What do I do in the situation where a trash mob runs away in a dungeon and my pet follows, pulling a bunch of additional mobs as he follows? This is something I've yet to find a solution and it's really annoying.
What do I do in the situation where a trash mob runs away in a dungeon and my pet follows, pulling a bunch of additional mobs as he follows? This is something I've yet to find a solution and it's really annoying.
passive stance and command it to attack what you want.
Call pet back to save it from death, since the mobs will pull from the fleeing mob either way.
The mob is what is pulling the adds, for one. But you can always make a macro that has the /petattack command in it, so if you want it to attack a target that ISN'T running away in fear, you can immediately do so with a hotkey or so forth. You can also simply recall your pet by putting it on passive, so that it won't attack again unless you tell it to. I would recommend killing the mob that is running away as quickly as possible, of course. Conc shot it, scatter shot, etc. also would be helpful.
If you cant kill the mob in time, try using distracting shot. Not sure if the mob would actually attack you in this situation as its "running in fear", but its worth a shot. After that you could kill it or even feign death if it gets in your melee range.
CTRL+2, CTRL+2, CTRL+2, CTRL+2
Keep an eye on your pet, spam if you fear your pet might pull (or assist in the pull).
Shift W - /petassist /petattack
Shift S - /petpassive /petfollow
Works wonders.
Thanks everyone. Does the mob running away really pull the others? I didn't know that. In that case, I don't feel so bad.
Mobs still do it? I can't remember seeing mob flee away for ages.
Just dismiss pet, you loons!
Yeah typically only humanoid mobs will ever run in fear, and then only sometimes will they pull addition mobs they may run past. They only do this when they're nearly dead though, which should be sub 20% health. Kill shot works wonders here, beyond that hotkey /petfollow and/or petpassive.
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