Guild Wars 2

So, I made a new ranger on 4/21 and leveled it up to 80. I picked the Blue Moa pet on character creation and proceeded to collect the Bristleback and Smokescale pets for my wvw build.

Now, on any map change or log in, in all game areas, my pet in the top/1st position in the pet management window defaults to the Blue Moa, meaning I have to change my pet frequently. It doesn’t seem to matter which pet I have in which slot, the top/1st will change to the Blue Moa on loading a map.

The odd thing is that my 2-ish year old ranger does not have this issue…no matter what my smokescale/bristleback combo is saved on it.

I have the exact same problem! Everytime I load a new map, it defaults back to the crappy Blue Moa. I submitted a ticket and they told me to repair my game. I ended up needing to reinstall, but it still happens. At least I know I’m not the only one now…lol.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Local.dat is the only thing other than trying the `-repair` option that I’d suggest. If neither works, file a support ticket, and follow their suggestions. They are the only folks with the access to the internals sufficient to help you out.

This bug has been around for some time; see here and here. One possible solution suggested in the second thread is to make sure that you’ve unlocked and selected aquatic pets in addition to terrestrial ones. You can do this easily with the Polar Bear in Hoelbrak, the Red Jellyfish in Rata Sum, and the Shark/Armored Fish/Blue Jellyfish in Lion’s Arch.

If this fix doesn’t work, there is another workaround for new rangers, albeit a slightly disappointing one. Create a new ranger, level until you can choose your pets (level 4 or 5), grab a couple pets in cities (Polar Bear in Hoelbrak and Pig in Divinity’s Reach are easy), select these in lieu of your starter pet, and then relog or change zones. If you’ve got the bug, try again. If not, enjoy your un-bugged ranger. I just now tested this latter method myself and have an un-bugged ranger after 20 minutes of tinkering.

Heyas, just wanted to pop in and say that I had no water pets charmed/equipped. Once I found and equipped two water pets the issue stopped.

Big thanks all.