Animal companion unusable/vanishes

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Animal companion unusable/vanishes

Post by EDR Two » Thu Jan 04, 2018 6:09 am

Both servers.

Hitting summon druid animal companion produces a puff of smoke and no companion. After 10 minutes (or more) companion is not available to summon. Resting does not seem to fix, often resting will just make the button go back to 0 or cause the animal to appear then vanish instantly again.

Started the other day.

Class feature is not usable at this time for me much to my detriment.

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Re: Animal companion unusable/vanishes

Post by EDR Two » Fri Jan 05, 2018 1:32 am

Seems to be related to the animal companion dying and then changing servers.

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Re: Animal companion unusable/vanishes

Post by EDR Two » Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:05 am

Supplemental screenshot. The icon on F12 is my unuseable but lit-up animal companion. Not getting prompts about when it can be summoned.

https://i.imgur.com/olhSbIL.jpg

Can't be used.

Please help.

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Re: Animal companion unusable/vanishes

Post by RedGiant » Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:23 am

Ah, I see the problem. You regularly curse elves, who are much closer to nature than Dwarves. Thus, nature has spurned you.

Also, the Island is in the process of rejecting all forms of Dwarvish life.
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=15966
The GrumpyCat wrote:I CLICK THE HOSTIBLE BUTTON NOW U ARE DED!
Irongron wrote:The slaughter, i am afraid, will not abate.

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Re: Animal companion unusable/vanishes

Post by RedGiant » Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:28 am

But on a more serious note: any more information? Any weird class combos...i.e. did you throw ranger in? Do you have a nature diety? Have you tried reslotting the companion icon? etc. etc.
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The GrumpyCat wrote:I CLICK THE HOSTIBLE BUTTON NOW U ARE DED!
Irongron wrote:The slaughter, i am afraid, will not abate.

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Re: Animal companion unusable/vanishes

Post by EDR Two » Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:34 am

RedGiant wrote:But on a more serious note. More information? Any weird class combos...i.e. did you throw ranger in? Do you have a nature diety? Have you tried reslotting the companion icon? etc. etc.
Only druid.

Nature deity yes.

Reslotted, nothing. After some arbitrary amount of time I am randomly able to use it again. Nothing in combat log.

Reslotting does nothing.

Friend suggested it may be swapping servers when they are out of sync messes up the new 'cooldown' to summoning that was added.

Either way I'm not a fan of the new cooldown, even if it worked (it seems to break for me constantly) needing to wait 10 minutes after dismissing it because I needed to be in a no-animal area despite not summoning my pal that 'rest' is, frankly, a bad change, and results in a lit-up icon that can't be used.

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Re: Animal companion unusable/vanishes

Post by RedGiant » Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:47 am

Hrm...wonder if its related to this...

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=15959
The GrumpyCat wrote:I CLICK THE HOSTIBLE BUTTON NOW U ARE DED!
Irongron wrote:The slaughter, i am afraid, will not abate.

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Re: Animal companion unusable/vanishes

Post by Emotionaloverload » Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:14 am

This happens to me a lot and doesn't seem to be related to the companion dying before or spells cast but rather debris in the area. If I try do summon companion next to a toolset fixture/debris then it disappears and the countdown doesn't initiate.

It happens at walls too.

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