Vampire summons AI

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Horselords
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Vampire summons AI

Post by Horselords » Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:06 pm

Hey there!

So maybe that's not a bug/working as intented, but there's definitely something odd either by design or because it's not working.

TLDR : Vampires summons from the vampire stream (including count) never use KD and don't drain levels.

On the wiki it states that they should given its supposed to be the signature of that stream and an upgrade of the wight (which works wonderfully both for KDing and draining levels). Except vampires just hit, that's all.

The count's self-harm does work.

Addendum : if it's by design, remove it from the wiki please. By the way, given mummies have regen, without KD AND without level drain, vampires have really nothing particular and are really subpar compared to the mummies.

If it's not by design, well, let's hope it can be fixed so that they bring more to the table! :D

Cheers !

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Lorkas
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Re: Vampire summons AI

Post by Lorkas » Mon Mar 05, 2018 4:34 am

There has been a problem reported with other summons/associates that if they have Improved Knockdown in their feat list but don't also have Knockdown, then the associate is unable to use IKD. Check their feat list to see if it appears there.

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Re: Vampire summons AI

Post by Horselords » Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:36 pm

Yep, checked and can confirm, they don't have KD, just imp... so that's one thing answered just needs fixing.

As for the level drain, the answer might be obvious (but careful with the obvious). They should level drain on hit, but if the effect is put on the monster and not the weapon, it won't work given they use bastard swords.

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Re: Vampire summons AI

Post by -XXX- » Tue Mar 06, 2018 12:56 am

I sort of like it how KD seems to be the gimmick of mummies ATM. I'd probably prefer if the vamps were given some other perk instead of this being simply fixed

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Re: Vampire summons AI

Post by Horselords » Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:46 am

Sniff, wasn't part of the fix last patch :( (first and last shameful bump)

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Re: Vampire summons AI

Post by Peppermint » Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:41 am

With respect to KD, it's just bad AI. Possible to fix, but I never could be bothered.

Perhaps another dev will take it on sometime.

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