Game Mechanics: More than 4 npc's shouldn't be able to attack a target at once

Buellen · #1 01-25-2018, 02:42 AM

Just wow Rygar 8)

I enjoyed digging for proof in that past, but your skills in this activity just amaze me !

Keep up the good work sir

Rygar · #2 05-31-2018, 08:31 AM

Wanted to update this with some new information I found. In a recent DN bug report I made, there was classic mention of like 22 swarming beetles spawning in a trap, which double attack and hit fast, etc.. max hit of 60. Inside dungeon with no sow...

I thought to myself, "Damn, how could a puller survive that? is like, a damage potential of 2640 per round! nevermind kick/bash". Then I remembered this thread.

Found this post on graffe for an AoE guide, makes mention of the 4 mob max for attacking you limit:
https://www.graffes.com/forums/showt...l=1&styleid=51

Quote:

soloing/farming ~ with the epic rune or manaskin its a very effective way to clear greenies. even without the stun only 4 can attack at once so if you can find a spawn of 3 or 4 aggro a bunch of others and drag them into the middle of the set spawn. there will be a lot of interrupts but should be able 8 to 10 at once pretty easily if they have around 1600 hp

Should note that the post was dated 12/1/2001, so pretty decent evidence along with all the rest of the posts in this thread that this should be a thing all throughout Velious.

There was also mention in some of those swarming beetle links that the 'beetles preferred casters'. Thinking on this, with the 4 limit max in place, perhaps as someone healed the puller or even nuked another beetle, the rest of the swarm not able to attack the tank would swarm to another person on the hate list? Sounds like how someone else made mention in this thread about AoE groups that went sour had everyone's HP drop at once, since the non-occuppied mobs would switch to a valid target on the hate list.

Edit: Just noticed at the end of his guide he says to remember only 3 mobs can hit you at once, most likely a typo for 4 as he mentioned this before and it has been corroborated multiple times.