afaik he's aware of it. I sent him a PM right after that patch went live and noted that it did nothing to address the issue.
Don't know if he read the PM mind you as I didn't get a read receipt, but ya.
yeah, I've noticed that phanty has been dying a lot more often due to being in melee all the freakin' time.
There's a thread on this over in the Mastermind section. It looks like they're aware of the issue and trying to do something about it.
Having Vengeance and Fallout slotted for recharge means never having to say you're sorry.
The patch notes for 1800.201005212331.2T claim that it "Fixed a bug that caused many critters with ranged attacks to change behavior and prefer melee range, including Rikti Drones and most Mastermind pets. Critters should behave as they used to again."
Unfortunately this isn't the case for the Illusion Control Phantasm. I've been keeping track of Phanty for a few play sessions now, and he consistently flies into melee range to unleash his ranged attacks. While I do like that torrent gets more use, I don't care for the fact that I have to re-summon him nearly 3 times as often.
What are people's feeling on this: do we like the new aggressive phanty or do we want to bring this to Castle's attention in hopes of restoring his range preference?