NPC with reach's acidic bite barely burns PC Priest's waist.
A really nasty NPC with reach's acidic bite barely burns PC Priest's chest.
PC Merc's acidic bite slightly singes A really nasty NPC with reach's chest.
PC Merc's acidic bite slightly singes A really nasty NPC with reach's chest.
PC Merc's acidic bite barely burns A really nasty NPC with reach's chest.
PC Merc's acidic bite slightly singes A really nasty NPC with reach's head.
PC Merc's acidic bite barely burns A really nasty NPC with reach's chest.
Your deadly wrath lightly hits A really nasty NPC with reach's right arm.
Your deadly wrath lightly hits A really nasty NPC with reach's left arm.
Your deadly wrath starts A really nasty NPC with reach's right arm on fire.
A really nasty NPC with reach winces as a series of fractures appears on its supernatural hide!
Your deadly wrath barely hits A really nasty NPC with reach's waist.
A really nasty NPC with reach dodges your attack.
Overall, A really nasty NPC with reach has quite a few wounds.

[HP:100%] [ME: 19%] [PE: 96%] A dark and grand hall

PC Priest starts to concentrate.

[HP:100%] [ME: 19%] [PE: 96%] A dark and grand hall
You rescue PC Priest!

[HP:100%] [ME: 19%] [PE: 96%] A dark and grand hall

PC Priest utters the words, 'gszabra ay yauhp'.
A bright spear of light appears in PC Priest's hand!
PC Priest's faithful spear sails wide, but A really nasty NPC with reach still cringes in pain.

[HP:100%] [ME: 19%] [PE: 96%] A dark and grand hall

A really nasty NPC with reach causes you some slight wounds as its acidic bite singes your waist.
A really nasty NPC with reach's acidic bite lightly burns your right leg.
A really nasty NPC with reach's acidic bite barely burns your chest.
You dodge A really nasty NPC with reach's attack.
PC Priest misses A really nasty NPC with reach.

[HP: 89%] [ME: 19%] [PE: 96%] A dark and grand hall

PC Priest starts to concentrate.

[HP: 89%] [ME: 19%] [PE: 96%] A dark and grand hall

Group: Our Group
(F1)  [        PC Priest]    (F2)  [---------------]    (F3)  [---------------]
(M1)  [       PC Merc]    (M2)  [---------------]    (M3)  [---------------]
(B1)  [---------------]    (B2)  [---------------]    (B3)  [---------------]
Characters                 Rank    Pos  Here  Follow  Prone    HP    ME    PE 
PC Merc                   Leader  M1   Yes   No      No     100%  100%   94%
PC Priest                    Member  F1   Yes   Yes     No      82%   72%   90%
PC Mount                   Member  ??   Yes   Yes     No      89%   19%   96%


This has put both melee characters behind the priest. That's bad, right?

This is a stance aggressive rescue, so maybe that's part of the contributing problem: as I understand it, stance aggressive attempts to shift you in formation so that you are in front of the other player, while neutral / defensive puts them behind you. And I suppose the fact that I technically have position ?? is what confuses the code?


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 Post subject: Re: Mount rescues against reaching weapon
PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:00 am 
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It doesn't go like this with NPC mounts. I have ordered my mount to rescue me and it does so without putting me on the second row.


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:07 am 
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I heard that really nasty PC eats larva.


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 Post subject: Re: Mount rescues against reaching weapon
PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:26 am 
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Ah now I see why you guys weren't doing much of anything during that.


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:25 am 
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Yeah, it was a wicked sick combination of timing and comedy of errors.

Shadow, did your mount rescue someone who was being struck in the second rank?


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:37 am 
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With or without the party formation thing, you guys were pretty much hosed. A prepped, surprise attack on a group like that where they're already engaged with a tough NPC is pretty hard to lose.

[Edit] But this bug definitely needs addressing!


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