Hanger Pet Attack Order Borked?

rattler2

Ok... either we have to micromanage our hanger pets orders constantly, or the Attack order is broken.

Pervious behavior: Attack order active with no targets, follow mothership until enemy is targeted, then attack.
Current behavior: Lockdown, show shield arcs, gain experience. Will not follow mothership unless switched to Escort.

Note that behavior observed in a non combat map (DS9 space).

Asked a friend to test it and observed similar behavior with Kelvin Drones off a Vengeance. Initial test using new KDF Command Dread with Elite Orion Slavers. Behavior was spotty in large maps like Gon'cra unless you micromanage or launch in combat. Tried deploying full wing on arrival, behavior spotty and hanger pets did not want to follow while on Attack. Behavior in Gon'cra initiated tests in DS9 and Japori systems.

Followup test in Combat Map (Japori): Attack Order active, Lockdown on initial launch until enemy targeted, then behaves as normal. Hanger pets follow as they used to. After leaving combat, switching to Escort and back to Attack initiates lockdown behavior again.



Theory: Hanger Pet atonomy broken while in Attack mode until first engagement.

pwstolemyname

Latest patch notes:

Hangar Pets in the "Attack" state should more reliably know when to follow their owner, based on distance from relevant foes.
This should also improve their "Full Impulse" behavior by extension, making them more frequently able to follow their owner.

Working as intended then?

doctorstegi

rattler2 wrote: »

Ok... either we have to micromanage our hanger pets orders constantly, or the Attack order is broken.

Pervious behavior: Attack order active with no targets, follow mothership until enemy is targeted, then attack.
Current behavior: Lockdown, show shield arcs, gain experience. Will not follow mothership unless switched to Escort.

Note that behavior observed in a non combat map (DS9 space).

Asked a friend to test it and observed similar behavior with Kelvin Drones off a Vengeance. Initial test using new KDF Command Dread with Elite Orion Slavers. Behavior was spotty in large maps like Gon'cra unless you micromanage or launch in combat. Tried deploying full wing on arrival, behavior spotty and hanger pets did not want to follow while on Attack. Behavior in Gon'cra initiated tests in DS9 and Japori systems.

Followup test in Combat Map (Japori): Attack Order active, Lockdown on initial launch until enemy targeted, then behaves as normal. Hanger pets follow as they used to. After leaving combat, switching to Escort and back to Attack initiates lockdown behavior again.



Theory: Hanger Pet atonomy broken while in Attack mode until first engagement.

Not sure where and how you what tested but Elite Orion Slavers are working just fine. Can't tell you to much about other pets other then that the Sphere Builder Pets are still as useless as before the patch. No issues with Tholian Frigates or Scorpion Fighters.

rattler2

I detailed where and how I tested it in the OP. Normal behavior from before the patch even with Attack mode active, hanger pets should form up on the mothership and follow. They are currently not doing that on initial launch without a target selected while Attack mode is active. They just stack on each other and sit there.

tazurensavulen

Also, I have discovered that with this new patch and flying the Fleet Cardenas Command Dreadnought Cruiser w/Elite Type C Shuttlecraft that if you have them dock, they straight up despawn after going about 17-20 km away from where you launched them, even though they are docked in the shuttlebay.