Bosses and higher need a can of Man-Up
By
Blue Rabbit,
Posted on: 2010-11-28 11:35 in Suggestions and Ideas
At least GMs. It's irritating to chase a GM around half the map just because he happens to have a debuff on him (I'm looking at you, Ghost of Scrapyard and Deathsurge!).
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I agree, though it should at least factor in the player's level. A boss running away from a +10 player makes sense.
In a normal mission situation though, they shouldn't run.
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Get BACK here you lily-livered, yellow bellied, inbred streak of wuss! 
Very frustrating, I have to say.
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Has anyone tested this in beta?
Although the morale system makes sense in a RL situation, for a video game it's ******* annoying. I'm all for doing something to change it.
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Originally Posted by DarkGob
At least GMs. It's irritating to chase a GM around half the map just because he happens to have a debuff on him (I'm looking at you, Ghost of Scrapyard and Deathsurge!).
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I attacked a Cimeroran Minotaur E-B on my troller and he ran on the first hold. No other mob around him, he was solo and he ran like a chicken on the partial castle map (with all those lovely canyon drops). After ten minutes of widdling his health down he took one final pot-shot and I dropped the mission soon after with a 'F-this-S' and I've ignored the blueside Cimeroran missions since.
I loathe and despite 'Runners', every last one of them.
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I always hate having to run after AVs.
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I still believe that the whole running mechanic should be purged from the game, or at the very least DRASTICALLY lessened. It's a relic from the days when fear caused enemies to run away.
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It's a relic from the days when fear caused enemies to run away.
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So I get the morale breaking system, if your too hard to damage or kills things too fast then the remaining bad guys might get scared and run away.
But for bosses and higher I think they should stand their ground... Even if I just murderized their friends in under 3 seconds...
Perhaps even have a chance to go into a frenzy instead with +damage -accuracy to make fights interesting (Kills the adds now and possibly get powerful hits through, or later after they have whittled at you for a bit)
If anyone has any reasons on why a change like this couldn't or shouldn't be introduced I'd love to read them.