Balrons walking towards you after provocation.

[Lord Cavewight of GL]

When I provoke a two balrons they both walk towards me a few tiles then start to fight.


I was hidden and about 3 to 5 tiles from the balrons today and I provoked them. What happened next was one of the balrons actually walks the 3 to 5 tiles and melees me twice then starts attacking the other balron.


Ive been killed by this over and over so I thought I would make a post about it.


Btw I have like next to no ping easily less than 50-70.

[Lord Cavewight of GL]

Same thing also happens when I hide, Balrons & Teth Avengers walk a few tiles my way (after hidden)

[Mikel123]

Two things.

One, I've noticed daemons, when provoked and attacking something, will occasionally briefly lose focus and come after me, then turn back around and attack what I provoked them to attack. I can't say for sure if balrons have this same tendency, as I haven't provoked them recently.

Second, I actually have a better ping than you (25 or so) and I notice that some particularly speedy monsters (balrons and white wyrms) seem to "teleport" when coming after me. This, I think, is the cause of what you're seeing. Additionally, when I paralyze a balron, I find it ends up frozen a couple tiles closer to me than where I thought it was when I paralyzed it.

I don't necessarily think this is a bug, actually, but Derrick or Faust might be able to confirm if this is intended based on how the game handles movement and time.

[BobDobbs]

I have noticed this same thing with Ophidians. After the provocation, the mob still heads towards me and smacks me once before fighting the other mob. This is a new experience for me.

[Vilenarios]

Definitely can confirm this as well.

I will provoke 2 balrons, then one of them will sometimes "lose" their threat to the other, and run at me. It will attack the other balron if it casts a spell or hits it. I need to invis or hide for them to fully be aggroed to eachother. Its really not too much of a big deal, just makes things more interesting down in there.

What happens in Second Floor of Terra Keep, stays in the Second Floor of Terra Keep!

[PointlessPeasant]

maybe it has to do with the recent patch, where balrons/daemons were made to be more aggressive than before.