When did singularity become such a wuss?

I brought out some old toons after a long stretch and wanted to feel out my grav/storm. I loved the pure chaos when I first played her.

But I find the AI of singy puzzling, at best. He always ends up positioning himself behind me, no matter where the enemy is. When I summon him in the midst of a spawn, he does his knockback thing, and then comes and positions himself behind me. Even when I hide in a dumpster!

It has been awhile, and a few nights of play does not a trend make, but has anyone else noticed this? Or did I just not notice this when they changed it a few issues back?

best, yomo

Its hard for me to remember back in the day how it may have used to be different. I still wish we could summon 3 of them like we used to be able to do.

Anyway, yeah, he stands behind you. Its nice for you to have some stealth so you can drag him through bad guys. That way he can take the alpha strike if you can't. He'll still attack anyone in his aggro range.

Lewis

Singularity has a "tether" function in the AI, which mandates that Singy keep you within LoS or else he'll try to come and find you. That's why when you jump in the dumpster (thus blocking LoS to Singy) he'll retreat to your position. The "tether" function also wants to drag Singy through positions that you have already been in, which is why he ends up behind you a lot. if you slide from side to side a bit, you'll see that he likes to move where you were which when moving sideways will make him park beside you.

It's the end. But the moment has been prepared for ...

I stick a ranged enhancement in him which helps a lot.

I love when he gets angry and charges into melee.

I kind of like it that Singy is my rearguard. Helps out in those maps with patrols or whenever bad people are just a little off screen.

Singy is my least-favorite pet. As a controller, I want what I am lacking in from my pets, and that is damage. I like imps, Jack, and Poo-man for this reason. My grav/ff troller, IF I pull out Singy, will rarely even notice what Singy is doing. The one thing I do like about Singy is it's look - very cool looking for a pet.

This is crazy all you haters out there How could you NOT know what Singy is doing? How could you say he never charges in melee or blocks my escape route?(he does this often for me, one reason I was even able to Solo Cimerora Maps)

When I played Gravity Control I almost lost all hope but IMMEDIATELY when I acquired Singy I noticed a dramatic difference. In fact thanks to Singy I didn't delete my Grav/Kin Controller. I think you all are trolling this thread to get responses out of someone gullible like me...well it worked LOL.

As far as a Controller Pet that Protects you no other Pets comes close except for Phantasm, Animate Stone and Dark Servant. In my Opinion those three rival Singy as far as a pet that keeps you alive. Phantasm for me would have to almost pass Singy since he stays around after you die. *well at least the decoy does*. Animate Stone can dish out some tasty dmg and he tanks like mad.

Singy Will Tank for you and can actually survive Bosses, EB's and AV's with the right set up. I don't see the Imps doing that or even Jack (don't get me started on him). Venus lately has been impressing me since the buff but he still can't take much dmg.

As far as dishing out damage. He's not up there on the charts but as far as him being a wuss and not protecting you I beg to differ. He pushes out Aggro like no body's business.