absolutely no to bringing back there old homing attacks!

they were really hard to deal with i groups and almost impossible to form strategic ways of opposing there attacks. this game should be about Strategy and forming ways to overcome an obstacle.

@Addisond: i like your idea, but i propose adding a cooling time to that homing attack for about 5 seconds. this way players wont have to always worry about that attack but it can also catch them by surprise if not careful. so basically they will keep their normal attack, but peform the homing attack at a random basis. this should be applied to alpha wolvers.

i don't know about adding it to other monsters. i say no for skeletons, Trojans, greavers already have it and anything else no.

i propose giving normal wolves a dashing bite where they charge at u inflicting a massive bite attack. this attack can be performed 5 to 6 squares away from the opponent. it has a homing ability of 30 to 50 %.

other monsters should also have an added extra attack that makes them fierce, but still be able to strategize around that attack.

He's just an underaged player

+1 to your idea, I really want to see some auto tracking.

Dunno whats the offcial stance, and I know alphas may have strong bites, but seeing them bitting the air in a straight line is silly and makes them easier targets than regular wolvers.

sorry if i seem like im wasting your time, but i seriously do think adding a variety of attacks to each monster will greatly improve how players deal with them. if a player cannot anticipate what attack is coming at them, they will have to base their strategy at the first attack that is initiated.

imagine if monsters had a series of attacks that is based on situation then base on an ordered pattern. here is an example:

when a wolver notices a player, it will automatically go into attack mode to destroy the intruder. the wolver should be able to notice a player as soon as it enters its field of vision.

- situation: detected intruder.
response : use charge tackle from 5 blocks away.

- if the knights responses to the wolver by using a sword, to do a 3 hit combo damage that brings the wolver to half health.

situation: low health ( intruder still present)
response: retreat, and bark for back up.

if there isn't any back up for the wolver to call and is still on low health.

situation: low health, no back up. ( intruder still present)
response:ignore health bar and attack with bite until enemy has has been removed of.

another example:

stealth chroma:

notices intruder and moves to dispose of it. knight responds using a gun.

situation: enemy attacks with long range attack 4 blocks away.
response: warns other chroma to remain absolutely still in stealth mode until enemy has approach attack rang or has ceased long range attack.

If each monster or at least most monsters had an attack to counter the opposing force the knights provide, it would be a lot harder to deal with them. Even if they did not have an attack to counter each situation, they could have reactions base on the opposing force the knight provides. some monsters have some situation system, but they do not account for every situation the monster might be in.

how would this indication process work: here is what i thought on one example. when ever a knight switches a weapon, the monster immediately recognize what kind of weapon it is base how smart that monster is suppose to be.

for example: gremlins or devilties notice when a knight is using a long range weapon and start to take evasive actions.

another example is when a gremlin energy is low, it retreats to safe distance and uses a pill to regenerate its health.

so basically what the monsters need to make them more challenging (which some might already have) is to have a series of attacks that can counter long range and short range attacks that the knights might use and be able to decide when to change its tactic base on the situation its in.

well i think just giving each monster 2 more attacks and giving it a little more situation awareness is all they needs to become a great adversaries for the knight order.

when they were fixed the patch notes read that a bug with alpha wolvers had been fixed, perhaps it was an unrelated bug fix but after that they stopped homing
(actually it may have been a fix to stop alpha wolvers attacking while teleporting, which was basically instant death if they appeared beside you, but the homing stopped as well around the same time)

yes now they are ridiculously easy to dodge which is why tracking while telegraphing should be allowed (as it used to), but not homing whilst attacking, at least not on the same scale as before - perfect homing on an attack which would almost guaranteed break a shield, thats just asking to be nerfed, allowing some wiggle room, but never turning around completely, that makes things a little harder

im not quite sure you understand what i meant, tracking while telegraphing thats fine, it should be brought back in but at reduced turning rate so its not perfect, having an enemy change direction mid attack is silly, knights cant do it and besides, zombies are supposed to derp, they're zombies, and retrodes can always shoot instead of trying to clobber you to death

@addisond the same could be said for lumbers, since they have a very long telegraphing time it should be impossible to get hit, and yet they still exist, their attacks deal a ton of damage and nobody wants them to be changed - basically the same concept as the alpha wolvers - easy to dodge if you're expecting it and dont have lots of other enemies to dodge/get walled in by as well
perhaps giving alpha wolvers a secondary ,weaker, fast attack would solve the wolver problem better than turning them into perfect homing missiles of piercing death

Addisond said, "It seems you're suggesting that actual AI should be implemented. This wouldn't fix the fact that these attacks have almost 0 chance of hitting players, and also, it would take a TON of programming to make real AI."

There already are some logic implemented for the enemies:
- They choose target base on who dealt them the most damage or attacked them the most no. of times.
- They choose an action according to the location of their targets - for example, a pink jelly will spike if you are far away and in spike range, body smash if you are close enough to be in body smash range, otherwise, walk closer to you. Gremlins run away at low health. Menders choose to heal/resurrect other menders before other types of gremlins. Silkwings flock around wounded monsters.

so you're saying you NEVER got killed in arenas when there where 6+ alphawolvers attacking, homing and teleporting all around before they got nerfed to a straight line?
and when they did home as a gunner, if they did attack you the only option left is to shield but oh they move faster than you and will always hit you perfectly (this is playing with a fair amount of lag so imagine the alpha is actually attacking the moment u see the telegraph appear)
against one or even two yeah sure, they were dangerous but never impossible

still my last comment still stands, the same can be said for lumbers, they attack very slowly straight forwards and yet nobody thinks they should be changed, alpha wolvers attack fast, but for an extended period of time in a predictable pattern

also sorry for getting the bug fix mixed up, both happened around the same time - or at least from memory

yes but if we consider that alpha wolvers are the beast equivelant of lumbers - hard hitting - good chance of status, complete derps after the nerf, it really makes sense to either do both or do neither

that said i know that current alpha wolvers are a joke, but 100% homing is IMO a joke as well, except in specifically hard areas like shadow lairs
hence why a secondary fast attack would be great for all alphas

just remember that the game has to remain balanced for new players as well, not just the old guard who have mastered the tricks of each monster (it takes some of us a while longer)
new difficult content or harder enemies in the highest tiers, is better than having a monster which will kill all new players in all tiers, admittedly T1 alphas aren't anywhere near as aggressive or imposing as T3 ones but as a noob with 2* gear and fighting T2 alpha wolvers pre-nerf was a nightmare,
so im standing by my opinion that in general the nerf, for alphas if not the other monsters, was a good thing BUT that there should be nightmarishly difficult monsters in T3/shadow lairs for end game players (im personally opposed to having homing wolvers but rather having more enemies like the gremlin bombardiers who are a much bigger pain if not so much of a threat)