I am trying to figure out if this is a bug or a feature (or maybe it is a bug that should stay as a feature, I don't know)
Subject: Enderminis
First, some facts about them... they are Neutral mobs unless attacked, the default config has them NOT attacking players who look at them, but they DO retaliate as a group if they see a player attack one of their friends.
Now for the scenario that I have encountered three times, and which accounts for the only two mob-related deaths I have on the Official Public Server... I am mining along, minding my own business, and there is an Endermini in the area. I can hear him making his little noises somewhere nearby, but I leave him alone, and I expect him to leave me alone while he wonders around looking for Creepers to attack. All of a sudden, without any provocation on my part, and for no other apparent reason I hear a loud, otherworldly WOOSH sound and the Endermini attacks me. (And before you ask... no, I did NOT accidentally hit him.) Like I said, this has happened three times, and I was only able to escape once. It just happens so fast and is totally unpredictable as far as I can tell. Nobody else that I know of has experienced this on the server, or if they have, they failed to recognize it as an unprovoked attack.
Are they programmed to agro the nearest player if they injure themselves? Do they randomly agro the nearest player based on local chunk difficulty or something? Does game difficulty have an effect? Have they always been this psychotic even when left unmolested? I have already read through the config file and I did not find my answers there. I have also asked the Almighty Google, but she has failed me. Any ideas?