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AI skills usage
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== General direction ==

The goal of this Project is to determine if a user's report is either:

* Poor [[AI]] programming by developers (malfunction) ''or''
* A player's misunderstanding.

To document studies of how the '''AI''' uses skills, we follow traditional scientific method:
#'''Theories''',
#'''Testing''',
#'''Systematic Observations''' and
#'''Replicating results'''.

The primary focus is on [[hero]] behavior, but players are also interested in whether usage is consistent across all [[NPC]]s, including other [[ally|allies]] (e.g. [[henchman|henchmen]] or [[summons]]), [[foe]]s, and scripted characters (e.g. [[Togo]] during [[Vizunah Square]]).

Conclusive data will later on be transfered to individual skill pages.

== Background ==

There have frequently been claims of AI behavior posted as ''facts'' (on this wiki and elsewhere) based on anecdotal reports. The idea is to gather enough data to better support any conclusions presented on the official wiki.

If the project does its job well, ''anyone'' should be able to present their own experience to suggest a potential issue with NPC skill usage, whether it's an inefficient or inappropriate usage, unexpected, or just plain odd. This issue can then be researched by those willing to invest the time and results can be presented in such a way that anyone can confirm them.

== Reports to ANet? ==
No, this is not the place. If you have reports that are certain (properly confirmed), address them at the [[Talk:Hero_behavior/Unexpected_behavior]] page instead which is checked by [[User:Joe Kimmes|Joe Kimmes]] [[Image:User Joe Kimmes Avatar.png|19px|Talk Page‎]]. This is not feedbacks.
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== Contributors ==
Users who can provide assistance and help with improvements are welcomed to add their own username to this list:

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* [[User:Wendy_Black|<span style="color: #000000; text-shadow: 0 0 3px white, 0px 0px 2px white, 1px 3px 5px black, -1px -3px 5px black;">'''Wendy Black'''</span>]]
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== Procedures ==
Users willing to join this endevour are requiered to follow these steps:

'''1.-''' Provide background support, sharing your own '''hero set-ups''' like this example ([[User:Yoshida_Keiji/My_default_heroes|click here]]): Max Health/Energy, Runes/Insignias, Weaponry, Builds and extra notes.

'''2 (A).-''' Make a new page after: ''Guild_Wars_Wiki:Projects/AI_skills_usage/(skill_name)'' if it does not exist already.

Examples:
* [[Guild_Wars_Wiki:Projects/AI_skills_usage/Mind_Freeze|Mind Freeze]]
* [[Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage/Fallings|Fallings (Assassin chain attack skills)]]

'''2 (B).-''' Do not jump to conclusions from few tests, provide several instances with brief descriptions. '''Copy & Paste the following Template''': [[Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage/Testing]] and fill it up with your experiences.

'''3.-''' All Users are invited to Participate in skill observations currently [[Guild_Wars_Wiki:Projects/AI_skills_usage#Currently_under_testing|under testings]].

'''4.-''' Users are invited to Replicate others experiments. This is the most collective effort under this project, which shall bring light and truth to the work done here.

== Listing for study ==
Below this text, write down the skill you are feeling is being missued by AIs. Also add a small description of the circunstances you have witness its incorrect usage. Copy and paste the following template: ''<nowiki>{{skill icon|skill name}}</nowiki>'' to list down by writting the skill name after the vertical bar ('''" | "''').

* {{skill icon|Lightning Javelin}} has an [http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Lightning_Javelin&diff=prev&oldid=1617674 unfounded note] and a [[Talk:Lightning_Javelin#heroes|noob observation]].

* {{skill icon|Renewing Memories}} in [[Hero behavior]] had a [http://wiki.guildwars.com/index.php?title=Hero_behavior&oldid=261479 Revision as of 08:20, 29 July 2007] by [[User:Gordon Ecker]] and [[Talk:Renewing_Memories#Heroes]].

* Help to confirm [[Hero_behavior/Unexpected_behavior#Verification_requested]] section.
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== Currently under testing ==
* [[Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage/Wither|'''Wither''']] (Necromancer - Curses) AI never activates it, ignoring it completely. No reports neither at [[Hero_behavior/Unexpected_behavior]]. <span style="color:red">''Incomplete''</span> {{gray|Added: 8 November 2012}}

* [[Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage/Comfort Animal|'''Comfort Animal''']] (Ranger - Beast Mastery) <span style="color:red">''Incomplete''</span> {{gray|Added: 2012 July 14th}}

== Skill Archives ==
* [[Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage/Fallings|'''Fallings''']] (Assassin chain attacks) <span style="color:green">''Completed''</span>
* [[Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage/Elementalist Wards|'''Elementalist Wards''']] <span style="color:green">''Completed''</span>
* [[Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage/Skull Crack|'''Skull Crack''']] (Warrior - No Attribute) <span style="color:green">''Completed''</span>
* [[Guild_Wars_Wiki:Projects/AI_skills_usage/Ward_of_Stability|'''Ward of Stability''']] (Elementalist - Earth Magic) <span style="color:green">''Completed''</span>
* [[Guild_Wars_Wiki:Projects/AI_skills_usage/Mind_Freeze|'''Mind Freeze''']] (Elementalist - Water Magic) <span style="color:green">''Completed''</span>

== Notes ==
* Joe Kimmes's insights: [[Talk:Hero_behavior/Unexpected_behavior#A_note_on_Hero_AI_vs_NPC_AI|A note on Hero AI vs NPC AI]]

== Trivia ==
* In the past, [[ArenaNet talk:AI bugs]] was the page were AI issues were reported until September 2, 2009.

=== Project Archives ===
* <small>[[Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage/Systematic observations]] (unused currently)</small>

== Category ==
[[:Category:AI behavior update]]

[[Category:Projects|AI skills usage]]

Guild Wars Wiki:Projects/AI skills usage - Revision history

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