Companion pets disappear/reappear at random

Crica

Anyone else having this issue? I got the new black panther pet, and it just randomly disappears and reappears at really random times. Is this normal, perhaps?

Shader_Shibes

Happens to me also. Is this normal? No, definitely a bug.

DenniMyuu

Here too - I noticed that at some point the pet goes into slowmotion mode for whatever reasons it has and probably disappears due to the huge distance between you and your pet but that's just my thought on it.
It is really annoying when you have to resummon your pet every 5-10 minutes.

Danikat

I've noticed this happening ever since I started a month ago. (I always have a pet out.)

I've not been able to work out what causes it though. It's not linked to dying, or logging out/in. It may be linked to other things that trigger loading like going through doors, but not always.

I have also noticed the pet sometimes gets stuck against objects. so I'm wondering if it's because they get stuck and can't keep following me, maybe after I move a certain distance away the pet is deactivated.

RSram

It's a phasing issue. As your character transitions into a different phase, your pets will pop out and then in when they transition into the phase with you. This hasn't been fixed since beta. I stopped submitting bug reports on this after 5 submissions over a period of a year. The Sorcerers have had the same problem with summoned pets since beta.

The phases are invisible zones around quest areas that change the area to represent the phase of the quest you are currently in: hence the term "Phase".

GreySix

Yeah, my panther will be there sometimes, and at other times he seems to be either relieving himself somewhere else or perhaps chasing down some hapless prey.

Dekken_Blake

I think it happens when I mount and dismount, or after previewing stuff In the crown store. Those are the only triggers I've seen so far.

bellanca6561n

....or when you swim.

Arezius

I noticed my pets getting stuck after going inside an object, a rock for example, and that's when they disappear. It happens a lot if you ride around the central plaza of Belkarth in Craglorn, but it happens in the wild with rocks, stone barriers, etc...
The pets seem to ignore some objects collisions, get inside it, but then get stuck by the collision on the other side of it.
Maybe.

Arundo

My panther is also sometimes gone and then get back after a while. Guess I need to feed it more as she might wander of to catch a bunny or something similar.

GaldorP

Finally somebody makes a thread about this ^^ I was wondering if nobody cared

My pets have an average life span of about 30 seconds (not exaggerated).

Move around on mount too fast -> pet disappears
Enter an Inn -> pet disappears
Jump on a ledge or over a small wall to reach a place that cannot be reached without jumping -> pet disappears

They can be re-summoned anytime, of course.
But still, it's annoying

Victus

Not sure if I just outrun them while mounted sometimes.

Nestor

My pets come and go too. I just equate it to a dog I had when I was younger. We would go walking in a field and he would take off chasing something like a rabbit or squirrel. After a few minutes he would come back, usually with a look that says, "What, you did not want to chase the squirrel?"

As stated above, its related to Phasing. I don't worry about it as the Pet usually comes back on the next cell load.

Slurg

Happens to me a lot running around town and in and out of buildings. Sometimes my dog runs in super slow motion or in place like she's on an invisible treadmill. I think she's getting stuck on something and despawning even while still showing as active on the collections tab, because I click it again and she reappears.

On another character I turned around for like a second and someone's black panther was trying to mate with my pet pig. So maybe once in a while pets decide to go off and do their own thing.

Lunerdog

Yep, same here, pets are gone after swimming, entering/exiting buildings and entering/exiting phased areas, for now I'm pretending they've naffed off to chase a rabbit

Wolfenbelle

It's very annoying.

I wish that pets would stay closer to our characters and even move to the side or front of our characters from time to time instead of being so far behind. You seldom see them unless you turn to look back or happen to be facing their direction.

I'd also love it if they would do more than just stand around looking dumb. It would be great if the dogs would sit when you stop, for example, and if there was an emote that lets you pet them.

bellanca6561n

Pets are broken.

That was okay when they were reward items for being in the beta, a tchotchke thrown into a bundle, or a veteran reward item.

Now they're being offered for sale. And now they need to work IMO.