Mobs resurrecting randomly

Stanx

Has anyone else noticed that every now and then a mob will be reduced to 0 HP, only to take a knee and pop straight back up with a renewed health bar? They do seem to go back down super quickly (like 10k HP or something) but it's happened with a wide enough variety of mobs now that I'm starting to think it's a bug and not intended.

I've noticed this a fair bit recently as I've been running through a lot of trash packs to level companions during the XP event. As far as bugs go it's pretty minor and not at all game-breaking but it does get a bit annoying as they're un-hittable for a good few seconds while this process happens.

Soarora

When they revive do they start running away? You might be pulling them outside of their range.

Stanx

Soarora wrote: »

When they revive do they start running away? You might be pulling them outside of their range.

No, they are pretty much in the same spot they spawned in.

virtus753

There is a mechanic that some mobs do, which became especially prevalent beginning with Elsweyr, in which one mob uses the Guard skill on another. That means they become temporarily invulnerable while the skill plays out, and then you can resume killing them.

It is incredibly annoying and inconvenient when it drags out a trash fight to 3 or 4 times the length it should be.

KlauthWarthog

virtus753 wrote: »

There is a mechanic that some mobs do, which became especially prevalent beginning with Elsweyr, in which one mob uses the Guard skill on another. That means they become temporarily invulnerable while the skill plays out, and then you can resume killing them.

It is incredibly annoying and inconvenient when it drags out a trash fight to 3 or 4 times the length it should be.

Yes, this is probably the mechanic that is happening here. The counter to that is to kill the mob which used the guard before the one that "got guarded".
And yes, it is pointlessly obnoxious, since it only adds time to an useless fight.