Was this perhaps a little bit ago when we patched, and REpatched?
Apparently they put in something to make higher level critters more
aggressive - and it ended up making the lowend stuff go beserk.
At 08:41 AM 6/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>From: Douglas Bierbower <Bierbower@...>
>
>Here is a thought and a story, maybe even a partial solution. Perhaps the
Mobs are
>angry at you because you have been killing so many of their friends. I
was in North
>Karanas around levels 11 through 14 killing beetles with my party. We
noticed an
>odd effect which we called "Beetlejuice". It seems that after I had gone
out to
>fetch a dozen or so pincers, borers, and scythe bettles, that every beetle
in the
>zone became aggressive towards me, the fetching bard. Normally, these
beetles are
>not aggressive at all. Suddenly after fetching and killing lots of them,
they all
>become aggressive and they ALL start running across the entire zone to
hunt me
>down. I am not kidding. This happened. It was rather convenient, but
eventually
>became overwhelming. The solution, however, was easy. I just had to zone
out and
>back, and they were all passive again.
>
>I have hunted in Crushbone and Befallen a lot, and I have noticed that I am a
>preferred target, but not to the extent being reported in this thread. I
have never
>had a Thug ignore a party that was fighting it to come and fight me *if* I
had not
>done anything personal to it. I have also spent a lot of time in Derv
camps in
>Wcommons, NRO, and SRO. Perhaps you are just so succesful killing these
mobs they
>are developing a collective hatred for you<g>. Anyway, try zoning and
coming back,
>and good luck.
>
>Narcissus of Povar
>
>>
>> I think you may not be witnessing the complaint here. At least some of
us will
>> be standing somewhere, farther away from mobs than other players, NOT
singing,
>> maybe not even in a group. Someone else attacks a mob. One or more mobs
rush
>> past the attacker and attack <me> the bard.
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Looking for your kindred spirit?
>http://www.onelist.com
>Go to ONElist: where kindred spirits connect and stay connected.
>