Why do characters STILL turn around and run backward

[Cinders]

Dear DOTA 2, please fix this. This has been a bug since I started playing this game. Characters told to run to a certain way will, at random, it seems, turn around and run the other way. I would guess it's some pathing bug. Please, please fix tis.

[The_Technomancer]

There could be multiple reasons like:
-missclicking the minimap
-the current path they were taking is blocked
-all paths to the point are blocked
-missclicking toward the enemy
-you use force attack making them turn to attack something within range

[The Spu]

Originally posted by The_Technomancer:

There could be multiple reasons like:
-missclicking the minimap
-the current path they were taking is blocked
-all paths to the point are blocked
-missclicking toward the enemy
-you use force attack making them turn to attack something within range

Those are the most likely methinks. I've also rarely had my hero get stuck on a tree, despite there being a clear path.

[Cinders]

Originally posted by The_Technomancer:

There could be multiple reasons like:
-missclicking the minimap
-the current path they were taking is blocked
-all paths to the point are blocked
-missclicking toward the enemy
-you use force attack making them turn to attack something within range

I hear you, but I notice it when telling my character to go in a direction not near the mini-map (say up-left and down-right), I can see a path, and my mouse never goes anywhere but one spot.

My best guess is that somewhere a creep passes in front of my pathing and my character reverses. But just not on my screen.

[The Spu]

Sometimes it's probably taking what's technically the "quickest" path to where you clicked, even if it's not the way you want to go.