Question - KA assisting question

[mcarpe]

I typically run KA in the following manner 6man crew:

war - /mac kissassist tank assisting my bard
clr - /mac autocleric
wiz/wiz mqaf2nuke plugin
ench - /mac kissassist

I play the bard manually and pulls stuff etc.

problem: With KA9 if I set my tank as the MA, the tank doesn't attack anything when I pull a mob to camp. If I set the bard as MA, the tank works and picks up mobs. The issue I have with that is if I pull while the group is finishing a mob, the tank targets the mob I am pulling etc..
What I haven't tried is running the tank in solo mode but I don't usually run it that way because I lose the //swtich target capability.

am I approaching this wrong or is this by design? definately different then previous releases to me.

 

[Sum1]

I don't use KA9, yet, so this may not apply to you, but have you confirmed the camp radius isn't overly small on the tank? Also, that you're pulling the mob all the way into your tank's radius?

 

[mcarpe]

I don't use KA9, yet, so this may not apply to you, but have you confirmed the camp radius isn't overly small on the tank? Also, that you're pulling the mob all the way into your tank's radius?

thanks for the reply, camp radius is 40, campradiusexceeded=55. So it's pretty small. Te tank will target the bards mob if I run far outside of that radius to pull a mob.

 

[ctaylor22]

There was a change added to KA 9.0. The change makes group members double check the MA's targets and if the MA's Target changes, then switch to the MA's target.

 

[SenorBlanco]

When you say assisting your bard, do you just have him targeted or do you have something other than "mac kissassist tank" in that line?

 

[mcarpe]

When you say assisting your bard, do you just have him targeted or do you have something other than "mac kissassist tank" in that line?

I target the bard and enter /mac kissassist tank

 

[SenorBlanco]

I target the bard and enter /mac kissassist tank

Have you tried with the tank targeting himself?

 

[mcarpe]

There was a change added to KA 9.0. The change makes group members double check the MA's targets and if the MA's Target changes, then switch to the MA's target.

well I guess that's a good thing maybe if you're controlling the tank and the MA. Not so great if you're trying to pull and have to mark the puller as the MA because marking the tank as the MA he won't pick up mobs.

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Have you tried with the tank targeting himself?

no don't think I have, when I get off work tonight I'll try it out. Curious though if that will still allow the bard to send //switch commands that the tank will honor if I run it that way.

 

[SenorBlanco]

Not sure on the second question, but with /mac kissassist tank while targeting warrior I am able to pull on any other class and he picks them up as soon as they are in camp.

 

[hoosierbilly]

Try marking the tank as MA. I run my group with monk pulling and warrior (tank) as MA. The warrior attacks anything that gets within melee range, whether the monk pulled it or not. This picks up mobs that wander into camp if the puller is off pulling. Also, try using the ini to set the role, then just have everyone target the tank and start kissassist. I use a social key to start the macro.

/target (MA name/tank name)
/pause 5
/posse on
/mlog on
/mac kissassist

 

[Wink-]

Try marking the tank as MA. I run my group with monk pulling and warrior (tank) as MA. The warrior attacks anything that gets within melee range, whether the monk pulled it or not. This picks up mobs that wander into camp if the puller is off pulling. Also, try using the ini to set the role, then just have everyone target the tank and start kissassist. I use a social key to start the macro.

I pull with my monk and have my tank as a tank, but I also run my monk as pullertank. Eliminates any weird radius issues and gets the monk in the fray faster!

 

[Maskoi]

You're doing it wrong

 

[mcarpe]

You're doing it wrong

thx!

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Not sure on the second question, but with /mac kissassist tank while targeting warrior I am able to pull on any other class and he picks them up as soon as they are in camp.

yep thanks. It's working for me now. It's just diff than what I was doing with previous versions. tank targeting himself and starting mac works.

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breaks //swtich though for me :P ..not a big deal.

 

[Incognito]

You're doing it wrong

I love that, might have to add it to my signature..

 

[mcarpe]

I love that, might have to add it to my signature..

except it's not accurate :P but that's ok. I forgive him!

 

[Maskoi]

OMG that's it. Its Meme Time.