I’m so glad 20 years latter this awesome pathfinding was left untouched and even broken where at times they will just stop dead and not even try to follow you.
Thanks Purists!!
Ahem sorry had to vent, after the moron getting stuck for the 10,000th time…
At least minions magically teleport after a long distance. Mine seem to anyway.
I’m probably just remembering it wrong, but it seems worse now…? 
Nah, minions are as dumb now as they were in OG D2. Sadly, when I run into a tough named mob, my merc is to first to fall over. He just stands there and takes lightning to the face.
Yeah, that seems to happen a lot… 
It does seem worse now, sometimes the Mercenary will just stop dead! They wont even teleport to you if you get a long ways away, only doing a town portal will fix it.
Do they also not block your path, I seem to remember getting stuck in cramped places like The Maggot Lair more?
I noticed that lol we all are spoiled with modern AI. These D2 NPC love to hang out in corners and stare at walls. A little updating to their pathfinding AI isn’t a bad suggestion. I really don’t expect much from this company anymore though sadly. RIP Blizzard North
I also love when I’m getting murdered and to look over and see them standing 2 feet away doing nothing, stuck on a tree trunk or something stupid.
I may be misremembering but he seems worse to me too. I really don’t remember him just wandering aimlessly and ignoring monsters like he does now, and I would have sworn he could run and didn’t have to just walk at all times. But then again I see him jab at air nowhere near any monsters and get a kill and then teleport to where the monster died, so I guess I should assume I’m never actually seeing him in his true location.
Why is Valkyre only smart NPC, the rest of them are dumb bread. They teleported sometimes, sometimes teleported in a wrong place. I noticed too, they went suddenly dead shortly after I paid for reviving. The merc one who can keep the crowd whole time, just got rekt by one normal mob mysteriously.
Merc - HP display is inaccurate btw.
mercenaries worked better in lod~ we need a patch especially for summoners