Why does this happen: Air Troops getting AGGRO by Ground Only Troops?

I dont get this. Why do some GROUND ONLY attacking troops AGGRO Air troops and others dont

and example

a Balloon in a CC will not AGGRO my Drags, My drags will never attack it. The balloons only attack ground troops, so since they dont attack the Drags the drags are never aggro to attack the balloons

If this mechanic is in place then why do my Drags AGGRO a witches skeletons?

i understand that the witch is an air and ground attacking troop, but the skeletons it spawns NEVER ATTACK air and as such should NOT AGGRO air troops

Why is this not a uniform mechanic?

IS this Broken?

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Originally Posted by ULTRAELITE

I dont get this. Why do some GROUND ONLY attacking troops AGGRO Air troops and others dont

and example

a Balloon in a CC will not AGGRO my Drags, My drags will never attack it. The balloons only attack ground troops, so since they dont attack the Drags the drags are never aggro to attack the balloons

If this mechanic is in place then why do my Drags AGGRO a witches skeletons?

i understand that the witch is an air and ground attacking troop, but the skeletons it spawns NEVER ATTACK air and as such should NOT AGGRO air troops

Why is this not a uniform mechanic?

IS this Broken?

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In case anyone else didn't know what AGGRO meant....

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=aggro

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Originally Posted by SuperSS27

In case anyone else didn't know what AGGRO meant....

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=aggro

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Thanks for making it clear :p

Are you sure that dragon will not attack a balloon?

I know that ground attacking only troops (balloon, valk, barb, etc) won't leave the cc until a ground unit is in range but once they are out of the cc a dragon will go towards all of them (once within the aggro distance) if I'm not mistaken.

Hopefully they are working on this because we have so little control over our troops and this robs what little control we had away from us. This is one of my chief complaints. Hours to train a very very expensive army that are programmed to bunch up in one little area for execution. It is too much waiting only to fail and the game has to be in serious decline because of it for anyone not running third party software

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Originally Posted by webbie

Are you sure that dragon will not attack a balloon?

I know that ground attacking only troops (balloon, valk, barb, etc) won't leave the cc until a ground unit is in range but once they are out of the cc a dragon will go towards all of them (once within the aggro distance) if I'm not mistaken.

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If this would be true why can I lure a entire CC with loons regardless of what is in there?

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Originally Posted by felixnumberone

If this would be true why can I lure a entire CC with loons regardless of what is in there?

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You can't.

Most people put in troops that attack both ground and air. Or if they are running loonion or laloon or whatever the clan castle can be destroyed without ever having ground troops within the radius in which case troops still inside just die.

If you lure with a loon and launch a hog attack (for example) the valks/loons/barbs will come out once the hogs are within the radius.

The key to keeping your dragons on path is to not introduce any ground troops until after the cc has been drawn out and killed by your dragon force. We use this on defense and laugh all the time at enemy clan fails to skeleton traps and witch skellies. The key is your dragons will not lure them out, even if a witch comes out, she will not produce skeletons with only dragons in the air or balloons. Which means if you want your dragons to path correctly let them trigger the cc and kill it. Drop your hero(s) later in the battle after the important defenses have been eliminated. Works for us anyways, and keeps less skilled attackers from 3 staring our bases as well using the ground troops to our advantage. The system is not broken and does not require being fixed. Use it to your advantage.

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Originally Posted by felixnumberone

If this would be true why can I lure a entire CC with loons regardless of what is in there?

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You can't - I've seen barbs and valks get stuck in the cc and only appear after a hero or other ground troops are in range. Either you didn't see the entire cc come out, the cc was full of air attacking troops, or your air troops destroyed the cc before any ground troops were in range of the cc.

Now I feel dumb I.....good to know though but very late hence I am playn nearly a year now :(