AI-Move to surround

[Lap]

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PMM
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. = Open space
X = Obstacle
P = Player
M = Monster

When monsters are melee'ing players at junctions similar to the one above they don't seem to move forward to allow their friends to surround the player. This makes chokepointing too easy. I suggest adding a random chance that the monster moves forward in these situations instead of attacking. If there already is some chance of this happening it really needs to be increased as I never see it happen.

[lukep]

One that is far, far worse than your described scenario is this:

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..#M.
..MMM.
.M#M.
.@#....

The monster in the doorway two tiles from the player will not move from that spot, as the shortest path goes through an ally. Exploiting this makes the Room of Death much more manageable, as only one enemy can attack at a time, while you can hit many with ball shaped attacks.

[tiger_eye]

hehehe, I've got it so they can continue to move in lukep's configuration, and Lap's configuration is a work in progress

[Dekar]

Nice!