Guild Wars 2

I’m hesitant to report this, as I don’t yet have a recipe for reproducing the issue myself, but: in Lake Doric, some-but-not-all of the time when I enter combat with my ranger pet stowed (eg: click the arrow to down, pet hidden) it will not automatically pop out.

I cannot confirm or deny if this happens on other maps, as I spent my play time yesterday focused on the new content primarily. In the small time I spent elsewhere I did not notice it happening, but I also seldom bothered to stash my pet…

This does not always happen. I’m unclear about the triggering conditions, but I can say that:

• I noticed it most often fighting roaming white mantel in the north.

• My pet remained stowed until I manually clicked the “up” arrow to pop it out.

• My pet behaved perfectly normally after being manually activated.

• I did experience the enemy hitting me first, placing me in combat, and not having the pet show up.

• I did experience hitting the enemy first, placing me in combat, and not having the pet show up.

• I did experience being in combat, pet still stowed, and having the enemy hit me, not triggering the pet to emerge.

I further cannot confirm or deny this happening with any pet other than the Water Drake (with the poison insect breath), as I did not test them as such.

I can say that this still occurred after switching pets, dying, and after leaving and returning to Lake Doric via waypoint. (Thanks, one-way portal to the Hiraithi Highlands.)

I’m sorry for the unclear bug report. I’ll try and update if I can get any more details or, ideally, a recipe for reproduction.

It was the (only) ranger tied to this account that experienced the issue.

It seems like the trigger is to be attacked while flying by a ranged enemy on the ground, possibly tied to moving a long way from them? Anyway, that’s the most reliable trigger, and once that happens the pet will not auto-pop even if I’m hit, etkittenil I get back out of combat at least once.

Now that you mention it, I was in battle and accidentally stowed my pet. It did not automatically come back out, if it is supposed to. I had to bring it out manually.

Oh! And I wasn’t using a Drake.

As for the one-way portal to Hirathi, it’s actually two-way. You merely need to talk to the NPC on the boat there. You can even use the NPC to enter Lake Doric for the first time ever, if that character has finished the first part of the Story and spoken to the NPC at the ‘gate’ in Divinity’s Reach.

Good luck.

I’ve gotten this to happen multiple times by getting hit while gliding, but only if I don’t get out of combat range before landing. When landing while still in combat, the pet just remains stowed. If I leave combat while still gliding, the pet reappears the next time I enter combat.