Yeah, they would just run in circles trying to attack the carnivore. The AI was very limited, but even so, it at least could emulate to a certain degree behaviors that JWE doesn't have in the slightest.
While I have not personally played JPOG from what I’ve heard I can agree with this. Animal behavior and overall AI is one of JWE’s major weak spots, and one I hope Frontier addresses sooner rather than later. Everything in JWE feels staged and unnatural.