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Ghost is an idiot (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/pixeldungeon@lemmy.world
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Is there a way to train my ghost not to be an idiot? Every time i play with rose i ask ghostie to do something - stay in this spot, or follow me, then an enemy appears and ghostie like an excited puppy charges straight towards the enemy and totally forgets my instructions. Often this involves temporary death for ghostie and inconvenience for rat punchers. Is there a solution?

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[–] 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Generally when you tell the ghost to stay in a position it wants to guard that position, and so will try to engage enemies nearby once it reaches that position. If it hasn't reached its destination yet though, it will prioritize moving.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)

    Hmm. Not my recent experience. I asked it to guard a space over a chasm so it wouldn't get hit, it reached that, but a gnoll brute came through the door, ghostie ran toward it and got smashed. A frequent problem and probably going to avoid pet ghosts in future.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Right so after the ghost reaches that location it will be willing to move a few tiles away in order to engage enemies that it sees (and will return to the set position when the enemy is gone). There isn't a permanent 'ignore enemies' option. If you gave it a reach weapon it would correctly keep a distance while attacking.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

    It did have a spear... So my ghost was especially stupid. Maybe the gnoll was initially out of reach? Can't remember. But by the turn after the gnoll was next to the ghost and killed it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Hm, the only thing I can think of then is that the positioning worked out such that the ghost had to approach on one turn, putting it next to a ground tile, and then the brute could approach and become adjacent.

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    • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    I initially thought this was about quest ghost pathing like a malicious asshole, which has killed me in the past, hahaha

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