Forced Group Kills (so far only with magic users)

[novacadian]

Thought this should go into complaints first in case it is not a bug.

The first time this happened thought it was just me... yet just now it was obvious that the software was allowing it.

While firing on a Maul with bow a magic user jumped in and the message was something like "<character name> group shares the attack" or something like that. The time this happened before the other character was using magic too.

If this is intentional then it is very frustrating. If it is not intentional then let me know so that a bug report can be made.

[Rigwyn]

You are saying that someone was able to join in the attack without having to manually /invite them into a group? If that's the case, that sounds pretty awesome to me.

[novacadian]

Yes they attacked the Maul with magic which my character had been firing upon with a bow.

[Venalan]

Sounds like a bug. You shouldn't be able to multi kill a mob unless grouped. Perhaps something about about claiming a mob isn't working when mixing ranged and magic. Does it happen with any other combinations of combat types.

[novacadian]

Does it happen with any other combinations of combat types.

My experience has only been with my character using a bow and being joined by a magic user while not sharing a group.

[bilbous]

were one or both of you outside the maulbernauts detection range?

[novacadian]

were one or both of you outside the maulbernauts detection range?

My character likely was.

[bilbous]

well if it never moved before it died then you both probably were. I was thinking that might have been a contributing factor.

[novacadian]

Your theory will be tested in game, bilbous. Thanks for that insight.

[Eonwind]

Sounds like a bug. You shouldn't be able to multi kill a mob unless grouped. Perhaps something about about claiming a mob isn't working when mixing ranged and magic. Does it happen with any other combinations of combat types.

I agree with Venalan, it's a (strange) bug.

[bilbous]

my other theory is that it is an NSA backdoor, but i wouldn't put a lot of credence to it.