Dude, wheres my Zombies?!?!?

I have noticed this problem as well and made a thread in the bug forum about it. Hope it will get fixed soon as I constantly keep summoning my zombies.

UPDATE: [0.9.9c]

Still happens. With my lv 60 Witch, 9 zombies, The Ledge....Literally, I can watch them just run off the screen.

One here...CAKE!! Then another...DOUGHNUTS!!! Thank god no one called JELLO!!! or the skels would have joined in.



With my lv 12 Witch, 2 zombies, The Ledge....I heard them say "Hang back, let him go in first and see how he is doing."

I thought for sure when they saw me getting my butt kicked they would join in, but NO!!!!.

I went running back and found them rolling on the ground laughing. Whats up with this?!?!?!

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Pathing issue got worse 2 patches back, no better with 0.9.9c

Well, glad I looked before posting a fresh thread on this.

Just to echo all the issues noted above since the new patch.

Prior to this latest patch cycle zombies/minions were
just annoying with the bad habit of running off screen WAY too much.

Now they disappear on me. I've seen them insta return
on occasion as if it is a draw problem. Other times
they wander off to area prior cleared and seem to die or just go poof.

Other times they just stand there and do nothing. Not stuck on texture, they just stand there. Run away from them, they do not follow.

Minions are a must for the witch as I play em and without reliable minions one is screwed.
Whatever was done to them has them messed up worse than they were!


As a side issue related to summons in general:
Witches need some sort of minion that can be summoned that is as good as a zombie but does not require a corpse to raise it to help deal with the boss fights where there
are NO corpses in the area. Whats up with that?
Skeletons are useless (I've not tested since the new patch however) and move too slow. I determined that some weeks ago. Waste of a skill slot for a witch. REdo from start please.

I thought they were running away as well, but I just saw my minion just disappear. I was using a bow, the enemies were ahead and blocked a small stairway in caves...my zombie was between me and them. It just disappeared. I first thought it died, but no corpse was to be found. I ran forward and back a bit and after a while it just popped up right next to me.

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It just disappeared. I first thought it died, but no corpse was to be found. I ran forward and back a bit and after a while it just popped up right next to me

same problem

In addition it seems like skeletons don't prioritize the closest target anymore like they used to - pre 099 i could just summon them next to ranged-monsters and they would surround & attack them, now they just run off to whatever enemy they feel like attacking. Especially against the necromancers that is quite a bit of a hassle as it allows them to run away without being attacked ever.

I not sure what the Prioritize order is, but I watched my low level witches zombies run right past 3-4 skeles on The Ledge to attack something off screen, leaving me to deal with the ones they ran past.

I think that one was holding PIE!!! but they didnt share it with me. Whats up with that? Cant a witch get a little pie as well?

Nope

Damn. :(

I'm having the same issue. Sometimes my zombies just seem to disappear.

My current max is 6 zombies and at times I will only have 4-5 with me, and sometimes no amount of re-summoning will bring back my 5th or 6th zombie. Other times I'll have to re-summon 7+ times and then I will have my max, but 2 minutes later 1/2 of them will just disappear, even on straightforward levels like the ledge.

There is definitely something funky going on with summoning/AI.