Henchmen Woes

DGalt

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: May 2008

I'm new to this game and all I have is prophecies. I'm playing as a Warrior/Ele. Finding groups can be a pain so I find myself with just a party of henchmen most of the time. I've gotten to lvl 12 so far doing that, but I find that things are getting more and more difficult.

The problem is getting the henchmen to fight something besides what I'm attacking. I find that if I target a mob in a group of 3 or 4, everyone attacks that 1 mob and the other 3 go after the monk. And if I try to change targets, all the henchmen then also change targets.

Is there any way around this or is this just how the AI works?

natural_Causes

natural_Causes

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

Hall of Monuments

N/

Its just how the AI works. Henchmen almost always follow your targets. There is really no way around this that I know of.

miskav

miskav

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

None

Mo/

There seems to be issues regarding this behaviour on henchmen and heroes lately =/
Let's hope A-net notices and fixes the problem.

Songbringer

Songbringer

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

EastCoast

E/Me

If you are new I suggest finding yourself a helpful PvE guild and joining them. Then ask for help when you get stuck. There is a wonderful section for PvE Guild recruitment and PvE LF Guild section on guru.


Yes the AI blows.

Teutonic Paladin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

TW

W/

Use ctrl + shift + space to call a target without attacking, then attack something else.

Kyomi Tachibana

Kyomi Tachibana

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

Oregon, USA

Where iz teh Bonuz [WitB]

P/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Teutonic Paladin
Use ctrl + shift + space to call a target without attacking, then attack something else. ^^^

This. It's very helpful, You call the target before you run in, switch to the target you want to kill, then go at it.

Terrokian

Terrokian

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

Alliance,Ohio

Terrokian's Avengers

W/

^^^The above tactic is your best bet.Your second best bet is to EXPLORE different builds which will allow you to kill far faster so you can flip between targets in 2-4 seconds.In other words your ENTIRE party hits a monster and it dies FAST.Then move onto the next target.If it takes more than 2-4 seconds to kill you are going to slow.If prophecies is all you have then make sure your gear is PERFECT along with your SKILLS.This should alleviate 90% of your problems.