Upgrade hero AI for mes skill updates (PI, Chaos Storm, maybe more)

SilentVex

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2005

Maguuma Stade

PI - Now works on any skill. Heroes only use it on spells.

Chaos Storm - Now has no conditional effects, on-cast or otherwise. Heroes only use it on casters. I feel like it should be used more like fire AOE now.

Those are the only two I've found for now. I'll update with more if I find more.

Voodoo Rage

Voodoo Rage

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

Sacramento, CA

Geezers

R/

Yes, I've noticed Chaos Storm almost never gets cast.

Chuba

Chuba

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Finland

New Dragons [NDR]

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Originally Posted by SilentVex View Post
PI - Now works on any skill. Heroes only use it on spells.

Chaos Storm - Now has no conditional effects, on-cast or otherwise. Heroes only use it on casters. I feel like it should be used more like fire AOE now.

Those are the only two I've found for now. I'll update with more if I find more.
Didn't know heroes could use Pain Inverter? Or are we getting lost in the maze of abbreviations again

-Makai-

-Makai-

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

WA

DH

Rt/

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Originally Posted by Chuba View Post
Didn't know heroes could use Pain Inverter? Or are we getting lost in the maze of abbreviations again
Psychic Instability.

/signed, by the way. PI on a hero is just too unwieldy. Also, AI should be more likely to cast Panic on a group than a single target.

SirNukes

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

I learned that Psychic Instability could interrupt anything because Erys Vasburg kept knocking down monsters using healing signets or traps or similar. The PI ai has been fine since the update; I don't know why you are having trouble with it.

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

Ran around in isle of nameless and confirmed gwen PI-ing healing signet consistently. She never seemed to bother doing this to attack skills though.

PI is problematic on popular illusion spam bars because the hero is often queueing wandering eye while casting clumsiness, and both skills have relatively long cast times. With enough things to spam they'll rarely get around to their interrupt. You take something like Erys the factions hench and watch him use the skill on recharge because his bar isn't loaded to the gills. The only thing I might ask for is to up their priority on using the skill.

Cuilan

Cuilan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2008

Me/

I hear heros don't maintain Symbolic Celerity.

Elnino

Elnino

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2008

In a house

Proof Of A Nets Laziness[HB]

A/W

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Originally Posted by SirNukes View Post
I learned that Psychic Instability could interrupt anything because Erys Vasburg kept knocking down monsters using healing signets or traps or similar. The PI ai has been fine since the update; I don't know why you are having trouble with it.
I'm guessing that the monsters using those skills were standing next to casters that got interrupted by Erys Vasburg. Physic Instability would have caused all nearby enemies to kd, therefore, get interrupted.

SirNukes

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2009

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Originally Posted by Elnino View Post
I'm guessing that the monsters using those skills were standing next to casters that got interrupted by Erys Vasburg. Physic Instability would have caused all nearby enemies to kd, therefore, get interrupted.
I verified gwen would PI troll unguent on nameless isle before I posted; Fox posted his verification as well. If you can't believe us, take a PI hero out on the isle and see for yourself.

Eragon Zarroc

Eragon Zarroc

Atra estern?? ono thelduin

Join Date: Jan 2008

Madness Incarnate

[Duo]

W/P

/signed

making the heores compatible with newly changed skills is a no-brainer