[MC-4272] Zombie Pigmen don't attack in groups when fighting other mobs

When a mob other than a player attacks a Zombie Pigman, other nearby Zombie Pigmen will not rush to help the Pigman that was harmed.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new Creative world.
2. Spawn a couple of Zombie Pigmen.
3. Make an Iron Golem near the Pigmen.
4. When the Iron Golem attacks one Zombie Pigmen, the others will not converge on the Golem.

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is duplicated by 1

MC-18255 Zombie pigmen don't "gang up" on iron golems during a fight Resolved

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Tails 2012-12-21T21:58:55Z

Confirmed unlike wolves, zombie pigmen do not attack in groups.

Ezekiel 2014-01-29T16:58:47Z

Is this still a concern in the latest Minecraft version 14w04b? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.

marcono1234 2014-07-29T13:37:00Z

Confirmed for 14w30c

LuxiKeks 2014-07-31T09:52:25Z

If this gets fixed, it will break some gold farms, unfortunately.

Sonicwave 2014-10-15T03:09:14Z

Probably related to/blocked by MC-47824 (part of it describes pigmen not attacking other mobs at all).

Jeremy 2014-11-05T00:52:58Z

confirmed for 1.8.1 pre-3.

not telling u 2014-11-10T16:39:55Z

Still in 1.8.1 pre4

Immaterialise 2016-02-17T21:09:13Z

Fixed in 1.9-pre1. Tested on iron golems and skeletons.