I tried both with agressive and normal modes when using my characters seperately (different areas)... my concludion.....
With agressive mode.
My DK was left in a place (fairly explored, but monsters still wandered into the area - i think this is the exact situation that you are talking about), while my Hero goes off on some or another mission....
here is what happened most often to my DK:
1. He very often went on a rat-killing spree (which i dont mind), but it makes him wander away from where i left him.
2. As soon as he got attacked by a monster, he ran to the monster to kill him.... (a good thing BUT....) that brings him into range of the next monster... who also attacks him.... cool no problem, 2 dead monsters, but by now monster 3-8 has "heard" the fighting and is wadling over.... DK sees first one.... attacks.... now monster 9-23 hears this... he is pretty hard pressed fighting 5 monsters.... but he doesnt know about the other 14 approaching.... and in a couple of seconds (and this ALWAYS happened while my hero is hectically taking my attention) your DK is dead....
3. DK wadles after a rat, and triggers a cutscene or dialog (in my case always cutscenes or dialogs that meant i cant just kill the conversation and carry on killing... i have to leave the almost dead monster and talk to whoever... and then take a pause to refocus on the fighting hero before i get killed.
So leaving your 2nd character in agressive mode, is AS dangerous as having him not fight back.
With Normal mode.
AS you can immagine not having him fight back, is just as bad....
1. Monster discovers the flower-admiring poet of a DK and attacks.... DK continous composing his poem.... but at least that is just 1 monster... so you have a couple of extra seconds to notice the health bar taking strain.
2. when there are a few monsters in "hearing" range of the attack... they also storm in.... making it a very bad situation. But what are you thinking leaving your char in un-explored places???
I started leaving my DK in vilages or houses... or in a very secure place.
By all means try the aggression mode, most people love it. But keep a close eye on the character still..... because they get into trouble 5 x as fast when they thinking for themselves.
Out of curiosity, why do you like to have your characters in different places???? (there has been numerous reasons in the past, and some nice work-arounds for those reasons, that makes it so much better to work with your characters together....
