Is there an issue with "Attack My Target" for Aquatic Tames - Cnidaria (Jellyfish) are ruining this game

[Dug]

I just lost my level 200+ Mosasaurus thanks to three low level Cnidaria... it took me an hour to tranq and tame him and in a few seconds for these jellyfish to shock me off and kill it. Is there an issue with Attack My Target not working for aquatic dinos? The Mosasuarus didn't try to fight back. I've also had issues with my sharks not attacking things that fall into their pen. I've tried leaving them on agressive and still they do nothing but sit there.

[Pepper Pimienta]

İlk olarak Dug tarafından gönderildi:

I just lost my level 200+ Mosasaurus thanks to three low level Cnidaria... it took me an hour to tranq and tame him and in a few seconds for these jellyfish to shock me off and kill it. Is there an issue with Attack My Target not working for aquatic dinos? The Mosasuarus didn't try to fight back. I've also had issues with my sharks not attacking things that fall into their pen. I've tried leaving them on agressive and still they do nothing but sit there.

the jellyfish will shock the dinos which paralyzes them making them unable to fight back so thats a possibility with why you lost your mosa" But you said you had issues with Megaladons not doing it either. so that could of not been the reason so not sure whats going on for you.

[Dradiin]

I know there is an issue (long standing) where the Baryonyx will not attack land beasites unless you are hit first. Mosasaurs have always been a bit odd, i tend to stay away from them. Best bet is to have Basilosaurs as escorts so you don't lose that expensive Mosa tame.

Make sure you go post this on the survivetheark.com forums, the devs tend to ignore Steam forums.

[-=SpAwN=-]

always take reg arrows to kill the jellys unless you have a basilo , so long as the sharks are not getting attacked , take care of the intruder by mounting one of the sharks .

[Xenulus]

I haven't seen this issue since jellies and eels were introduced, which were legit stun locks. As in their attack intervals were shorter than the stun intervals.

Jellies don't really stun lock creatures anymore, and you can escape once the first shock wears off. I wouldn't send anything but a basil to attack jellyfish due to the stun ability, which you obviously just experienced. If this happens again, whistle passive and follow and start swimming as far away as you can. I had a mid level baryonyx (much less health than a 200+ mosa) a couple months ago get snagged by a group of 4 or 5 jellyfish, but I did what I just suggested, whistle passive then follow, and he broke free from them after 2 rounds of shocks. Took him to half health but we survived.

A thought about Attack my Target.... do creatures fight back when set to that? Or do they only strictly attack YOUR target? I ask because if you didn't hit or shoot the jellyfish then its not going to attack them, because they aren't your target. I actually don't know if Attack my Target is Neutral but just with the targeting aspect.

[Dradiin]

Attack your target tends to send your tames to attacking anything you or other tames that are hit.

Attack this target (red arrow targeted whistle) will bug out with Baryonyx while on land, they will just stay in place until you are hit by enemy. Underwater they do fine.

[Xenulus]

But will tames set to Attack my Target attack BACK if they are hit first?

[Pepper Pimienta]

İlk olarak Xenulus tarafından gönderildi:

But will tames set to Attack my Target attack BACK if they are hit first?

i do not think they will attack back if hit first

[Xenulus]

I'll have to add that to my list of things to test.

[ZorTheCruel]

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But will tames set to Attack my Target attack BACK if they are hit first?

Tames that are set to "Attack My Target" will defend themselves if attacked first and not already attacking something. Basically it is the exact same as "Neutral" except they will also attack targets that you do damage to, but that haven't hurt you or your nearby dinos yet.

I have noticed weird behavior too though with water dinos where they don't always do what they are supposed to do. Also with weird attack AI (anglerfish and basilo)

We *really* need the devs to do a TLC pass on water dinos in general. I could give a laundry list of things that need fixing on the sea dinos. I love the underwater play regardless though.(Depending on the map)

[hallofnero]

They will attack back if hit when set to Attack YOUR Target. They will defend if you or one of your other tames gets hit, as long as they are in range to see it. And they will of course go after anything you or your mount hits. I have my Raptor Pack set to this, and they shred everything that even pokes at us, even when I hadn't seen the threat. Something roars. Music starts, and by the time I've turned around to see what it was, its body is already gone. So they will defend themselves when set to Attack YOUR Target.

