By Quetzalcoatl.Xilkk 2017-12-12 14:04:39
pet doesn't move at the first hint of anything happening to it. it takes a big cure or a big nuke.
Mobs don't use enmity generating tools much. If an enemy uses provoke on a player, it just forcibly changes the target. because ofcourse enmity mechanics cannot work on players.
think of it this way.
if you took 2 mobs in the game, neither one controlled by players, but just by the AI, and you set them against each other, the fights would be completely boring and predictable.
They don't use any enmity generation tools, because they are designed to face players. so how would it work?
There are no special enmity generating features of sic or ready moves. They are standard, basic damage enmity.
so what affects enmity? Damage dealt, damage taken, damage healed. Damage healed is easy to avoid. most mobs can't cure anything.
And the attack speed is pretty close to the same. its a boring tic for tack hitting back and forth. Like watching rock'em sock'em robots on a metronome.
That is UNTIL you add multiple targets. Then it should depend on how much damage each target has dealt vs how much it has taken.
Actually that leads to exactly how to prove it. well I can only prove it positive, can't disprove either theory.
IF I can have 2 targets attacking my pet, and 1 target uses a TP move to do bigger damage, and my pet stays on that target even after the 2nd target hits him, then it should show that the pet has its own enmity and is not just going back and forth.
This might work on pet taking a good enough crit hit also.
This would be easier to get and example if 1 target is considerably stronger than another. how long does bst pet stay on main nm target when other weaker adds are present?
I'm pretty sure I've seen this while fighting Duke Vepar. it takes several hits before pet will go over to the gnat add. I'll have to test it. but I'm pretty sure I've seen this kind of behavior for a long time. getting xp on bst, if a link joins the fight against pet, it doesn't turn right away.
Are you thinking of bst on Tenzen fight?