Paroxysmus Swamp Dragon just gone *poof*
in Bugs
I am aware this has been an on going issue and am not requesting for it to be replaced as I know the answer. I thought it might help to share the circumstance of it disappearing.
First point was this was an old Swampie, at least 3-4 years old, now for the circumstance.
I was in Blackthorns dungeon killing the Captains and happened to have a little dirt nap and the Swampie was subsequently killed. I made my way out to resurrect then headed back to recover my corpse and Swampie ghost, I then recalled out to get the Swampie resurrected.
It was a quiet time and there was no one resurrect it and there is the 10 minute timer before an NPC can do so.
So I then recalled to Serpents Hold stable, my usual spot. I commanded the Paroxy Swampie to 'stay' and took out a backup normal Swamp Dragon. I then returned to Blackthorns dungeon to finish the Captain I was engaged with. After killing the Captain I recalled out to the Serpents Hold stable where my Paroxy Swampie no longer was.
I checked my followers which read 1/5 ie. the backup Swampie I was on, I then checked the stable and there was no sign of it.
Tried a few things, logging out/in to no avail, it's gone. Could this per chance have something to do with the auto dismount/stable thing as you enter Blackthorns castle? Just guessing.
So that was the circumstances, hopefully that info can go some way to fixing the issue which I know has affected many. Thanks.
Comments
Make it so pets that start in Statue form do not leave the owner without a pop up screen Please.
I tried this with an alive CU parked in Luna and riding a nightmare into Blackthorns castle (5 control slots total). The nightmare gets autostabled and follower count goes down to "0". The CU is not stabled and usual pet retrival methods do not bring the CU back to you. You can relog and use mooring lines and it will still show "0" followers and no CU. You can also pull out a 5 slot pet and control it fine when the CU is in this status. The only way to retrieve the pet is to actually find where it is in the world. (you will not be able to control it if you are at max control slot count).
So this bug is not limited to statue pets, but it seems statue pets are the only ones removed from the game.
The scenario above could be done accidentally and the player not understand that his first pet is not in the stable. The pet could go wild or go poof if it was a statue because it may become unhappy.
I have lost a Windrunner and a Skree that did not fit the OP scenario. But I hope the fix for this will fix all the other ways pets have been lost.
The server should be logging cases where "from statue" pets get deleted. Then you could return them to the victim.