Sinnermann Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Hey all, I think I have a problem with setting up my melee characters. For example, it makes sense to give the following order: Self: Surrounded by at least 3/4 enemies => Whirlwind But it seems it does not work. Same goes for Two-handed Sweep on Sten. I am using Advanced Tactics mod, if that means anything. When we are at it, two more question regarding optimal settings. Is there any other possibility for my dear Mabari other than aggressive? It seems to me any other does not make sense, but way too often he'd just ignore AoE effects on him (blizzard or pure fire) and insist on hurting himself. Also, I like my two tanky damage dealers (Alistar/Sten/Oghren) to spread around, away from me, but they have tendency to switch targets way too often; I believe it has something to do with contradicting orders. It makes sense to me to have the last order in line to attack enemies with health <20%, to cut off enemy damage as soon as possible. Could that be the problem and how to solve it? Thanks and best regards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinnermann Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 If my questions are too general, don't bother; just - please - try to explain how to make Whirlwind being usable while surrounded by enemies, so I don't waste it on just one enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sync182 Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Not sure if this helps you, but... I had a similar problem with Alistair. I'd set his Holy Smite to trigger if there was a cluster of enemies (you want to get them all, right?). However, he'd just sit there trying to use his Holy Smite, and then just waste the combat away. :wallbash: So I changed his Holy Smite to target a single enemy, and off it went - catching multiple enemies in its AoE as I wanted. Moral of the Story: Just because an action is available for a certain trigger, doesn't mean it's going to work for that trigger. ;) You might need to change your action trigger, and you'll possibly find your action working exactly as you want it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorfish Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Just curious, to get that failed behavior from Alistair, did you set up your tactics so that he never actually picks a target otherwise? I noticed that certain aoe abilities, such as a Mage's Mind Blast works quite well with the Surrounded by x enemies conditional, probably because it is not target centric (there is no area/target selection circle like there is with Holy Smite). Whirlwind doesn't require a target at all either (I'll have to check if Dual Weapon Sweep does, it's a directional attack at least)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sync182 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Dual Weapon Sweep works off the "Surrounded by X enemies" trigger - I've done it with a re-speced Leliana. I've got Holy Smite to work simply by using specific target. I've set Sten up to use Double-Handed Sweep, but I don't recall how I set it or whether it worked...he's up to that point in my current playthrough, so I'll check it out shortly and post back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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