stupid girl asks stupid question

ViciousEve · 12-14-2007, 10:08 AM

Well, I am often wondering why MOBs are attacking me, especially in the Kingdom Quest.

Let me give you some examples:

I fight in the crowd against king-slime. So I wait for the person who tanks...then I attack...then (suddenly) king slime is attacking me. I die. I am alive again. BUT:
King slime is after me again. I am dead. Back to live and scared, just trying to get as far away from king slime as I can. AND THEN: Prince slime kills me.

This is happening very often, not only in the kq. That makes me mad ^-^

So my question is: What kind of systems do the monsters use to attack you? It is not only the first one who attacks, that is attacked, or is it?

I am very sorry to ask such a dumb question...but I was just curious.

*I am a little bit ashamed and hope you understood my question* :,(

NotMyWay · 12-14-2007, 10:21 AM

I believe monsters would attack the one who dealt the most damage to them, or who healed the most. However, fighters can use the abilities 'snearing kick' and 'mock' to direct the attention to themselves instead, but dont forget that some fighters may not have those abilities, or they may be cooling down.

also, if any monster is stunned, he may change target unless he is kicked or mocked again.

and u dont have to call urself stupid...

**Blaaaaaaaah** · 12-14-2007, 11:47 AM

^ What he said. Also, what class are you?

You can aggro a monster by healing the tanker too much if you're a cleric. Happened to me a lot. Otherwise, you're doing a lot of damage that's why it aggro's you. xD

jacquin · 12-14-2007, 11:59 AM

Welcome to the aggo system, aka "death to the low-defs". Don't feel bad about asking: this is the first game I've ever played with anything like this.

As NotMyWay said, monsters get attracted to whoever is doing the most damage or flinging out the most heals. As such, if you are the highest damage doer or are a cleric, that monster will eventually leave the tank and chase you instead. Note, by the way, that warriors are among the lowest damagers in the game on average, especially while they are using one-handed swords.

In truth, the key to a warrior actually tanking at all is their taunts. Their first is Snearing Kick, which looks like they are spining around doing a karate kick. That, along with their normal attacks, is enough to keep a monster on them. A good warrior should be ready to fling it out VERY regularly, letting you be able to just sit there and attack like you're supposed to. Low level warriors are well known to forget this, though.

Against King Slime's summons is another issue: the tank is focuced on King Slime and NOT his fellows (a good thing: you DON'T want King Slime out and about, trust me). Thus, untaunted Prince comes out, sees "I Pwn in damage" ViciousEve, says "oo, squishy" and comes running. Even worse, they do this MORE to the clerics who are keeping the tank alive (that's actually programmed in: if you heal the tank YOU become the target) What's SUPPOSED to happen here is that all of the attackers are to focus on the summons the second the show, the warriors who aren't tanking taunting to draw them away from you while archers/mages kill them fast.

Of course, 'supposed to happen' isn't anything close to 'really does happen', thus when the summons show up:

-Be ready to run AROUND the others: don't leave the area and DON'T get alone with the thing..stay near the team till someone pulls it off of you.
-Be ready to heal: The clerics SHOULD be focused on the tank, not you. You're on your own then, so be ready to quaff that potion and stone.

Oh yes, and in all situations, if the warrior tank isn't taunting, or if the tank isn't a warrior (warriors are the official tank NOT because of defense but because of taunt..remember that when Mr. Archer says "I can tank!": Sidenote, clerics CAN pull it off too but it's..messy) then slow your attacks down a bit so you aren't doing as much damage as you can: that way, WHEN the monster runs away, it's at least be running to someone ELSE.

Last thing: about stun, stun does NOT autoswitch a monster's target. In fact, there's NOTHING magical about it: ALL it does is stop the attack for a few seconds. What causes the target switch is that a warrior stunning is not a warrior doing damage and, thus, boring the monster. A quick taunt or some nice damage skills will solve that easily. The nastier effect is if the TANK get stunned: that's 10 seconds of doing NOTHING. Best thing for everyone is to stop attacking AND healing the tank (yes, that means tank much heal themself) till the tank recovers and taunts again.

**Yosei** · 12-14-2007, 05:25 PM

I'm guessing you're an archer or a mage, and this is your first MMO. Its called aggro, you probably did the most damage at a point when the tanks aggro was kind of slow, thus you aggro'd. You'll have to get used to it, it only gets worse as your level gets higher.

Grudger · 12-14-2007, 07:00 PM

But KQ's also go by another way. Sometimes when I was in Slime KQ. I stood there and then when the spawns came and I did nothing to them, they still attacked. Same with Robo KQ. All the monsters not taunted by the fighter will eventually come find and attack everyone if not taken cared of first. Same with Mini dragon KQ

ViciousEve · 12-14-2007, 07:39 PM

Wow, now everything has become quite clear... So thank you very much for your help. Especially to jaquin...your post gave me lots of information about things I just didnt knew before ( for example that warriors are causing the lowest damage... I was sure that it was the other way around ^^).

And yup, I am an archer.And:yup, this is my first MMO. But I will not let King Slime make me mad anymore... I would smush him...if I wouldnt be lvl 17 now

Nevertheless, I will not give up in all the other kqÂ´s that are about to come!!

So thank you all a lot. If I keep on asking, maybe I will not stay a newbie for too long...

**Phantom Badger** · 12-14-2007, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by ViciousEve

Wow, now everything has become quite clear... So thank you very much for your help. Especially to jaquin...your post gave me lots of information about things I just didnt knew before ( for example that warriors are causing the lowest damage... I was sure that it was the other way around ^^).

And yup, I am an archer.And:yup, this is my first MMO. But I will not let King Slime make me mad anymore... I would smush him...if I wouldnt be lvl 17 now

Nevertheless, I will not give up in all the other kqÂ´s that are about to come!!

So thank you all a lot. If I keep on asking, maybe I will not stay a newbie for too long...

you might want to learn how to Lure and skill spam for your next KQ as it will be your job to lure the dangerous boss that can kill you in one hit away from all its super charged clones and to the tank. >:3