Followers just standing there.

[ZY-CL4P-TP]

Full authority, war party. animal followers good for extra inventory, not so much for combat.

Full authority, war party. Human followers, at least they attack sometimes.

[Siozen]

Yeah I had a thrall last night just stand there with her shield up and not attack a sandbeast while it killed me after killing the first one we fought. I run over to some crocs, and the thrall can attack again.

[ZY-CL4P-TP]

+1

[Pablo Croft]

Hostile NPCs do the same thing. The AI isn't in a good place, ATM. They also have issues facing their targets -be it you as the target of a hostile NPC, or your companion's target.

[zeleni3]

Try pulling a mob near your thrall so it gets hit (I usually just run them over with a rhino). That usually gets them unstuck for me.

[Arturia]

Probably can't give thralls a shield. Every time I have given a thrall a shield, they wind up bugging out and no longer fighting. I've noticed the bug happens when they appear to be in combat all the time, and you can't even swap their weapon.

[Noxsa]

what are you talking about i have panthers around my base, they attack every single enemy that comes to close, you sure its not the mods you have that makes em tame and useless?
i know the AI in this game is bad, but not that bad.

[Aurelia]

The only time i've had this issue is the sheild problem. A thrall holding a shield sometimes get's "stuck" holding up that shield, and they will no longer fight. You can't even remove the shield or weapon to try to fix it.. Still unsure what triggers it....

As for pets or thralls not fighting otherwise, i've yet to see this occur, and I collect so many thralls/pets that my play companion has to constantly remind me that we have too many everywhere. They all still fight.

[Hammer Of Evil]

the mod i used to use to correct this also isn't working.

generally only one follower does any attacking, the rest just stand there.

Originally posted by Noxsa:

what are you talking about i have panthers around my base, they attack every single enemy that comes to close, you sure its not the mods you have that makes em tame and useless?
i know the AI in this game is bad, but not that bad.

if i understand him correctly hes not talking about npcs set to [guarding] hes talking about ones that you set to [following]. usually only the first one you pick will attack, the others just sit there snarling or yelling obscenities and not attacking lol.

[Venatacia]

We don't use mods and our followers bug out all the time. Some get stuck in rivers. Some just stand there in a fighting stance. Some just disappear, one turned back up the next day. We only started a few weeks ago and the amount of bugs this game has is a lot. Yesterday my follower would not fight even after checking all the settings multiple times. These followers are really frustrating.

[Michael]

The Thrall AI is pretty damn buggy. Thralls with shields are the buggiest of all, to the point I would recommend never giving them one.

[thurgond]

Thrall AI is the first thing to go when servers get busy and the first part of thrall AI to go is the attack command. I haven't had problems with thralls joining a fight after I've drawn agro.

[Noxsa]

Originally posted by Hammer Of Evil:

the mod i used to use to correct this also isn't working.

generally only one follower does any attacking, the rest just stand there.

Originally posted by Noxsa:

what are you talking about i have panthers around my base, they attack every single enemy that comes to close, you sure its not the mods you have that makes em tame and useless?
i know the AI in this game is bad, but not that bad.

if i understand him correctly hes not talking about npcs set to [guarding] hes talking about ones that you set to [following]. usually only the first one you pick will attack, the others just sit there snarling or yelling obscenities and not attacking lol.

oh i don't have problems with that either, i run around with 3 panthers and they all attack. i tell you his problem 99% sure some mod that makes em go limp.

[ZY-CL4P-TP]

Originally posted by Arturia:

Probably can't give thralls a shield. Every time I have given a thrall a shield, they wind up bugging out and no longer fighting. I've noticed the bug happens when they appear to be in combat all the time, and you can't even swap their weapon.

I've had that issue as well, giving them a mace fixs that for some reason at least for me it does

[AnonaM0US3]

Most time i play online, i have similar issues. The thralls/pets/mounts i take out n about with me will disappear, teleport, get stuck in terrain and not move even when im far beyond their tether distance. Then, half the time they wont attack or defend themselves, and often when they do even with weapons/shields equipped they try to unarmed melee the enemy.
Thats just for MY owned thralls.
Enemy ai often - chases much further than they should, teleport hops around during combat, doesnt get stunned/staggered/knocked down ect. And mid combo with any weapon just stutters/appears behind me or to either side out of range of the combo.

I sincerely hope Conan Ai is fixed, and soon. I came back because of sorcery so I cant speak to what the ai was like prior to 3.0 (gone for a year or so) but if the ai was fixed i honestly believe this would be a Top Tier Game again.

[Raithe]

This is definitely an issue with no mods and vanilla settings.