What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

#11600000709 01/10/2006 07:56:41 What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

This question pretty much sums it up. I simply don't understand what the details text sais.

All I know is that it's an area effect which causes grey street mobs attack you. Is that the only purpose of Taunt, making non-aggressive NPCs attack you without damaging them?

Message Edited by zeroone5069 on 01-10-200608:00 AM

#11600000710 01/10/2006 09:48:15 Re: What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

I think the intended utility of this ability is make the NPC attack you and not your team mates. For instance, if you are a high lvl helping some lowbies in a mission or farming somewhere, taunt makes the npc focus on you and not on your fellows.

Well not very usefull, you can do it better with a stun 2.0, if you are high enougth to load it.

#11600000711 01/10/2006 10:05:33 Re: What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

Yup,

It basically aggro's grey conned mobs or any mobs really.

Useful in the situation described above, and also for farming (kiting) grey con'd mobs.

Load Howie, Taunt some grey cons, run to next group of grey con mobs, taunt, herd into a large group and drop a dev field or code nuke.

Least, that's all i've ever used it for and honestly its prolly more trouble than its worth.

#11600000714 01/11/2006 09:44:34 Re: What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

do exactly the same thing with miasma, run past they follow then you kill them, works a treat in hideouts.

#11600000826 03/19/2006 02:11:19 Re: What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

It also works well if your running an escort mission and several enemy npc's spawn and start shooting at the guy that your suposed to protect.

For example the contact Molly B gives you plenty of those although i found it faster just to leave whichever npc i need to escort in the building wile i'm outside taking care of those not so random spawns.

#11600000836 03/26/2006 17:35:13 Re: What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

I dont even have it coded. lol

#11600000837 03/28/2006 03:51:13 Re: What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

Its perfect for being the center of attention, specially when ur low lv mates are egtting the sh1t shot out of them :smileywink:

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#11600000840 03/31/2006 10:53:04 Re: What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

It's also going to be useful if you are teamed with, say, a hacker and a coder. When the baddies start to shoot them, you taunt, and they shoot you.

#11600000878 04/16/2006 06:57:49 Re: What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

thanks everybody SMILEY

#11600000881 04/16/2006 22:42:41 Re: What exactly does the "taunt" ability do?

I never used it until the Sleepwalker spawns. I'd stand bodyguard over coders and when the 'walkers would spawn, I'd use taunt to draw attention to myself.