Teleporting captains in Strand of the Ancients?

[advanta]

Ever wonder what happens to the captains in Strand of the Ancients? I cast mind vision
on one of them with my priest and found out. Bizarre.

[WizardTrokair]

This is absolutely fascinating. Thank you very much for posting it in the Exploration forum!
Who is up for the challenge of reaching these guys? C'mon... you know one of us can find a way to do it...
Love this. +rep



*edit: Still thinking about this one. Aren't there like, many other NPCs that "despawn" in this game? How many of them are just teleporting like this? I didn't realize that Mind Control could follow along with them in this way. Are there more NPCs that should be "followed" as they disappear? Fascinating.

[jimmyamd]

Ever wonder what happens to the captains in Strand of the Ancients? I cast mind vision
on one of them with my priest and found out. Bizarre.

haha this is coolest thing i've seen in ages. +rep ty

[advanta]

This is absolutely fascinating. Thank you very much for posting it in the Exploration forum!
Who is up for the challenge of reaching these guys? C'mon... you know one of us can find a way to do it...
Love this. +rep



*edit: Still thinking about this one. Aren't there like, many other NPCs that "despawn" in this game? How many of them are just teleporting like this? I didn't realize that Mind Control could follow along with them in this way. Are there more NPCs that should be "followed" as they disappear? Fascinating.

Thanks for the feedback guys, never sure exactly what people will find interesting. You know your onto something when the Wizard hasn't discovered it already

I was thinking of other NPC's. There aren't too many of them in bg's (except heralds possibly?). Pve is another matter. What happens to characters in escort quests in dungeons for example?

Mind control has unlimited range within an instance, so it should follow them anywhere, but it is indeed surprising it follows them through a port.

As to the captains themselves, they are past an invisible wall, so you'd need a find way to get past those. I think there is only one separating them. Apparently they can't be killed, be interesting to see what would happen if you could somehow kite them into the main bg. Would be fun to have an invincible npc tearing into the opposition.