/pet hunt command has been disabled, WHY?

[Awikun]

I am really surprised why FC want to do it.

I see nothing wrong with /pet hunt as it is now (especially with relatively low max distance for hunting)
What I am afraid is some side efects of this change for pet professions:

/pet hunt is very usefull in some instances like DR or CoH for spoting hiding/invisible mobs like returning cultists and cenobites as it is done by hunting pets.

[Lazy]

thems be testlive patchnotes

[Juggernat]

Yeh like when has a testlive major change that is in the notes ever Not made it to live, got to ask as well why is this planned?

Other than pathing there is no current bug with hunt that would account for this change. So might as well tell all froob engi's to forget leveling, it is the one game mechanic they use and you plan to remove it.

[Seoin]

Yeh like when has a testlive major change that is in the notes ever Not made it to live, got to ask as well why is this planned?

Other than pathing there is no current bug with hunt that would account for this change. So might as well tell all froob engi's to forget leveling, it is the one game mechanic they use and you plan to remove it.

I don't remember having any trouble targeting the mobs and telling them to attack? Surely low engis can still kill things with their pets, just not do it while afking

As for not being able to target shadows in CoH, I feel for you. Have to wonder if that was intended to be possible or not, but even if not I think it was fine, kindof using your pets perception in a way instead of your own to find hidden mobs, since you are a pet prof after all.

[Bombqueen]

I don't get the need for the change. Is tab+q /afk the next to go?

[Gridpain]

it's possibly linked to the "fixed various exploits" section...

[Juggernat]

Seoin froob engi's have zero heals, so them entering los of a mob can easily mean their death with the buggy agro ranges. Low level froob engi leveling means /pet hunt and stay in the next room as the one the pet is in is cleared.

It is a change by a developer not a actual player, they don't test what they change. Some have them have been players in the past but they have forgotten what it is like to play the game from level 1 too 200/220/xx/xx.

[Boltgun]

/pet hunt is very usefull in some instances like DR or CoH for spoting hiding/invisible mobs like returning cultists and cenobites as it is done by hunting pets.

I think that's the answer.

[Awikun]

I think that's the answer.

If you are right then I can only pity exploit team that it took them over 5 years to spot/clasify this as exploit.

[Ahndracorvid]

Meh, one less way to coax a mob you need to kill out of the bugged geometry. Fix the geometry too please!

[lindelu]

Meh, one less way to coax a mob you need to kill out of the bugged geometry. Fix the geometry too please!

Please report the annoying locations you mention in the new Report a Bug forum, it's possible that we don't know which location you're referring to. (:

[Ahndracorvid]

Please report the annoying locations you mention in the new Report a Bug forum, it's possible that we don't know which location you're referring to. (:

Fair enough, will do.

The one I can immediately think of is there's a room in Inferno missions where you go up a rocky ramp to the "upstairs" bit, and in between a cluster of dead trees or rocks or somesuch there's usually a mob stuck inside there. I'll take a screenie next time I come across it.

[lindelu]

Fair enough, will do.

The one I can immediately think of is there's a room in Inferno missions where you go up a rocky ramp to the "upstairs" bit, and in between a cluster of dead trees or rocks or somesuch there's usually a mob stuck inside there. I'll take a screenie next time I come across it.

Thanks! Remember to include the full shift+F9 information too (:

[Ahndracorvid]

Thanks! Remember to include the full shift+F9 information too (:

Yes ma'am!

[Awikun]

Please report the annoying locations you mention in the new Report a Bug forum, it's possible that we don't know which location you're referring to. (:

I realy appreciate that GM found some time to posts in a thread created by me

However I would appreciate lot more if this post included some answer to my question rather than hijack thread's main focus to some geometry issues.

[Silvana]

I can only imagine it has to do with AFK'ers. If you're there, why wouldn't you want to attack as well? Even if it is minor additional damage that doesn't take aggro, every little bit helps. Also if several people are in one area, their pet would attempt some KS'ing while on hunt. I've seen people flip out because a pet hit their mob even once.

Taking out /pet hunt wouldn't change much if you're actually engaged while playing.

[Awikun]

I can only imagine it has to do with AFK'ers. If you're there, why wouldn't you want to attack as well? Even if it is minor additional damage that doesn't take aggro, every little bit helps. Also if several people are in one area, their pet would attempt some KS'ing while on hunt. I've seen people flip out because a pet hit their mob even once.

Taking out /pet hunt wouldn't change much if you're actually engaged while playing.

As it was written earlier removing /pet hunt :
- makes impossible to "use" pet perception and most pet professions do not have enough IPs to waste some on raising perception which makes them unable to kill some mobs in CoH and DR.
- froobs and / or Low HP characters will have a lot more difficult time solo leveling

AFK ers are mostly met teaming kiting NT
as for KS issue with so low population I do not think it is a significant problem.

[Silvana]

I've never used a pet for their perception, so I guess that's something I can't comment upon.

Pets are not made for solo leveling as in send them out and sit back, they are supposed to be support in some way or another. The player is still supposed to have an active role in what is going on with each fight.

[lindelu]

I'm sorry for hijacking this thread, I need to learn proper forums manner.

/pet hunt will be disabled because it is a feature that can be misused, and even more so together with permanent pets, because it enables unattended play which is something that our EULA does not allow - so it has to go. I personally look forward to see pets not time out, and I hope to see more improvements and more pets in the future.

[Juggernat]

I'm sorry for hijacking this thread, I need to learn proper forums manner.

/pet hunt will be disabled because it is a feature that can be misused, and even more so together with permanent pets, because it enables unattended play which is something that our EULA does not allow - so it has to go. I personally look forward to see pets not time out, and I hope to see more improvements and more pets in the future.

Then add what other MMO's do, a auto Logoff if you go afk for too long, go try and level a froob pet class in a rk mission and see how long it takes after you have rezzed for 5 minutes after each death after entering a room with 2+ adds.