Lost Soul Stones on Hireling Dismissal?

[PurpleTimb]

Is this a known issue or something that should be bug reported?

After a near party wipe last night in Madstone Crater, the only survivor was a hireling cleric with no SP. He picked up our soulstones, but then couldn't get us to a shrine because of the need to transit to a new area. We had one person release and then return, but still couldn't get the hireling to follow him to a shrine. Since there's no command to get the stones from the hireling, we dismissed him, assuming he'd drop all the stones on exit.

Unfortunately, that's not what happened. All the stones just went away, leaving the dead party members able to move about the quest freely, without the requirement to stay near their stone, but unable to be carried in a backpack.

Have others seen this? Does this just happen with a hireling, or would it also occur if a live party member released from a quest while carrying a soulstone?

Thanks.

Edit: grammar

[Ganolyn]

I don't know if it is related, but last night I died in quest and a friend picked up my stone. I was following him and rubberbanding to him when out of range as usual when all of a sudden I was no longer bound to my stone and could freely move about. We couldn't figure out what was going on, so he just rezzed me right there and we continued.

[suitepotato]

It may or may not be a regular bug. On at least one occasion, I saw this happen, but on another, my crystal dropped when I dismissed the hireling. I've never seen a hireling's death fail to drop both crystals (mine and theirs). The devs really need to fix this because if it can be reproduced at will, it will be one heck of an exp***t, defeating the soulstone time/distance leash.

Oh devs... Might want to look at this right now...

EDIT: OP, BUG REPORT ASAP, to be responsible. Left unfixed, this would defeat a lot of lowbie quest designs really quickly.

[Kahless_of_Cannith]

This happened to me inexplicably in a Coalescent Chamber run a while back, but with no hireling involved. A guy grabbed my stone and died, and I suddenly could move around freely. There is major potential for abuse here, and this problem should most certainly be fixed, especially if it is easily reproducible.