Same, and never forget the sight at Eagle stand at Khenarthi's Roost, then you talk to an npc, players behind become invisible, but the pets was still visible and it was an dense mob of monkeys behind him.I've got a monkey....
Still here.
I might be a bit of an anomaly because I played several betas then didn't buy the game, it took until February 2015 for me to get it. (I was waiting for something to convince me it was worth paying a subscription for, instead they switched to buy-to-play which removed the problem entirely.) But I've pretty much been here ever since, I miss days or weeks or months here and there for various reasons, but always come back.

