What Fenril dreams about at night...

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Lemme clarify what I mean. In most games I've played, things just face you and either cast or run up and melee. Sometimes they'll drop something you have to move out of or do some cone or other AoE you have to run away from. Tera looks the same, except that every move is a frontal move so you just run around behind or to the side and voila, avoided. Then you have Super Advanced Mode, where the frontal attacks are interspersed with "Oh, I think I'll hop around in a pattern every so often so don't be standing in front when I do it. K?" Maybe I'm just getting jaded with MMOs these days. I'd rather have mobs do something interesting (like teamwork or use of terrain or....something) instead of just tightening the threshold for insta-kill-if-you-don't-move-quick-enough.

[MiRai]

Lemme clarify what I mean. In most games I've played, things just face you and either cast or run up and melee. Sometimes they'll drop something you have to move out of or do some cone or other AoE you have to run away from. Tera looks the same, except that every move is a frontal move so you just run around behind or to the side and voila, avoided. Then you have Super Advanced Mode, where the frontal attacks are interspersed with "Oh, I think I'll hop around in a pattern every so often so don't be standing in front when I do it. K?" Maybe I'm just getting jaded with MMOs these days. I'd rather have mobs do something interesting (like teamwork or use of terrain or....something) instead of just tightening the threshold for insta-kill-if-you-don't-move-quick-enough.

Gotcha.

[Crum1515]

Lemme clarify what I mean. In most games I've played, things just face you and either cast or run up and melee. Sometimes they'll drop something you have to move out of or do some cone or other AoE you have to run away from. Tera looks the same, except that every move is a frontal move so you just run around behind or to the side and voila, avoided. Then you have Super Advanced Mode, where the frontal attacks are interspersed with "Oh, I think I'll hop around in a pattern every so often so don't be standing in front when I do it. K?" Maybe I'm just getting jaded with MMOs these days. I'd rather have mobs do something interesting (like teamwork or use of terrain or....something) instead of just tightening the threshold for insta-kill-if-you-don't-move-quick-enough.

Yeah, there isn't much in the way of new and fresh AI in this game. There are instances of where is I use an attack with a long cast time the mob will side step out of it if it is agroing me, or large groupds will scatter and try and surround me. The elites have much more random and varied attacks, though after MiRai and I fight them 2-3 times we can see the "tells" and know like uh oh here comes the AOE or Tail Swipe.

All in all, this game is a lot more visual in the fight department, fighting the elites remind me of oooooold school console games boss fights, where if you just stand and spam you will get crushed.

I am with you though, havent seen a true AI advancement in eons and think it would be nice to see one.