It makes no sense to me that there would be different AI for hirelings of the same class... I mean, why wouldn't you just use your best AI on all of them? But anecdotally, it sure seems that way.
I thought the names on each hireling were just for flavor, but I swear some are smarter or dumber than others. Consistently.
Laerathor (level 7 cleric) is unacceptably slow to react and stupid. He deliberately ignores commands.
Mareth and Arias (level 6 clerics) were more responsive. I mean, not good, but nowhere nearly as bad as Laerathor.
I've summoned all of them multiple times in multiple quests. I don't believe it's anything coincidental or just in my head.
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10-09-2010, 07:39 PM #1Founder
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Do different hirelings have smarter/dumber AI?
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10-09-2010, 07:58 PM #2Community Member
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Devs have stated each Hireling has its own personality. Some like to hit, some like to cast, some like to do nothing, some like to irritate the person who hired them in every manner possible.
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10-09-2010, 08:21 PM #3Community Member
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The WF Sorcerers, especially Blast and Flare are quite smart up until the point where they prefer to chain cast fireball, lightning bolt and acid blast respectively on an ooze and/or worst, on a single kobold.
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10-09-2010, 08:59 PM #4Community Member
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Barrage, a WF Wizard is delightfully competent aside from his occasional fetish for casting Electric spells on Flesh Golems. In that regard he's better off than some players. Mind, I tend to park him after having him cast Greater Heroism and Haste on me (<3), but if unparked he tends to get himself killed less than the others I've used.
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10-09-2010, 09:10 PM #5Community Member
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Hirelings are griefers?
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10-09-2010, 09:15 PM #6Founder
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Are some hirelings smarter than others? Isn't that like asking if some piles of horse manure smell better than other piles?
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10-10-2010, 12:07 PM #7Founder
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And some actively try to kill their employer. Originally Posted by Gadget2775
Do you think the flavor text describing the character offers clues as to what they might do? I'd assume so.
But seriously, AI personalities aside, they should always do what you tell them to do via the toolbar, at least. And heal you when your HP is low. No mercenary or bodyguard would actually want their employer to die, no matter how thick-headed.
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I miss the box breaking WF
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Same. Frenzy will be missed. Originally Posted by Lorien_the_First_One
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Maybe he got reprogrammed Originally Posted by AyumiAmakusa
Originally Posted by TitoJ
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