The_Red_Hawk
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OK, I was testing Deep Hold XVII, and I found something strange. If I am holding off a large group of goblins, the few at the back will stay and move about near a scroll on the other side of the room and won't move from there until I come within 10 squares or so.

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Slashing, whirling, diving, twirling,
Snapping, turning, rising, swirling,
Screeching, flipping, gliding, sliding,
The red hawk's dance of death.

.....the king of the skies.....

DiMono
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silly question: did you test this again without a scroll there, to make sure that's what's causing it?

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The_Red_Hawk
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Yep.

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Slashing, whirling, diving, twirling,
Snapping, turning, rising, swirling,
Screeching, flipping, gliding, sliding,
The red hawk's dance of death.

.....the king of the skies.....

mrimer
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I don't understand the part about the scroll -- are you saying that the scroll is inciting the strange behavior, and without the scroll the goblins act normally?

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The_Red_Hawk
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Yes.

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Slashing, whirling, diving, twirling,
Snapping, turning, rising, swirling,
Screeching, flipping, gliding, sliding,
The red hawk's dance of death.

.....the king of the skies.....

Skylancer64
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Registered: 10-25-2003
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I've noticed occasionally that goblins will not come for you even when there is a clear path and a brain. Has anyone tried the "Moria" hold on the "Balin's tomb" level? That's where I first saw this.

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The_Red_Hawk
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I remember that. In Deep Hold, that happens too but only around scrolls and two or three at a time.

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Slashing, whirling, diving, twirling,
Snapping, turning, rising, swirling,
Screeching, flipping, gliding, sliding,
The red hawk's dance of death.

.....the king of the skies.....