'direct to stay there' option in follower dialog has no effect

[syntaxaire]

Game version: 2.0.200.68

Steps to reproduce:

• Start a new character, wish for xp:100000 and mutation:beguiling
• Summon any creature
• Beguile it
• Direct the creature to stay
• Move away and summon any hostile creature

Result: Creature you told to stay moves to attack the hostile creature

Expected: Creature you told to stay would not move at all

[chaos]

By design. "Stay there" is not intended to override combat behavior, only their normal following their leader.

[chaos]

Also “has no effect” is clearly not the case.

[syntaxaire]

The context for this is that I was trying to keep my companion from suiciding into a chaingun nest, and without being able to direct it to not enter combat, I don’t see a way of doing this.

[chaos]

Just tell them to stay someplace where they won’t see you fighting and rush to join.