question mark and exclamation mark appearing over monster's head

[Cujo]

Any reason, I am seeing a question mark and exclamation mark appearing over monster's head?

Did the monster suddenly reform and wants to give me a quest?

[Logansan]

Also love hearts? Very confusing.

[Trup]

These are the visual effects tied to the Combat System. You can find more details in the Compendium, but essentially you have a chance (and enemies have a chance) to gain a combat effect.

[Matty101]

The question mark and explanation mark are universal symbols for quest available/quest hand in.
The people i know as well as myself all got confused with this thinking we accidentally attacked friendly npc's.

[Narcissistic Cannibal]

It's always scary to see an ettin running towards my goblin with love-hearts above his head

[Myunihausen]

Publicado originalmente por Matty101:

The question mark and explanation mark are universal symbols for quest available/quest hand in.
The people i know as well as myself all got confused with this thinking we accidentally attacked friendly npc's.

They were symbols for Surprise and Confusion long before the advent of MMO's.

[Matty101]

Publicado originalmente por Myunihausen:

Publicado originalmente por Matty101:

The question mark and explanation mark are universal symbols for quest available/quest hand in.
The people i know as well as myself all got confused with this thinking we accidentally attacked friendly npc's.

They were symbols for Surprise and Confusion long before the advent of MMO's.

Not that long, pretty much only in comic books, before that they are literally for exclamation and questions but times change and things become contextual.
In context of games they are quests and hand-ins.

[_Fell]

Publicado originalmente por https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclamation_mark:

The exclamation mark can be used in video games to signify that a character is startled or alarmed. In the Metal Gear and Paper Mario series, an exclamation mark appears over enemies' heads when they notice the player.

In massively multiplayer online (MMO) games such as World of Warcraft, an exclamation mark hovering over a character's head is often used to indicate that they are offering a quest for the player to complete.

its both ya dinguses

[Tao]

My observation has been the exclamation appears and then the creature attempts to run away, question mark seems to make them pause attacking but continue to move, so not a full stun and the hearts seem to appear when a creature heals itself, as in extra HP and not attraction. All anecdotal.

[FatBottomGurley]

Question mark is when they are yelling for help..exclamation mark is running away for help...the hearts is them drinking pots