I cannot "assist" anymore

[LigH]

I am sure that a few weeks ago, it was possible to assist a player:

Imagine a player who accidently attacks or attracts a strong opponent. He tries to escape, the opponent follows.

Usually, I am able to select the player and enter the \"/assist\" command. I see the focus moving to the opponent. Previously, I was then able to attack the opponent to rescue the player.

Now, I only get the error message \"You must be grouped with the player to attack the opponent.\" This way, I cannot help him anymore.

[zanzibar]

You can only group attack if you\'re grouped.  Start a group, invite the player, and once he accepts you can both attack the same creature.

It\'s an odd system which is designed to prevent kill stealing and loot stealing.  There\'s a game a friend of mine had my play called \"Pristontale\".  I don\'t recomend it, it\'s boring.  However, they had a system which gave the points from each to kill to the player who dealt the majority of damage.  The devs already know the present system is intrusive and unrealistic, but they\'re still searching for a better option.

[LigH]

I just tested it with Bereror.

We tried to attack an easy opponent in the sewers with defensive attack. This way, we both were able to assist each others. It may be the lag then, which prevented me from assisting in the wilderness, maybe the server did not realise the assistance status in time.

Or it may depend on the behaviour of the player. I\'m not sure if the attack level is involved in this calculation, or the focus loss by the player you want to assist.

And be sure: I want to assist, not to steal a kill or loot. That would not be my role.
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Apart from that: I just remember that I never tried to \"play dead\" during a fight until today! I\'ll try that immediately...

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How bad: \"Playing dead\" does not save you from attacks. At least not from \"Relliom\".

[Bereror]

LigH,

I looked at the server sources and can explain you in game, how does the \"/assist\" command work. I don\'t want to spread that information here.