Can captives be defeated?

Can captives (from the rescue captive) be defeated by enemies?

And if not, can you make an escort run to the door and leave by himself/herself?

Yes and no. You can set the captive into aggressive mode so they can fight along side you and also you can put them so they cant attack or be attacked. If you set them so they attack they can die and also you can set them to run away to the door and not need to worry about them.

Can I set them to attack and run somehow?

I'm trying to set up something where you rescue someone, he flees, and then gets killed (by a boss spawned at the mish beginning) while the team is distracted with an ambush.

I looked it over and you can't rescue someone and them attack i was thinking of an ally but they do the same thing. And then to your next question is yes you can set him at wander and aggressive then make it so an ambush comes from the start and then they can battle. I don't get how you will make it matter but it sounds kinda of interesting.

The idea is you need to save a hero from the arcs main AV. But the guy panics and runs. Then, while you're fighting off an ambush (the same guys that were guarding him), the main AV spawns at the entrance and defeats him (AV vs minion battle goes pretty fast ).

I'll keep messing with it I guess. Thanks for help, though.

One more thing:

Will rogue groups fight one another? (Like, if I make a rogue ambush when the AV is at 3/4 hp, then another rogue ambush at 1/2, will they fight one another?)

ya i think so but if you attack them they will start to attack you.

Alright, thanks for the help


I ran across another problem though. I can't get the escort in a later mission to betray me. I looked at Memphis_Bill's guide, and did what it said (follow, aggressive, betray on arrival). Does that mean escorts will only betray when you take them to the door?

I want the guy to get rescued and immediately attack his saviors.

I never heard of this maybe you can set him on rouge not to sure though.

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Will rogue groups fight one another? (Like, if I make a rogue ambush when the AV is at 3/4 hp, then another rogue ambush at 1/2, will they fight one another?)

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Yes, not exclusively but they will. They come gunning for you but if they run into regular spawns or the previous ambushes on their way, some of them will get distracted; the first mission in my arc (shameless plug: 4077, Attack of the Space Gremlins!) uses Rogue ambushes from different enemy groups at each health point of the first Boss encounter. Rogue alignment's a great tool for creating the sense of a hectic free-for-all without actually instantly murderizing the player and, if the battle is making you sweat, they can back off around a corner or pull the boss through them for a little breathing room.

Depending on how far away from the door your hero ally is, you can make this work by placing an ally, setting him to aggressive, and giving him the behavior to run to the entrance. He'll take off for the door as soon as you rescue him, but if he meets any enemies, he'll fight them. It has to be pretty close to the door, though, or he'll "lose" you and stand still.

I decided to cop out a bit. I just made him a minion, melee expert, and made the AV have some AoE's.