It seems that most hostages have worked that same way since GR came out. Sometimes your own Alpha strike on the mob can even cause damage to the NPC you are trying to rescue.
I was told by some people in-game that it was a new intended mechanic, but it seems kinda silly to me. I /bugged it as well.
I think this IS a bug.
On the first Black Scorpion patron arc "Find info on Doctor Quatrexin", my team's AoE's annihilated the hostage (who had a blue "ally" box on him). As such, the mission was uncompletable and didn't pop a "you failed" dialog.
Having run BS's arc pre-GR and post-GR and never having had this happen until recently....
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Cool, so it's not just me. It's weird that OUR AoE can do it. And possibly it's only ours, and is part of the Alighment switching as I've had Des as both an ally and an enemy.
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Originally Posted by Diggis
Cool, so it's not just me. It's weird that OUR AoE can do it. And possibly it's only ours, and is part of the Alighment switching as I've had Des as both an ally and an enemy.
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Yeah, didn't even notice it until my mouse brushed over him and I noticed he had a sliver of health left.
<Hyper> Maybe we should
*lagged foot stomp*DEAD HOSTAGE*
<Hyper> Glad I'm playing a brute so I can say *EXCISED!*
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Same thing happened to me, also on the "Find info on Quatrexin" mission. Except with me, the giant Malta Zeus Titan guarding the Protector completely annihilated the ally with his missile AoEs. Mission was rendered impossible. I /bugged it afterwards.
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We had this happen the other night on the Rescue the Longbow Operative tip mission. There was a spines Warden standing next to the hostage and the hostage's health was dropping like a rock in water.
If it is WAI it is a poor mechanic that needs some love.
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We failed a mission recently because of that (enemy AoE's killing the hostage) but I can't remember which mission (or if it was a tip mission or not). We made sure to pull hostage guards after that.
I've found that in rescue Tip missions the objective character takes damage if you fight around them and can die, leaving the mission uncompletable. I had this happen once with the mission 'too many flambeauxs' and checked again on the mission with 'and this is how she dies' and Overdrive was taking damage.
Pulling the mobs away from the hostage works fine, but this isn't normal behaviour is it? I have bugged it already.