Guild Wars 2

So I’ve noticed the turrets don’t start firing until you attack something and then it attacks the first thing you attack until it is dead or disappears.

Question is, what is the next thing it attacks? Does it have it’s own “aggro” table, or does it simply attack the next thing you attack? Or based on something else (what is attacking it currently)?

Do turrets act like ranger pets basically?

I haven’t been able to test this very well and was wondering if anyone knew the answer right off the top of their head.

You do not have to attack for a turret to begin attacking. Place a rocket turret down within range of any target and it will begin firing before you do. After that mob is dead it will attack the next closest thing in range. If you are being attacked it will set preference it seems to the attacking target but not always. I’ll be in a centaur area with supply wagons around getting attacked by a group and my turret will happily be shooting the wagon because it was closest when I brought the turret out.

Akroma.7392:

So I’ve noticed the turrets don’t start firing until you attack something and then it attacks the first thing you attack until it is dead or disappears.

This is actually wrong. Turrets will attack anything that is marked as hostile (red names) in range, even if you didn’t attack them.