NPC Ally Turncoats
By
Friggin_Taser,
Posted on: 2011-02-28 24:35 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Yikes I do that a lot with my defenders tasked with keeping must-live allies alive. Thanks for the heads-up.
NPC Allies are weird. They can randomly change to foes. When you first rescue Lady Jane, if you're quick enough, after you defeat the last CoT guarding her, you can target her like a foe.
The same thing is true of Sister Psyche at the end of the first mission of the ITF: If you're fast enough, you can target her like a foe before she starts her long winded speech.
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There is an issue with NPC allies who fight alongside you that I think I have traced down to a simple action:
A few weeks ago I was doing an Imperious Task Force. During the last mission, I targeted through the NPC Imperious to attack the first few mobs in the level with my team. After a few rad blast shots through him, but after the mob we were fighting was cleared, Imperious turned around and managed to one shot my character.
Cut to last night when a SG-mate was targeting through an ally NPC Anti-Matter when the exact same thing happened to him.
It seems to be a bug with targeting through an NPC ally, so I'd advise against doing so until the bug is fixed.
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