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<blockquote data-quote="FrozenChrono" data-source="post: 4866038" data-attributes="member: 70738">If a marked monster was compelled to attack a defender all the time the defender would have no reason to have all those cool abilities that trigger when their marked target ignores them. 1. Yes, it means they have a harder time hitting other targets. A moderately intelligent enemy might realize that it's likely that someone who can mark them will have additional abilities to punish them if they do ignore the mark.2. No. Any enemy with a burst five who can target 4 pc's vs. just the defender will probably be targeting the 4 pc's. A low int enemy with no specific tactics will target the marking guy. An group of wolfs with low int but pack tactics to take out one enemy and retreat with it for food will attack their first target until &quot;punished&quot; enough.3. Yep. This is tough to do but a high int enemy will use the best tactics they can based on what they know of their enemies abilities and what they can discern from what they know.4. Orc's probably wouldn't, they like a fight and are at best as intelligent as average humans. Most enemies would be ill advised to ignore the person marking them. That doesn't mean they're not going to use abilities on other people occasionally, just that the abilities had better be worth it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrozenChrono, post: 4866038, member: 70738"] If a marked monster was compelled to attack a defender all the time the defender would have no reason to have all those cool abilities that trigger when their marked target ignores them. 1. Yes, it means they have a harder time hitting other targets. A moderately intelligent enemy might realize that it's likely that someone who can mark them will have additional abilities to punish them if they do ignore the mark. 2. No. Any enemy with a burst five who can target 4 pc's vs. just the defender will probably be targeting the 4 pc's. A low int enemy with no specific tactics will target the marking guy. An group of wolfs with low int but pack tactics to take out one enemy and retreat with it for food will attack their first target until "punished" enough. 3. Yep. This is tough to do but a high int enemy will use the best tactics they can based on what they know of their enemies abilities and what they can discern from what they know. 4. Orc's probably wouldn't, they like a fight and are at best as intelligent as average humans. Most enemies would be ill advised to ignore the person marking them. That doesn't mean they're not going to use abilities on other people occasionally, just that the abilities had better be worth it. [/QUOTE]

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