Behemoth?

[JonBrave]

Originally Posted by Kobal2

Any single target damage spell will target the Behemoths first (because of high HP and size) so early on Thunder Strike, Flame Bolts can do the trick.

Could you/someone please explain this to a newb? I thought targets (for most anything) were just chosen at random? It makes a difference if you know these spells are likely to target something useful...

[Kobal2]

Originally Posted by JonBrave

Could you/someone please explain this to a newb? I thought targets (for most anything) were just chosen at random? It makes a difference if you know these spells are likely to target something useful...

I'm a noob myself so I'm not as knowledgeable about the arcanes of the domAI as some of the gurus out there, but I believe whatever spell you cast, the AI tries to maximize the number of total HP it will affect. At least for damaging and debuffing spells - I'm still puzzled by the AI buffing priorities.

But anyway, what this means is that single target spells will prioritize big hulking monsters (because they have a lot more HP than Joe Spearman next to them) while AoE spells tend to target large masses of chaff (because each square holds 3 guys, 10HP each, hence hitting just 3 squares of Joe Spearman (90 HP total) does more damage than killing, say, the lone and almost killed Prince of Death with brand and shield who's completely ruining your stuff.

I'm not bitter.