Magnum Insta - aggro?

Has anyone noticed that recently magnum shot has an instant aggro time? Maybe I just never noticed before, but within a second of me clicking on a monster to start aiming magnum, the monster sprints at me, even if he is way out of range and i can only barely see him on my map.

I dunno why but I believe it's an anti-botting measure...I remember even using normal range, or even barely targeting with a random weapon provokes this...CP relevant maybe? or perhaps a glitch in the AI that's programmed into the mob. I've had this happen with brown foxes up in northern Tir, and the fennec foxes near Filia...

Ahh.. >.< It was happening to me with bears in dunby and boars in abb neagh. It would be a lot easier if they would just.. Let the bots flourish.

I'm pretty sure it's just a side effect of the monster being enthralled. It stays like that even after you kill them.

Nah, in an empty channel I still get aggro'd o.e

Just tested it again to make sure. Only a few of the mongooses outside of qilla aggroed when I aimed but others did not.

That might be the case, maybe Enthrall status carries over to mobs like lullaby resistance to respawns? Because they were doing it even when i watched them spawn.

Enthrall causes anyone targeting the Enthralled to aggro? That sounds really absurd.

If I'm not mistaken, Magnum aggro doesn't occur in Dungeons, Shadows, and Theatres. So its most likely an anti-bot feature.

EDIT: Did a little testing in Taillteann's Gray Foxes, nothing happened. Is it based on the type of monster and/or location?

I went and did testing just now on Taillteann's gray foxes. Here's the results i got. Aimed at young gray fox, nothing happened. Used enthralling on it and canceled it, fox attacked. Killed it and waited for the fox to despawn. Searched around for a young gray fox in combat mode since the ones you kill spawn in combat mode when you look at them from far away. Aimed at that fox and it aggroed instantly and attacked.

Well that sucks. no more killing random monsters on my elf :L