Cinnder Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 [I can't believe this thread doesn't already exist, so apologies for my bad search-fu if that's the case] We've all been there -- proceeding through a mission and you hear a key NPC chatting with his companions. You think, 'OK, he must be right around the corner; get ready...' But no, he's not in the next room or the next, or the next. The distance at which NPCs passively (non-aggro) detect the PC (through walls) has become way too great. Not sure when this changed, because it wasn't this bad back on Live. It's especially egregious when the NPC in question is one that attempts to escape. Just had a mish where the NPC in question woke up the moment I entered the map, even though he took about 5 minutes for him to reach me as I waited in place so as not to miss him. I eventually found his bodyguard minions (mish would not end till both he and his minions were defeated) all the way at the other end of the map. I'm hoping this is a simple global variable that can be reduced in magnitude to a reasonable value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srmalloy Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 The version of this that always gripes me is the one where you have to capture the Family boss -- I think the name is usually Draco -- and the map is one that has two different paths to the back room where he spawns. No matter which one I pick, he always seems to run via the other, and when I manage to spook him before getting to the place on the map where the paths split and position myself upstream of it so that he'll have to run past me, I'll get a 'fail' without ever seeing him about half the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Or the CoT cave one where the running boss can be down one of 3 or 4 paths and he triggers after you make your way down (inevitably) the wrong path? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZorkNemesis Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 What's more about this is that when the NPC wakes, the group with them wakes too, and if they have buffs they're usually fully set up when you meet them. Doing Levantra's first arc, Sefu and Deitrovic's groups are already 5x stacked with AM and bubbles and have full Portal reinforcements when I reach them. Currently playing on Indomitable as @Zork Nemesis; was a Protector native on live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srmalloy Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 9 hours ago, ZorkNemesis said: Doing Levantra's first arc, Sefu and Deitrovic's groups are already 5x stacked with AM and bubbles and have full Portal reinforcements when I reach them. I'm not sure that it would help any, but one thing I would like to see changed is that when you have a mission with combat hostages (i.e.,they fight alongside you after rescue), the hostages have all powers that aren't self-only suppressed until they're rescued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 3 hours ago, srmalloy said: I'm not sure that it would help any, but one thing I would like to see changed is that when you have a mission with combat hostages (i.e.,they fight alongside you after rescue), the hostages have all powers that aren't self-only suppressed until they're rescued. Considering they are invariably outnumbered? I'd rather not. Nothing worse than your rescuee dying because (s)he fought impossible odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srmalloy Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 4 hours ago, Rudra said: Considering they are invariably outnumbered? I'd rather not. Nothing worse than your rescuee dying because (s)he fought impossible odds. They're not supposed to be targeted by the mobs around them until you defeat the guard spawn, at which point all their powers would unsuppress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 I think I am misreading your post. So you want them attacking before rescue or you want some powers suppressed until after they are rescued? I'm reading your post as you want them attacking before rescue. Re-reading it, it looks like I misread it. Apologies. Just to be clear, which result are you asking for? (I was under the impression they had no active powers until after rescued.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srmalloy Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 That the hostages can't use any powers that affect others until they are rescued. The example from the OP is a good one -- LT Sefu Tendaji has his Dispersal Bubble on when you find him, and if you get close enough (i.e., a Melee character) when attacking his captors, you'll be affected by it, gaining defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Ah. Thanks for clarifying. I had misread your post. My apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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