Skeleton traps are far beyond ridiculous

[Buttermink]

I was raiding a base earlier today (trophy hunting, not farming), and sent my heroes in for some cleanup. Queen went straight for the TH like she was supposed to, King gets a little sidetracked. King activates skeleton trap before dying, AQ leaves the Town Hall ONE HIT BEFORE DESTROYING IT to go kill the little guys, runs into some other defenses... and dies... and I lost.


So I agree they're a very frustrating thing, and I'd have preferred they never existed, but that's the way it is and we have to adapt as best we can. CC troops do the same thing too unfortunately, albeit more predictably since you see the CC beforehand. Troop AIs have never been... umm... ideal, and probably never will be.

So true Zach. One time, I was using Balloons, and I didn't lure CC. The balloons completely ignored the wizards, and 6 seconds later, I had no Balloons. This also happens with giants. I get that they target defenses, but when they are attacking them, why don't they try to defend themselves? AI will never be perfect.

[ULTRAELITE]

I guess this sort of problem goes hand in hand with the thread regarding the witch in the defending cc summoning skeletons, which aggro dragons. It almost goes back to how heroes used to be lurable once they were engaged before they changed it so that you can't lure them past their trigger radius. The lure would have to be restricted to the trap's trigger radius, which is 5 tiles. The skeletons would not be allowed to move past that point without being reset and traveling back to the trap tile.

lol ya, looks like the skeleton troop in general has got alot of problems and issues that need to be addressed

[Yoyobuae]

I personally like them & don't believe they should be tweaked with at all. It's not supposed to be easy, of course they're going to derail a raid every now & then. I don't think we should nerf everything that's hard or "op"

It's not about nerfing skeleton traps, it's about fixing broken aggro radius.

[bnb525]

Err... that's the same thing. My Queen was near the Th, and was pulled away because of such a large "aggro" radius. Had it been smaller, she would've stayed put.

Oh ok now I get it, and yes I agree that you have to adapt I mean this might or might not be changed and meanwhile I have to cope with it, but it's still annoying and if there's a way in which I can do something to improve the game (i. e. Discussing ideas here) I will do so

[Yoyobuae]

Another attack which was messed up due to this:
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...=1#post3753602

[Flareoneon]

all golems on 1 spot, didnt funnel with wizards, didnt lure, and you expect to win? ♥♥♥♥ learn to attack

Take the time to actually read this guy's post. He ISN'T the attacker, he is the DEFENDER!

[zachUVA]

Oh ok now I get it, and yes I agree that you have to adapt I mean this might or might not be changed and meanwhile I have to cope with it, but it's still annoying and if there's a way in which I can do something to improve the game (i. e. Discussing ideas here) I will do so

Yup, totally agree. Yoyobaue seems to have stated the issue perfectly, and I'd agree with his/her suggestion of adjusting these radiuses downwards. I'm sure there will be more suggestions coming too...

[NioTheDreamer]

How much does this actually happen?


Obviously this happens but I am curious because I have not experienced this. Perhaps its just layout but I haven't seen my troops travel across the map to get skeletons.

Is it because the troops are in triggering radius, but behind so many walls?

What causes this AI ... glitch?

[Yoyobuae]

What causes this AI ... glitch?

It's somewhat random even. When it happens not all units within the radius are aggroed. Might even be buggy behavior.

[Masher1]

Don't mean to be hater here at all. But I doubt this will make much of a ripple on the SC 'needs fixed' radar.

Hero AI is wonky and has been forever. Xbows have been waiting months for a "fix". And these pesky skellie traps have been scrapping raids since October. Doubt the aggro radius will be addresses anytime soon.

Totally agree that it needs some adjustment to the range in which all troops in a half base radius will say "Ah hell! Skellies on the horizon we better go get them!!!" then bail on an otherwise solid attack.

Frustrating in the extreme.