Game Mechanics: Proximity Aggro

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Originally Posted by Sundawg [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So I think it comes down to deciding which NPCs had the ability to add in-agro range players to their hate list when they are already agro on someone else. Do you have any specific examples? Examples of NPCs who would "scan the area" even if already engaged, and add nearby bystanders to their agro radius?

I've stated my opinion in the other thread, but I would begin by adding the 'undead aggro' for npcs which scowl to all to start with. Sand giants, werewolves, spectres, most undead, etc. From there, could additionally add known npcs which do provide faction hits that behaved in the same manner.

For example, I think everyone agrees that skeletons would behave in this manner. However, undead frogs in guk do not, despite being undead. I believe this is because they have an actual faction, instead of general kos.

Definitely worth discussing. Some preliminary work was done to add this mechanic, which currently should be functioning on spectres in oasis. That is the only npc we flagged for testing as of yet.