Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Watching my Pet get summoned away from me...SWG you need to fix this grief NOW!
Vertexon
Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:23 pm
#14
I brought this up again on the correspondent forum over the weekend. I'll request an update if I don't hear something soon.
tmerren
Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:10 pm
#15
Vertexon wrote:I brought this up again on the correspondent forum over the weekend. I'll request an update if I don't hear something soon.
Thank you.
} {Master Combat Medic} {Master Doctor} {Marksman}
zul448
Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:14 pm
#16
I think all we can do now is REPORT the people who do this. It is obviously griefing and it can have a major effect on many players, including newbies and docs etc. So if you see someone doing it, report them to a CSR with city/name of player etc so at least they can hear our cries and know something is seriously wrong.
Nuttynoah
Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:27 pm
#17
Hi
telling your pet to stay is not the problem solved, the MCH is the master of his pets and only him /her should be albe to control then not some stranger, so the problem is NOT solved untill they sort the BUG out...
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DaBudo2
Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:01 pm
#18
See, the kicker is that it may not BE a bug. For all the feedback the Devs have given us, I don't know that the intent of /summon isn't actually to allow other players to "summon" our pets. As I pointed out earlier, there is no reason for it to be in the game.We don't need it as CH, so what's it purpose? There are no other CH commands that a non-CH can use, so I have to wonder how is it that /summon can be used by anyone. (Oh, geez, that sounded paranoid - please tell me I'm not becoming a conspiracy nut 
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)Message Edited by DaBudo2 on 08-17-2004 09:02 PM
Suenr
Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:24 pm
#19
FigrinDankovich wrote:I know it's a serious issue but am i the only one who finds the image of someone running through town with half a dozen stolen droids following while screaming "Droid Armies, Attack!" incredibly hilarious?
It sounded pretty funny to me. Of course, if I were one of the pet/droid owners, it probably wouldn't seem so funny.
Lilato
Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:36 pm
#20
DaBudo2 wrote:
See, the kicker is that it may not BE a bug. For all the feedback the Devs have given us, I don't know that the intent of /summon isn't actually to allow other players to "summon" our pets. As I pointed out earlier, there is no reason for it to be in the game.We don't need it as CH, so what's it purpose? There are no other CH commands that a non-CH can use, so I have to wonder how is it that /summon can be used by anyone. (Oh, geez, that sounded paranoid - please tell me I'm not becoming a conspiracy nut
Message Edited by DaBudo2 on 08-17-2004 09:02 PM
Actually, there are commands that a non ch can use on pets, jedi mindtrick, animal scare and animal calm.
meagor
Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:38 pm
#21
You can also make a macro
/tellpet <follow_command>;
then drag this macroa toolbar slot. Whenever someone tries to run off with your pet, you are all set to call them back.
Anobaca
Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:08 am
#23
Wow thanks. I have no idea wereI have beensince this is the first I had heard of this.
Ax-Fire
Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:57 am
#24
Oddly enough, you're probably right: the /summon commandmayNOT bea bug. My guess is that the command was implemented to allow other players to "move" a pet when it gets in the way. For instance, if a CH summoned a pet on top of a ticket or mission terminal. This would explain why it hasn't been removed.
Thecynic in me saysthis hasn't been fixedbecause the devs can't think of a creative way to prevent grieving without removing the command.
KnightHawk420
Wed Aug 18, 2004 4:12 am
#25
tmerren wrote:
I was about to board the shuttle at C-net today when I saw a shout bubble that said "Droid Army, attack!" Now this interested me, because no one can call more than one droid. as I was walking over to investigate, the person ran past me. He had several droids in tow. This person has "summoned" every droid in the C-net area. There were several n00b droids, and a couple a Binary Load Lifter that was add barking, and a Treadwell that was also add barking. It REALY annoyed me that this person was able to do this.
Not that I advocate the practice but that had to be pretty darn funny.
Warryyr
Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:43 am
#26
Glad I saw this.
I've posted a warning to Musicians and Dancers regarding this, so that their Entertainer Droids aren't lured away from them.
I'm sorry folks, this is awful - no one should ever be able to essentially yank your weapon out of your hand, leaving you defenseless.
As you can't call pets in combat, you CH's could get hit really hard with this, and it needs to be fixed ASAP in my opinion.
This is not cool.