Battlemage AI
Posted: Monday, 4th July 2016, 17:57My ancestor keeps walking directly between me and a monster. Like, if I want to stand outside a chokepoint...
...and fire spells inside, my ancestor is as likely as not to walk SW and block my line of fire. For more disposable, summoned allies, this sort of behavior is OK, but as a conjurer what I really want from a battlemage ancestor is an ally who will stand next to me and fire off spells. I would probably want the same from hexer. As a god entirely focused on a single ally, perhaps Hepl could uniquely provide more detailed ally commands than are usually available in Crawl...
...and fire spells inside, my ancestor is as likely as not to walk SW and block my line of fire. For more disposable, summoned allies, this sort of behavior is OK, but as a conjurer what I really want from a battlemage ancestor is an ally who will stand next to me and fire off spells. I would probably want the same from hexer. As a god entirely focused on a single ally, perhaps Hepl could uniquely provide more detailed ally commands than are usually available in Crawl...