Does your dog eat wood?

[Khumbaaba]

Hi,

My dog eats wood.

In battle, on attack mode or after having been told to attack/trip/intim target, the dog will go munch on a crate.

Stand at the door, there are mobs on the other side, open door. Tell dog to eat mobs, but he has already run off to munch on a crate.

Dog attacks target, mobs start closing in around him, I start picking them off with some pew pew. Dog runs off to munch on a crate. Mobs follow.

Sense trap, tell dog "stay!" Dog runs off to munch on crate--through trap, dies.

Can we train our dogs to only eat what's put in their bowl? If my RL dog behaved like this, she would have to be put down.

Arty's (battle engineers) are supposed to be tactical support, but one of their most useful tools is off munching on crates!

Devs: could you please help?

[Kalizaar]

You're feeding your dog poorly if it feels the need to eat every crate it comes upon. I suggest switching to Wellness Complete for Constructs. It contains all natural ingredients in a balanced formula specifically to handle the unique needs of metal contraptions.

[dunklezhan]

Well there's a name for my Dog when I get arti at U12 - woodmuncher.

[mikesharpshooter]

you're Feeding Your Dog Poorly If It Feels The Need To Eat Every Crate It Comes Upon. I Suggest Switching To Wellness Complete For Constructs. It Contains All Natural Ingredients In A Balanced Formula Specifically To Handle The Unique Needs Of Metal Contraptions.

:d

[cdemeritt]

Hey, leave my puppy alone... I'm happy to have a automatic crate breaker again, I've really missed Steel and his crate fascination...

[eviltikiman]

Its part of the AI problem that has carried over from the Beta servers. While he is better than he use to be, he is still buggy as all hell which reduces his utility a great deal. While it is nice to have him break creates so i don't have to, having him do it in battle is a pain and distraction. I wouldn't mind if he broke a crate or two that was in very proximity when i was idle for a minute or so but in battle he shouldn't be running away to smash a crate when eithe of us is under attack. Also I recomend that you resummon him if he is not appearing on your mini map; That helps a little. At least he no longer gets stuck if you enter a new area or instance. That bug was a pain, and its effects linger.

[Saldon]

Hi,

My dog eats wood.

In battle, on attack mode or after having been told to attack/trip/intim target, the dog will go munch on a crate.

Stand at the door, there are mobs on the other side, open door. Tell dog to eat mobs, but he has already run off to munch on a crate.

Dog attacks target, mobs start closing in around him, I start picking them off with some pew pew. Dog runs off to munch on a crate. Mobs follow.

Sense trap, tell dog "stay!" Dog runs off to munch on crate--through trap, dies.

Can we train our dogs to only eat what's put in their bowl? If my RL dog behaved like this, she would have to be put down.

Arty's (battle engineers) are supposed to be tactical support, but one of their most useful tools is off munching on crates!

Devs: could you please help?

I've heard about this phenomenon, but I have not found a way to get my dog to ever break a crate???? I wish he would help out a little, I'm running out of bolts!

[Khumbaaba]

It seems combat tactics make dogs hungry. I switched mine over to a hate tank (removed trip/sunder/intimi) and he no longer munches on crates!

[patang01]

Well there's a name for my Dog when I get arti at U12 - woodmuncher.

That will probably be taken wrong if your guy is also warforged.

[slothinator]

It seems combat tactics make dogs hungry. I switched mine over to a hate tank (removed trip/sunder/intimi) and he no longer munches on crates!

I think you're on to something here. My dog never attacked crates until I gave him the trip feats at lvl 6. Now he is kind of obsessive about it. Not a problem since I usually have a hireling and a summon with me, but it is kind annoying for him to run past a mob and go after a crate or barrel instead. Thanks for the tip!

[Eleia]

My dog has never gone for a crate. I didn't even know he could break crates until I read it here.

My dog is attack mode all the time. He goes for the first visable mobs, gets aggro, kills them, and comes back to me. The only time he returns during a fight is when I get too far away.


Once in a while he will run ahead, and grab mobs to pull back to me. But he fights them too, so I guess he's trying to help or he thinks I play too slow lol.

For those wondering if the trip feat is what is causing it, I don't have trip. His enhancements are:

Adamantine Plating III
Fearsome Tactics II
Dex I
Strength I
Reinforced Armor III
Danger Avoidance III

Hope this helps, and sorry to those who have a dog box breaker.

[rimble]

My dog has never gone for a crate. I didn't even know he could break crates until I read it here.

Same for me. I'd love if he would bust some crates for me.

[Gkar]

Hey, leave my puppy alone... I'm happy to have a automatic crate breaker again, I've really missed Steel and his crate fascination...

I agree, that seems like reason enough to have a puppy!

[LookingForABentoBox]

Is your dog plugged in

[dcp101]

Going for crates seems incredibly inconsistent, too. Like he'll break one crate and decide that's good enough for me so i'll just stop it for awhile. I guess he doesn't want to get fat.

[mutantbee]

It's almost definitively the trip/sunder/intim abilities. Although not as sure about intim. I respeced him after he became almost useless as you guys described with crates and such. Especially after he killed both of us on an Elite quest by triggering a pile of explosive crates I was next to at the time.

Since I changed him to attack, stats, and hate mods only he has not had a single episode of spurious crate breaking while in combat (from late level 6 to level 9). He still runs through traps and dies, but that's not surprising. Now in trap heavy quests I either despawn him temporarily or park him and disarm them first. I'm HIS scout, apparently.

I do miss his intimidates though, he was really good at it.

I made a stunning handwrap into a stunning module for him and he gets a fair number of stuns now, which is nice.

If I just have to break crates, I use the endless charge acid wand. It's got a great rate of fire for crates, and no reloading.

My favorite surprise use for him is to trigger Wisdom runes, ha! He is much wiser than I. Just not that bright.

[JackTekila]

He has no problem with intim... Mine has it since lvl 3 and never broke a single crate...

I was planning to get trip on the next few lvls... Won't do it anymore... xD

[robmat]

My Pet EATS Everything even the Training Dumbmy on my ship LOL

[rimble]

Same for me. I'd love if he would bust some crates for me.

I take it back. At Level 6 my nice well-behaved puppy went insane. I don't know if it's becaues it's a different creature now (so using different AI), because he went from the small puppy to the medium sized puppy, or if it's because I took any particular enhancements...but there was definitely a marked difference between my Level 5 puppy and my Level 6 puppy.

[Morgueman]

Ok I have spent time and tested this and can feel 100% about saying it is ONLY trip and sunder which causes the dogs to go crate breaking. Both of the puppies trip and sunder have breakables attached to their targets list.

Mine is currently set up as a massive tank (all the dr's ac's and health enhancements with intimi) He never goes for boxes crates or barrels ( and i can't seem to have him do it on purpose ether).

Hope this helps.