Guild Wars 2

I have recently encountered this bug whilst in World vs. World. Sadly it wasn’t me who discovered said bug, so I’m not allowed to distribute any printscreens of it.. However my question is: Has anyone else encountered this bug/exploit before?

I’d like to know whether or not this is a common thing to come across, or if it’s something that’s been abused as of late. Not to mention that it would be nice for Arenanet to know if it’s a one time glitch, or something that people actively try to replicate.

What were the pets?

Could be a rune that summons a minion with 5% chance.

Were they a sylvari? One of their elites summons a thorn wolf.

Most likely this was a rune effect or racial elite

Well, screenshots would help identify what exactly he had summoned which would make it a lot faster to tell whether he’s using a legit second critter or not.
There are a number of elites that summon pets, usually for only like 30-60 seconds though. Plus there are a couple of consumables that summon them as well (I think one is an Ogre Whistle that summons a devourer pet, not sure on the duration though)
Could be one of those, or it could be a real exploit, really hard to tell without more information.

There are ways for rangers to have 3+ pets out at once.
Hyena pet + hyena skill which summons another hyena + the ogre whistle, theres another one but forget which it is.

He was using a Brown Bear and a Krytan Drakehound. Pretty sure there are no ways to summon either of those with the help of a rune or anything. The fight lasted for several minutes, and neither of the pets disappeared – Not even after I died and he continued on his way.

AprilRain.7649:

He was using a Brown Bear and a Krytan Drakehound. Pretty sure there are no ways to summon either of those with the help of a rune or anything. The fight lasted for several minutes, and neither of the pets disappeared – Not even after I died and he continued on his way.

Rune of the Noble. Also https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/is-this-really-how-it-should-be-Rune-of-the-Noble/407377

Wow that seems strong… I mean think of a ranger with zephyr… you get hit a ton of rapid shots… tons of dogs lol

So more than 3 months have passed since the first report.. And yet the bug is still present in the game.

And since this is apparently the rune doing all the hard work.. Don’t the hounds have a despawn timer? Since the one I was fighting didn’t seem to disappear at all. Not even when the enemy player killed me and got out of combat.

theyres plenty of ways for this to happen , the elite hounds , an the tropical bird, with the summon spell, and among other sigils and runes,.

AprilRain.7649:

So more than 3 months have passed since the first report.. And yet the bug is still present in the game.

And since this is apparently the rune doing all the hard work.. Don’t the hounds have a despawn timer? Since the one I was fighting didn’t seem to disappear at all. Not even when the enemy player killed me and got out of combat.

They do, not sure what the cooldown is and when it starts. I linked to the the other thread more for amusement than anything else. The bug in that thread is that you can have an unlimited number of hounds at the same time. Slightly different issue.

I had the Pirate bird they last a few minutes.