Seluc From The Canyon Guides

Hi... so... earlier I was doing the quest The Canyon Guides. So... basically you are supposed to escort a lost villager from a cave. (The cave is to the right of the hive entrance across the little bridge) I spent almost an hour escorting him because:
1. He would stop following very easily, or gets stuck behind a block
2. He is very very slow
3. ANNOYING KEY GUARDIANS

So.. Please at least change a little bit of the code for seluc and make him move faster and have him easier to lead by not stopping mid-way through. Thanks!

Tips for players-
The final rockslide is hard to over come since seluc is extremely slow so... You can activate the slide and then back off. Then you are safe to go. :D

 

tbh this part is rly annoying should probs be reworked :/

 

"That part" is the entire quest.

 

oh tru i guess :thinking:
not a gud quest then xd
honestly tho its rly long and tedious and the guy gets trapped on a bunch of stuff and u have to walk rly slow so u dont leave him behind ive only done it once but i mean rly should rework :/

 

I've had no trouble ever doing it. At any point. Just have a bit of patience, why don'tcha. He moves at about the same rate players do, excepting walk speed.

 

i did that quest and tbh it was pretty annoying. it wasn't really that he walked to slow or things like that, but it was rather bc there are tons of mobs in the area he trys to attack. the main problem here is that after he attacks a mob, you have to get his attention again and go really close to him, and since he does that a lot, it gets really annoying.

 

I’m gonna have to agree with Selvut, only took me like 10 minutes

 

ye except he's a retarded player tho lol

 

If you are struggling, get a couple players or a consistent group of questers to help out. He tends to want to attack mobs so if you have more players killing mobs, he will have no choice but to follow you. I did the quest solo and had no issue but it wouldn't hurt to try more people.

 

I jus used warscream to push him xd

 

I personally hate this quest and find it annoying although not difficult.

 

I've had no trouble with it, and I only did it when you could damage blue mobs

 

Same, I think the AI works fine, just don't rush it.

 

Escort quests are pretty bad, tbh. Take a killable npc from point a to point b through a gauntlet of mobs.
I think the quest could be changed but I can't really think of a way that changes it while still keeping it an escort quest (as that's the whole point).

The optimal way to do the quest is literally "avoid the enemies and don't follow the path." But it's not obvious, and the way (imo) that is easiest is counter-intuitive - sorta.

As soon as Seluc (that's his name, right?) gets out of the cave, head to your left and into the water. You can pass basically 90 % of the mobs just by staying in the water.
how exciting
and engaging
/s

I'm pretty sure that's not how you're supposed to do the quest and now that you can't kill blue mobs, this quest is even easier.
In fact, it doesn't even feel like going through the water is the right choice. And if it is, the game doesn't reward you for your choice. The water is (or seems to be) the best course of action, skipping most of the mobs and thus most of the danger (and frustration). But the game doesn't reward you for the choice. It's not like Forbidden Prison, where going from the small patches of darkness feels like the right way to do the quest. The game rewards you for this (even though it's hella obvious). But not the water - the thought while you go through it is "is this how I'm supposed to be doing this quest?" And then, "well fuck it, it's easier."

 

Don't kid yourself. Everybody knows that's not true.

 

Blue mobs can’t be hurt by players

 

lol i know right

 

Is it possible to make seluc not lose you so easily? Like make him track at a farther range because mobs can see me but he cant. Or he gets stuck behind a block. Can he be re-coded to go around obsticles and have a farther following range because he gets lost really easily

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Yeah basiclly i skipped the bridges and mobs with the river and then went. The only frustrating mob was the trolls and key guardian

 

Seluc needs a complete rework lol. I lose him so easily and it took me a full 20 minutes to finally get him to the place; fuck it, most lvl 90 quests don't last THAT long

 

It isn't, as he's just a mob with the "Protect" AI, which makes him follow you. If we gave him a higher range he'd go off and attack every mob on the path.