Pet-Caused Wipe

[Makken]

Hi everyone! I was grouped with a few folks in lower Guk recently and may have wiped my group as well as a group we had delved to the “bedroom” area to join up with[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. I felt terrible but am not certain what happened. I would really appreciate any thoughts on what might have happened so I can avoid this in the future.

From my perspective, here is what happened. Myself (a necro) my pet, and two of my guildmates snuck and fought our way down to the bedroom area of lower Guk to join a few people that were already down there. We used the water passageways. After we made it to the bedroom area, we popped out of the water and immediately joined the group that was already down there (the “Camp Group”) in a fight. My group disbanded so that we could receive invitations to join the Camp Group. So I was not grouped when we wiped.

I think the Camp Group was fighting at least two mobs when we arrived. One of the mobs was very close to the water, and I had my pet attack that mob. My pet remained in the water and attacked from the water. I don’t know if my pet had aggro on that mob—the mob might have been rooted and the pet might have had aggro.

Seconds after my pet engaged, we wiped. Multiple mobs swept through the area and killed my guildmates as well as the entire Camp Group. I don’t think my pet ever left the water (I mostly had the pet on my screen until right before I died). I think (but am not certain) that I died before my pet died.

The autopsy was that my pet somehow aggroed these adds. This is surmise, but let’s assume it is what happened—it was at least plausible enough to the more experienced players that it is worth my understanding how it could have happened.

So, how could my pet have pulled these adds? What should I do to avoid this? Possibly the best answer is don’t crawl around dungeons you don’t know with a pet; this is fair and consider it internalized, but if there’s anything else to know about pets/aggro mechanics/bugs like pets clipping through walls, I am all pointy gnome ears.

I love this game and the community has been wonderful. After the wipe, everyone was very, very nice and, while causing a wipe was embarrassing, it was overall a great (and very fun) night of dungeon delving.

Thanks to all!