Ever since launch, when they are summoned they stand idle and are generally useless unless summoned already in melee range of a mob. Please fix!
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By [Anonymous] on 08/08/2006 (Patch 1.12.0)
"Chicken cannot be controlled - it will follow you around and attack anything within its agro range"
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It has been reported a bunch of times since Phase 1, unfortunately it doesn’t appear Blizzard has it flagged as a high priority. It’s not just GBC that has irregular AI. It’s pretty much all Guardians, including Totems.
Guardian AI should probably be looked at over all. Just not from the bug that is produced in this clip, but perhaps a better understanding of how they should work in Classic versus how they worked in Vanilla. Should their broken-intended behavior be something that is true to Vanilla’s nature or should it be fixed to emulate the corrected idea of a Guardian?
In the clip:
Combat is initiated and mob is attacking player.
Defender of the Timbermaw trinket is used and the guardian summoned.
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