Curse

-Loki- · Jun 30, 2006, 08:35 AM // 08:35

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Originally Posted by Mr.Interrupt

Now that I've experienced the "pleasures" of the dragon arena, I know that i'll have the fine choice of one of the other two as Im not going to shell out ANOTHER 30k on another spider...

People charge for spider runs? My old guild used to do it for fun with 3 trapers and the person getting the spider.

TheLordOfBlah · Jun 30, 2006, 10:02 AM // 10:02

I'm guessing and hoping they tested the arenas before... however they probably didnt think of testing it with every skill equiped before entering. Also, it was fixed literaly within 10 minutes.

Asrial · Jun 30, 2006, 01:29 PM // 13:29

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Originally Posted by VGJustice

I mean all the pets that are UNIQUE to PreSearing Ascalon (Wolves, Striders, and Moss Spiders).

The wolves can still be found outside pre, but the Striders and Moss Spiders I haven't yet seen. I can see your point on those two particular pets.

narcissistic_fool · Jun 30, 2006, 01:43 PM // 13:43

moss spiders cannot be charmed...

Jetdoc · Jun 30, 2006, 02:00 PM // 14:00

Yep, those with spider pets are gonna be PO'ed...

Ariana Of Damia · Jun 30, 2006, 02:20 PM // 14:20

I hope no one went in there with a spider

_,.-+=’* ♥ Aurelio Furor [AUR] ♥ *’=+-.,_
Ariana Of Damia (Mo/Rt) ♥ Electra Of Damia (W/Mo) ♥ Lexa Of Damia (E/Mo)
Lily Of Damia (R/Mo) ♥ Mia Of Damia (Me/Mo) ♥ Zarina Of Damia (N/Mo)

wfetzko · Jun 30, 2006, 02:41 PM // 14:41

I understand how he feel, about losing a pet, without warning, and you can trained another pet. It does not take long to retrained. I have a cat from the beginning, then I change it to a bear, now that I have another ranger, I started with the yellow tiger and then I change to the white tiger, which is lvl 12 after the 2nd night, but when it come time to get the Phoenix, I will drop my cat in a heart beat, for the Phoenix.

Tsamikayu · Jun 30, 2006, 02:43 PM // 14:43

I'll just be going to check on my tiger . . . . *runs*

Goats17 · Jun 30, 2006, 03:30 PM // 15:30

We all get so attached to our data clusters......errrrrr pets. Not that thats a bad thing, I love my little Dune Lizard. ^_^

CKaz · Jun 30, 2006, 03:34 PM // 15:34

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Originally Posted by VGJustice

But, what about pets that are not so easily replaced? It's not every day you come across a Black Widow spider.

Yeah my neccy would have been pissed, not jumping into new ANet games too early ftw

Also everyone notice now new patch spam happens not only while in towns, but while in explorable/combat areas now as well?

Doomlord_Slayermann · Jun 30, 2006, 03:35 PM // 15:35

If anyone wants, I'm going to be doing some Drok's troll runs for materials sometime soon, so if you want to bring along your pet for powerleveling that would be fine. Just let me keep the drops.

<-- IGNs

Metanoia · Jun 30, 2006, 03:45 PM // 15:45

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Originally Posted by Asrial

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Originally Posted by VGJustice

I mean all the pets that are UNIQUE to PreSearing Ascalon (Wolves, Striders, and Moss Spiders).

The wolves can still be found outside pre, but the Striders and Moss Spiders I haven't yet seen. I can see your point on those two particular pets.

The Striders and Moa Birds are supposed to be one and the same. If you do /Petname on a Strider after level 3, it is supposed to say Moa Bird. It eventually changes back to a Strider once it reaches it's first evolution.

ChaoticCoyote · Jun 30, 2006, 03:46 PM // 15:46

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

We are very sorry for the deletion of the pets during the few minutes -- yes minutes -- that that bug existed. I reported it to Mike O'Brien on a phone call about another issue, and before I could blink an eye, he had confimed it, and the programmers had checked in and rolled out a fix.

As a Ranger myself, I know that's a real "ouch" and I personally feel your pain. But as a Ranger, I know that the leveling process is very rapid, and I encourage you to not despair but to charm a new pet and have him/her at your side, in fighting form, in a short while.

Again, we're very sorry about those pet losses.

One of my daughter's real-world pets died yesterday, and to add insult to injury, we played Guild Wars for fun, and she lost her in-game pet too.

Nice job, Arena.Net.

I don't normally complain, but this was simply a case of poor testing. And terrible public relations.

raven214 · Jun 30, 2006, 04:48 PM // 16:48

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Originally Posted by ChaoticCoyote

One of my daughter's real-world pets died yesterday, and to add insult to injury, we played Guild Wars for fun, and she lost her in-game pet too.

Nice job, Arena.Net.

I don't normally complain, but this was simply a case of poor testing. And terrible public relations.

I am sorry to hear of your RL pet loss -- as an animal lover I know what it means to lose them -- but to equate that to this issue is a tad much, don't you think?

As for PR, I'm actually very impressed with the response time... pets are relatively easy to charm and level, so I certainly wouldn't have expected a roll-back or a temporary max-lvl pet trader or anything like that. Nevertheless, as a primary ranger, I understand the frustration with having to reforge that digital bond (and level) with a new pet.

In any event, my condolences for your RL loss.

Winters · Jun 30, 2006, 04:58 PM // 16:58

Any one know any good spider charming ppl that I could talk to? Lost him to the bug.

Reject Hustler · Jun 30, 2006, 05:04 PM // 17:04

If you want another Black Moa just pm in game and ill get you one easy.

Arteful Dodger · Jun 30, 2006, 05:19 PM // 17:19

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the programmers had checked in and rolled out a fix.

I'm sorry but did I miss something when this fix was released? My ranger is still missing his pet AND since that time I have been outside of various towns on the island and have NOT seen one single tameable pet. No tigers, bears, nothing. So my question is............if there was a fix released where are all the tameable animals?

I realize that most non-rangers and some rangers don't care one way or the other and that's their perrogative. From my standpoint though I think it's a crock that something like this happens and people just say "oh well, bad luck, go find another one". That isn't the point. How would you feel if instead of a rangers pet being deleted, it deleted that perfect celestial sword or some such weapon? I think you'd be whistling a different turn. People who live in glass houses should avoid throwing stones.

I have other rangers with pets so I my question is did they lose their pets as well or do you have to have entered the arena for it to happen?

UPDATE: I have managed to recharm another animal now. But earlier as I said there was nothing to be seen when I went out into the countryside.

Diablo™ · Jun 30, 2006, 06:00 PM // 18:00

I'm sure Anet had no intentions of destroying so many pets... at least nothing permanent was removed, even if its a widow spider or black moa, all can be recharmed... although the time spent on recharming these little buggers can feel like a real hassle.

Big Tony · Jun 30, 2006, 06:05 PM // 18:05

NOEZ!!1!!1!! My Black Moa is gone forevers!!!!

Oh well...I was going to get a phoenix eventually anyways...

Sklouge Bouch · Jun 30, 2006, 07:10 PM // 19:10

Yeah, I'm kinda mad that this happened. But whining about it won't bring my pet spider back.

A rollback would be nice, but then again, so many people have worked so hard to get Jade Wind Orbs. One guy I met had over 2,000, so yeah, a rollback would make even more people unhappy then there is now.