Running into issue with mastermind modes.

[Darkshot]

Hello everyone, me and my family were playing the game together as we have been doing for a long time, and my dad is running into an issue that I have never had with Masterminds before. For his bots/arrow mastermind the robots seem to randomly in the middle of combat change from aggressive to defensive and stop attacking entirely. I do not have this issue with my bots and his demon mastermind doesn't have this issue either. Is this a glitch or would it be something in the settings he has to change? 

[Neiska]

Its hard to say without seeing it, but are they just killing off their targets, or is it mid-combat? Is he using a power that turns only self-abilities on? 

[Darkshot]

For this case sometimes it is mainly in the middle of combat, but rarely at the end, currently he has all three of the little bots but one protector bot.

[StrikerFox]

I can't think of anything that would cause this, I've never had this issue myself. Maybe check his trays and see if he has defensive mode on a key. Maybe he's pressing it during play.

[Neiska]

Nor me. The only thing I can think of is he's using custom macros or commands. I would make sure you are in advanced mode, and then drag the various commands to your hotbar. That's how I manage my MMs.

[tidge]

If the henchmen have not changed (a non offensive) stance, if an enemy is not attacking then the henchmen will ignore nearby enemies. I have observed this with Thugs/thermal but not Robotics/traps.

[C U R S E]

Neiska is exactly right and I have encountered this when utilizing macros with masterminds before. Check the tray layout and all corresponding macros or key binds your Dad is using.

[Thrones]

Thugs/Storm here, I've seen this happen a few times. I only have the attack command on my tool bar, and occasionally my thugs will not target nearby enemies. I think it has to do with a set of conditions where I don't have any aggro, and they have not been directly attacked, so their defensive triggers don't engage. Quick fix is target a mob and hit attack again. 

Edited June 22, 2022 by Thrones

[tidge]

15 hours ago, Thrones said:

Thugs/Storm here, I've seen this happen a few times. I only have the attack command on my tool bar, and occasionally my thugs will not target nearby enemies. I think it has to do with a set of conditions where I don't have any aggro, and they have not been directly attacked, so their defensive triggers don't engage. Quick fix is target a mob and hit attack again. 

 

This is what I've observed with my Thugs MM. I've done the same "one simple trick". Usually this will happen when there is a single enemy, but occasionally there will be multiple enemies in some sort of "control patch" where there is neither aggro nor directed offense, at me or the henchmen.