Tactical AI

[darkgod]

And now suffer you punny mortals!

============================== TACTICAL AI Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride
Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride 10780 tactical ai talents can use Blastwave T_BLASTWAVE attackarea
Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride 10780 tactical ai talents can use Blastwave T_BLASTWAVE escape
Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride 10780 tactical ai talents can use Blastwave T_BLASTWAVE disable
Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride 10780 tactical ai talents can use Lightning T_LIGHTNING attack
Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride 10780 tactical ai talents can use Rune: Speed T_RUNE:_SPEED_1 buff
Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride 10780 tactical ai talents can use Flame T_FLAME attack
Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride 10780 tactical ai talents can use Ice Shards T_ICE_SHARDS attackarea
Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride 10780 tactical ai talents can use Ice Shards T_ICE_SHARDS attack
Tactical ai report for Vor, Grand Geomancer of the Pride
* escape 14.290823432628
* attackarea 2.5263276066496
* attack 2.2484927244195
* disable 7.0750754866878
Tactical choice: escape T_BLASTWAVE

============================== TACTICAL AI Massok the Dragonslayer
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Infusion: Healing T_INFUSION:_HEALING_3 heal
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Battle Shout T_BATTLE_SHOUT defend
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Battle Shout T_BATTLE_SHOUT buff
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Infusion: Heroism T_INFUSION:_HEROISM_4 buff
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Infusion: Regeneration T_INFUSION:_REGENERATION_1 heal
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Juggernaut T_JUGGERNAUT defend
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Infusion: Regeneration T_INFUSION:_REGENERATION_5 heal
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Battle Call T_BATTLE_CALL closein
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Rush T_RUSH closein
Massok the Dragonslayer 15501 tactical ai talents can use Rush T_RUSH attack
Tactical ai report for Massok the Dragonslayer
* closein 19.718897578434
* defend 2.2711338783433
* attack 4.3241582572093
Tactical choice: closein T_RUSH

============================== TACTICAL AI The Master
The Master 19085 tactical ai talents can use Manathrust T_MANATHRUST attack
The Master 19085 tactical ai talents can use Rune: Speed T_RUNE:_SPEED_2 buff
The Master 19085 tactical ai talents can use Rune: Shielding T_RUNE:_SHIELDING_1 defend
The Master 19085 tactical ai talents can use Strike T_STRIKE escape
The Master 19085 tactical ai talents can use Strike T_STRIKE attack
The Master 19085 tactical ai talents can use Strike T_STRIKE disable
The Master 19085 tactical ai talents can use Phase Door T_PHASE_DOOR escape
Tactical ai report for The Master
* escape 4.4224374741219
* attack 2.0650609520177
* defend 7.0907724521036
* disable 4.2215871187416
Tactical choice: defend T_RUNE:_SHIELDING_1

[Grey]

And why is this not in Spoilers? :P

Glad to see The Master is getting a bit of beefing. He's far too much of a pushover at present :)

[darkgod]

What are you speaking about?
*jedi mind trick*
We are in spoilers !

[Fletch]

These aren't the bosses you're looking for
Move along

[darkgod]

But they will come looking for you

Anyway as you might have guessed, beta19 will feature a new tactical AI that is used for elites and bosses.
It asserts their current situation, their possible options and choose accordingly.
Also in the meantime, the sentient denizens of Maj'Eyal have threatened to go on strike unless they were given the same rights as the players.
So now they have been: Most humanoids/sentient creatures will now have random infusions/runes at birth.
So this pushover orc fighter you see could very well pop a wild+healing infusion
Obviously bosses have their share of goodies too.

[siphal]

*gulp* Better improve my own AI as well then

[Fletch]

Equality doesn't make me feel very heroic though
Haha sounds good! Can't wait!

[Grey]

Can we cut the runes from their cold dead flesh and sew it into our own skin?

Hmm, maybe Skin of Many should come with a couple of random infusions stuck on!

Edit: Also, I like the fact that I'm a "punny mortal" :P
Did you hear about the bloated horror that had an eye for the ladies? He kept it in his back pocket :D

[siphal]

Haha, yes skinning runes ftw! Maybe a skinning category with talents like rune skinning, infusion skinning, artifact skinning (mixing runes/infusion with % chance to get a random artifact rune/infusion) etc.?

[Fletch]

Edit: Also, I like the fact that I'm a "punny mortal"
Did you hear about the bloated horror that had an eye for the ladies? He kept it in his back pocket

haha! you wont be mortal for very long with puns like that

[Freddybear]

That explains why the Shade had a shield rune in svn-2430.

[edge2054]

Talking with Het tonight on IRC about AI states and we thought of one that might be interesting.

Opportunist
This state would focus on defensive abilities and keeping it's distance from it's target unless it's target was at 50% or lower hit points or was being attacked by another creature.

[marchewka]

Would there be npcs with option to go for dedicated "healer" AI mode?

Say an orc priest, that generally does smiting (solar flares etc), but when in pack he could activate the "healing mode", get in the middle of the pack, and fire the area healing sequence.

[shwqa]

Can they not getting healing? That tends to just be really annoying in most game by artificially increase the length of a fight. I would rather them have more resist and defense then have to deal with healing.

[Grey]

If it's individuals with the healing ability then the focus becomes on killing the healer first to help shorten the fight. This usually works well in other games.