AI enemy attacks every time player jumps

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First time enemy AI creator and forum poster here! If this post needs more information or if I did something wrong, please let me know!

I am working with behavior trees for the first time. With the way I have their behavior trees set up the enemies will attack the air and go through the rest of their tasks every time the player jumps. I assume that this is because they can’t find a way to attack the player, so they immediately go to the next task and attack. If that isn’t the issue I also think there may be something wrong with the enemy’s EQS because I believe that is what tells the AI they can move places in the first place. Is there any way for their behavior trees to ignore the player jumping?

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These sentences confused me. Can you clarify what you mean by them? Do they not aim at the player correctly (if they are using ranged weapons that is) or are they not following the player while it’s on air? Do they play the attack animation once their tasks are done and not near the player as they should?