On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Jones, Brian wrote:

>
> behind to tear me to pieces. The first time I saw really good AI is when I
> took out my bow at level 7 to hit a gnoll to bring it to me. Instead of
> charging though, it did the same thing! And continued to until I got into
> melee range (where it brought out its long sword and started meleeing).
> You don't think healing in battle is smart AI? Healing other NPC's?
> Standing back and casting spells until you come in range? I was in Paw

Well, if they were really smart, once you got into melee range
they'd root you, run back out of melee range, and nuke you.
But that would put Verant in the position of having to fix the
caster/melee imbalance in PvP.

A trick for getting these casters to come within melee range
is to charm them, and order them to follow you. When they get
next to you, tell them to sit and wait for charm to wear off.

--
John H. Kim
kim@...