Bashiok added some info on minion control and AI in a forum post today. You can’t exactly tell your mongrels where to go or who to fight, but there are other ways to get your pets where you want them.
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| Well you can make your mongrels explode, that’s a pretty cool way to un-summon them…
Minion management is a possibility, but that also definitely complicates the UI and use of the minions. It also seems to indicate that they must be handled with care, and not as fodder in a constant bloodbath like it should be. They’re easy enough to dispatch and re-summon that you already have some interesting tactics with them. Lets say you have four mongrels out, fighting a group of monsters, and a stronger enemy flanks you. You can summon a new mongrel (or make an old one explode first) which would then take on tanking duty for the stronger enemy that was closing in. Although finer-control is a possibility, really what it comes down to is not having stupid pets and maybe more interesting ways to game their use than sit and stay commands. |
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Is this a confirmation that we’ll see better minion AI in D3?
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| Hopefully it’s confirmation of a much stronger player AI. | ||
