Allies becoming hostile because of incendiary grenades

[Megabiquette]

I experimented this in the Arena against burrowers. I threw a magnesium grenades at the critters, setting a fire. None of the other gladiator were hit, but as soon as my melee ally went into the flame to do some close-combat they both turned hostile.
That's kinda logical as I'm the one who threw the grenade that was the source of the fire damage but I feel it shouldn't work this way.

Thoughts?

[eLPuSHeR]

I don't see any inconsistency here.

[player1]

How so?
Why should ally turn hostile, if his turn actions put him to the flames harm?

[Fenix]

I think that logic is too complex for mobs. )

[Fenix]

Yep, so some restrictions should stay.

[Taggart]

If fires didn't trigger hostitilies, you could use molotovs or exothermic aura to assassinate pretty much anyone without any consequence.

I agree with that - if the AI got caught up in your "effect radius".

But if the fire is already laying there on the floor, and an otherwise unaffected AI chooses of their own volition to step in (or through)it; then it seems like it should be "on them" for voluntarily doing so; and thus not start hostilities.

After all, it could be around a corner where they didn't see you throw and didn't know there wasn't already a fire there.

Might just be a quirk that we have to accept - but to me it logically makes sense that way.

[Megabiquette]

Bumping my own thread.

The same happens when using the acid chemical pistol, making it useless when fighting with allies.