My puppys not feeling very well

[LupusVai]

Had a couple of months away from the game.

Seems like they've done something to my artificers dog with an update.

It seems very slow to react to enemies now even on attack mode. Sometimes even just runs up to the mob and stands there not attacking it.
Doesnt seem to want to follow and keep up anymore. I'm always having to press the come to me button.

Anyone else noticed this or am i just remembering the dog being more fluid than it is now??

[Boombastic]

ive noticed this at times. biggest thing i notice is that on off hours, like 3am and such, the dog reacts fine. peak hours, when the servers are packed, he goes full ****** and just stares at stuff. so its something related to how the doggy interacts with the server

[WielderofGigantus]

People have been reporting this for a while now. I certainly recall it from U12. I'm guessing that it wasn't fixed in U13 from your comments.

[LupusVai]

Ahh, ok, maybe its not a new thing then. Hadn't noticed it being that bad before though.

Of a slightly related note. I don't see any descriptions of what the dog enhancements do when i mouse over them in the pet enhancement select at the trainer. That certainly wasn't the case before.

[Boombastic]

Ahh, ok, maybe its not a new thing then. Hadn't noticed it being that bad before though.

Of a slightly related note. I don't see any descriptions of what the dog enhancements do when i mouse over them in the pet enhancement select at the trainer. That certainly wasn't the case before.

yeah i noticed that as well, thats semi new i guess, been that way for at least 2 months. I took a hiatus from ddo when swtor came out, and it was like that before I took a break

[LupusVai]

Actually from some more play, I've discovered that the dog attacking issue is far worse than i thought.

Seems the dog randomly bugs out (havent got any trip or sunder skills on dog as i know they are supposed to cause issues or used to) and does not attack mobs at all. He'll chase them but not actually try and hit them including if i target a mob and ask him to attack. The only way I've found to fix this is to dismiss him and then resummon him.

*think it might be after dog has suffered some effect like trip or knockdown maybe and it never recovers from it. Dog looks slightly more crouched than normal.

[deahamlet]

If the dog goes up or down ladders, he will bug out and not attack at all. Just some weird growl type look, but no attack (you can see dmg from your pet on the screen as well).

So do not let him anywhere near ladders.

I also noticed not only that the pet has issues following me, but so do hires. I have to call their silly asses to me all the time now. My pet has become a joke, poor thing.

[danotmano1998]

They are on strike lately, it seems.

They have preorder jealousy and are taking a hiatus until the silly black panthers go away.


Yeah, I've noticed the dogs buggin even more since U13, to the point where I have to continually reset his attack/passive mode, force him to attack with the crossed swords icon, and even dismiss/resummon.

Maybe they heard that the next DDO store pet was going to be SQUIRREL!?!?

(Seriously, they are pretty useless lately. I hope it's not related to all the happy little fluff pets running around.)

[LupusVai]

If the dog goes up or down ladders, he will bug out and not attack at all. Just some weird growl type look, but no attack (you can see dmg from your pet on the screen as well).

So do not let him anywhere near ladders.

I also noticed not only that the pet has issues following me, but so do hires. I have to call their silly asses to me all the time now. My pet has become a joke, poor thing.

That could well be it, the ladders. Just guesed that from the weird growl look that he'd been knocked down and not recovered or something.

[LupusVai]

They are on strike lately, it seems.

They have preorder jealousy and are taking a hiatus until the silly black panthers go away.


Yeah, I've noticed the dogs buggin even more since U13, to the point where I have to continually reset his attack/passive mode, force him to attack with the crossed swords icon, and even dismiss/resummon.

Maybe they heard that the next DDO store pet was going to be SQUIRREL!?!?

(Seriously, they are pretty useless lately. I hope it's not related to all the happy little fluff pets running around.)

Most likely caused by their recent tinkering with the following from patch notes:

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Hirelings and Iron Defenders will no longer attack far away enemies after engaging in closer combat while in defensive mode. <

and in true turbine fashion they don't think to test to see what else its broken. ;-p

[deahamlet]

I think U13 broke the following us part... before U13 hires and pets already had an issue sitting there idly not doing anything (union break as I call it). And it was separate from the insane bug that makes the defenders not attack after going up/down ladders.

I use my pet as a little shield now. :P The other day I ordered the dog and the panther to go attack some epic arcane for giggles... and they stood in front of the guy and no spell made it my way. A very cruel shield haha.

[Phoenix-daBard]

If the dog goes up or down ladders, he will bug out and not attack at all. Just some weird growl type look, but no attack (you can see dmg from your pet on the screen as well).

I suspect server load is a more likely culprit.

I was playing last night doing a favor run in the Sharn Syndicate and just for laughs I had the dog solo Come Out and Slay. I just kept him repaired. It was up and down the ladders killing everything in sight.

The key is that it was about 11PM PST which is a really light time on the servers.

[deahamlet]

I suspect server load is a more likely culprit.

I was playing last night doing a favor run in the Sharn Syndicate and just for laughs I had the dog solo Come Out and Slay. I just kept him repaired. It was up and down the ladders killing everything in sight.

The key is that it was about 11PM PST which is a really light time on the servers.

I disagree. I used to play with an artificer friend... my dog would bug out at ladders, his would never bug out.
And mine bugs out no matter the time.. I play mornings afternoons evenings nights... very random times.

They do not bug out for everyone at ladders. It might also be combined with the union break and not following issues that were also introduced... but mine always bugs at ladders.
I am hoping they'll fix it or it will go away when I TR.

[Oxlar7]

And it always seems to bug out at the worst possible time. Or you don't notice it until you really need it. Then you can only unsummon and resummon so many times per rest. So if your pet bugs out and is floating, but you've already reset him, your screwed. Its pretty bad sometimes.