Hero/Henching on a sin - unexpected problems

I'm playing a sin for the first time now, and I'm facing some problems I hadn't counted on.

I understand my role, and I'd like to play within my role... What I try to do is target the warrior/assassin enemies, so my warriors run foward and take the initial aggro. I then look for a caster, and want to shadow step in, get of my attack chain (which should finish them off) then assess my situation, I can either retreat if I took too much aggro or take out another caster. All the while, my henches should be focusing on the tanks and high dps'ers leaving me free to do my thing...

It never works like this though. I can call a target and send the warrior foward, but once I shadow-step into battle, they instantly break from their target and start attacking mine, even though I never called my target.

This leaves my casters volunerable to enemy warriors/sins, and at the same time interferies with my attack chain... I may as well not even do anything, because the whole concept of my role is shattered by this behaviour of the AI...

It's really making me wonder if I should even bother playing a sin. I love the class, but these damn hero/hench are really messing things up for me. Yes, I could PUG, but there are problems there too...

Believe it or not there are still morons that push the "sins suk lawl" mentality, and I'd just waste so much time trying to get groups when I can easily hench what I need to get done...

The whole experience has me very frustrated and making me doubt whether sin can even be enjoyable in single-player pve... I wouldn't mind doing things with guildies, but most are doing things in Nightfall, and despite being in a highly respected and well known guild, I find that people really aren't interested in doing things together much... I guess heroes killed that.

So any tips? The only future I see in my assassin is crit barrager... and that's a damn shame.

Minions don't break aggro and attack your target.

theres ur problem right there, ure playing a multiplayer based game by urself. heros and henchies suck. if u wanna play a sin by urself play diablo 2.

2Hand of Ruin
Yeah, the same problem here. I think maybe Anet should make so henchies don't break their aggro untill new target is called.
PS Sorry for my bad English.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cow Tale

Quote: Originally Posted by Cow Tale

It doesn't matter your role with henchies, just go up and tank - your monks should take care of you. I got so frustrated with the crappy AIs I just walk up and tank like a war. Monsters target you anyway because you are the only human.

I do fine with henchies and heroes on quests, but humans and heroes are the only way to go on missions. I've beaten both campaigns and on my way to finishing the third w/ my sin.

Quote: Originally Posted by Chamber Asgardian

I really didn't have a problem after I leveled dunk and tahl and sousuke up as my starting heroes and got olias running with his minions (i switched sousuke with zhed cos zhed is just cooler). I had henched factions so I was used to the whole thing.

Even though I did face the problem of my tank breaking aggro, I eventually noticed that Talon or Devona (Devona mostly) would randomly pick something else anyway >_>; When in missions I usually devoted myself in taking down the casters (Temple Strike + Falaharn's Chakrams = <3) but if saw the support group taking damage I'd go in there and at least try to mitigate the damage some. If the caster is dazed like hell I think I can spare a few seconds in trying to help. Plus it's sometimes just faster to get rid of the melee groups (except in the case of the damn Shiroken Elementalists and Rain of Terrors -o-).

Only time I ever went in groups of people was in missions. And usually cos I didn't want to find my way through it by myself cos I'm lazy xD

So you just kinna have to flexible on your target. Get the tank to aggro first so they get intial damage and hopefully everyone else will have dealt some damage by the time you get to your priority target.

It's basically impossible to play Trinity-style when henching as a 'sin. That is, tanks tanking, nukers nuking, everyone holding aggro in one neat little package.

...Instead, I've taken to running all-casters (or just all-ranged) focussing on pressure damage and using mitigation effects (like Ward Against Melee and Enfeebling Blood) on the heroes to stay alive. This means individual baddies will always be softened up enough for me to dive in and assassinate, and that henchies will always give me enough space to escape out of aggro range if necessary.