Make him a captive, set the surrounding enemy group to Single, and he will spawn already free and waiting for the player to come by. You'll have to experiment a bit to find a spawn point close to the entrance since you can't set where they spawn. Give them some appropriate dialog and you're good to go.
You can check out my arc "Tales of the PPD: One Hell of a Deal" for an example of this technique, with the over-eager ally captive in the first instance, and then always just waiting for you near the door in further missions.
Arc 55669 - Tales of the PPD: One Hell of a Deal (video trailer)
Arc 64511 - The Wrecking Ball
Arc 1745 - The Trouble With Trimbles
Arc 302901 - HappyCorpse
Realize that the spawn locations can just be wonky. I learned about that ally set to single trick earlier this week, but his location can still be all over, even though he's set to "front." I'll sometimes have to cut through several mobs before I can get to him.
Rather frustrating, but that's how it is, currently.
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
If I could ask a dumb question; for "surrounding enemy group" I don't have the option for "Single" in the MA editor or do you make this edit to the actual text file of the mission? Still learning all the tricks.
Thanks in advance
~Iggy
"if I am guilty for what goes on in my mind, than give me the electric chair for all my future crimes"
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If I could ask a dumb question; for "surrounding enemy group" I don't have the option for "Single" in the MA editor or do you make this edit to the actual text file of the mission? Still learning all the tricks.
Thanks in advance
~Iggy
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Aren't the four options, single, easy, medium, hard?
ugg perhaps I am looking in the wrong place and misunderstood Xyz post, let me look again and I will post if I still don't understand. Thx again
"if I am guilty for what goes on in my mind, than give me the electric chair for all my future crimes"
ok I figure out my problem I was looking at Free Captive option instead of Ally option.
Thx for the direction
~Iggy
"if I am guilty for what goes on in my mind, than give me the electric chair for all my future crimes"
Make an ally advanced mission objective I create so that they appear at the begginning of a mission so that he will fight with the players?
I don't want him being held captive, or have a surrounding enemy group.