07-16-2004, 02:41 PM
Quote:One of the changes in 1.10 was that many monsters will now deliberately go straight for you rather than your mercenary. I think you're probably seeing an example of that - it's improved monster AI, rather than a bug.
I don't think there was an AI change to this extent for monsters in general but rather a perceived change since folks are trying harder to notice things they never happened to notice before. In specific cases like an act boss I can see this being the case, but melee monsters will completely ignore the merc whenever this happens. They never even glance at the merc even when the merc is merrily poking away at them, even when blinded. It's not a range issue either since when the merc is not being ignored, blinded monsters do attack back.
Whenever you see this "improved AI" in effect, rejoin the game and get back to where you left off. You'll find that this AI improvement, as you call it, is nowhere to be found.