Escorts are effing STUPID

[jaumito]

Only possible in Old Forest 4, no other boss level can spawn escort quests.

I'm pretty sure this can happen on tier 1 zones as well. Plus, escorts can spawn next to the Naga lady boss once you get teleported to the West at the end of a Celestial start.

[HousePet]

random_escort_possibilities = { {"tier1.1", 1, 2}, {"tier1.2", 1, 2}, {"daikara", 1, 2}, {"old-forest", 1, 4}, {"dreadfell", 1, 8}, {"reknor", 1, 2}, },

[jaumito]

random_escort_possibilities = { {"tier1.1", 1, 2}, {"tier1.2", 1, 2}, {"daikara", 1, 2}, {"old-forest", 1, 4}, {"dreadfell", 1, 8}, {"reknor", 1, 2}, },

I don't know how it's coded, but I do know that if you get to get escorts on levels 2 and 3 of Trollmire, it will show as

Random escort on tier1.1 1
Random escort on tier1.1 2

in the log. Guess there must be a +1 increment for tier 1 zones somewhere in the code.

[HousePet]

Sounds like a bug then.

[Mankeli]

Escorts do spawn on norgos:3 and trollmire:3 unless it was fixed recently. I'm pretty sure I just got one in trollmire:3 so probably not fixed.

[jaumito]

I guess someone decided it'd be weird to have your first escort just at character creation, and that's why the 1-2 range was tweaked to actually mean 2-3. So at worst it amounts to a display bug in the log. Probably not worth fixing, unless you're a purist.

[jaumito]

Did a bit of testing. Fun fact: escorts never spawn in the Rhaloren camp. Tier 1.1 is any (other than Rhaloren camp and special stating zones) tier 1 zone you visit first (usually your starting zone unless undead, archmage, dwarf, etc.), tier 1.2 is the one you visit second. Which may suck hard if you're a Celestial with an Eastean start. It probably would be a good idea to make 1.1 the zone you visit second, and 1.2 the zone you visit third.

[HousePet]

Oh, I hadn't noticed that it bumped the escorts appear for the first zone.
It really doesn't bother me if I lose a few.

[breadsmith]

I can confirm that Shax, Prox, and Norgos love killing my escorts. To the point of ignoring me to do so.

[HammyHamster]

I've had a few escorts spawn next to wyrms and drakes. What's the point of that? Only one build can possibly save that. Stupid.

[Radon26]

at least you didn't spawn with an entire mob in between

seriously, the surface areas shod not allow an enemy to spawn within 5 tiles radius.
i get underground ones, you open the door and "surprise mo***r f***!".
but surface?

[Coldbringer]

I like it when they step directly into the path of a slow moving projectile you fired and get annihilated

[Radon26]

maybe there should be a "stay behind me" command, which tells them to position themselves in a way that would keep you in between them and the enemy? obviously, wouldn't work if there was no enemy in sight.

[jenx]

I've had a few escorts spawn next to wyrms and drakes. What's the point of that? Only one build can possibly save that. Stupid.

ummm, several builds can save that.