However, when set to Attack YOUR Target, then you whistle them to stop following, it usually changes to just Attacking Target. In this state, they might not chase after things you hit if you haven't been hit by whatever you are fighting. But they do defend themselves when attacked. Getting them to follow again, or a refresh of the Attack YOUR Target whistle will switch them back.

At least, this is what I've observed in my Singleplayer game. Never hurts to test it to be sure, though.

[Diemex]

Regardless of attack setting a mosa stands a high chance of dying to jellyfish. If the jelly(s) get in the right spot it will perma stun and slowly kill your mosa. I lost one with over 30K hp... to one jelly that was under it and the mosa for the very brief seconds it was unstunned could not get in position fast enough.

You can bring a crossbow with arrows to try and pull the jelly off or kill it. But quite honestly there is no better water mount than a Basilosaurus.

A good basilo starts at close to 20K hp already, they stop in the water for like 1 second and all stamina immediately is replenished. While riding a basi you get an insulation buff and will never be cold/hot. The basi (and you while mounting) are immune to all damage and stun effects from jellyfish. Also immune to stuns from eels (but will take a little damage). Also immune to squid grapple. The cave of lost hope/faith underwater are easily cleared from the back of a basilo. If you bring a second one opposite sex and the one mounted is imprinted you are king of the sea and can tear through alpha mosa and squids like they are butter.

Things to keep in mind is that the basilo (which has a decent regen rate) will NOT regen HP when it is below the 'damage layer', also they do not attack very well (if at all) when not mounted.

If you spend a good deal of time underwater then you really should invest in a basilo, it is by far the best mount you can have down there.

[Dug]

İlk olarak Diemex.PP tarafından gönderildi:

Regardless of attack setting a mosa stands a high chance of dying to jellyfish. If the jelly(s) get in the right spot it will perma stun and slowly kill your mosa. I lost one with over 30K hp... to one jelly that was under it and the mosa for the very brief seconds it was unstunned could not get in position fast enough.

You can bring a crossbow with arrows to try and pull the jelly off or kill it. But quite honestly there is no better water mount than a Basilosaurus.

A good basilo starts at close to 20K hp already, they stop in the water for like 1 second and all stamina immediately is replenished. While riding a basi you get an insulation buff and will never be cold/hot. The basi (and you while mounting) are immune to all damage and stun effects from jellyfish. Also immune to stuns from eels (but will take a little damage). Also immune to squid grapple. The cave of lost hope/faith underwater are easily cleared from the back of a basilo. If you bring a second one opposite sex and the one mounted is imprinted you are king of the sea and can tear through alpha mosa and squids like they are butter.

Things to keep in mind is that the basilo (which has a decent regen rate) will NOT regen HP when it is below the 'damage layer', also they do not attack very well (if at all) when not mounted.

If you spend a good deal of time underwater then you really should invest in a basilo, it is by far the best mount you can have down there.

Thanks!

[Rommell8]

its Ally watching that need t o be set w distance.. that in combination with attack target or neutral...and Dino's should defend any thing in the distance you set

[Fanible]

If I'm going underwater, rule of thumb is always have a crossbow/arrows and a pike. Most of the time my animals can break free from jellyfish as their attacks are spaced out (setting the animal to follow me so they do so as soon as they're capable), but if they are getting zapped by multiple all at different attack spacings, they might get stuck. I just shoot/stab them. Have never lost a sea creature as a result.

[Dradiin]

İlk olarak Rommell8 tarafından gönderildi:

its Ally watching that need t o be set w distance.. that in combination with attack target or neutral...and Dino's should defend any thing in the distance you set

Huh ?