Hunter pet bug/exploit...

[makasante]

Hey.... this is my 1st thread so hello everyone ^^
Anyway, I tamed the Tundra Crawler (worm) on my hunter. You must have exotic btw(51points in beast mastery)
I was just fighting normally, and i noticed sometime my pet wouldn't go into melee range, and would fight the mob from 10-20 yards away. No this is not a ranged pet :P
But it sure acts like one.... (sometimes)
Maybe you could use this to your advantage in PvP? stunning people from a distance?
If anyone tried this, let me know how it went

[Hsk]

It's a common bug it happens to me with my pets alot, blizzard was ment to fix a long time ago but they havent got around to doing so.

Remember to block out your name next time.

[makasante]

why do i need to block my name?

[Bunster]

lol call ur pet bugged :P

[Henessy]

Remember, shade out your name!

[zabuu]

Check the range on the acid spit spell or whatever it's called. I have a feeling it's ranged =P

[Pain21]

Acid Spit

Your worm spits acid at an enemy, causing [rank] Nature damage and reducing its armor by [rank] per Acid Spit for 30 sec. Can be applied up to 5 times.
20 Focus
30 yd range
Instant
10 sec cooldown

[j4m35x]

Nice find!!

[SmotPoker]

this could just be server lag and it just looks like your pet is far away but is actually close.

[Karismatic]

Like hunter need more bugs...bastards!

[amunro]

i really doubt it is acid spit, firstly, you would notice the spell hitting the mob. Also, many have experienced this when you actually see the mob/pet hitting. I personally hate this bug as it can also occur wwith some mobs, and when it does, its impossible to loot....

[chumpy]

Seems to already be covered here, but Worms's Acid spit is bugged, and have been since 3.0. They stay at max range and just shoot their sunder armor Acid Spit debuff without moving closer to range. This is especially annoying if your worm also has charge, as they will not get into charge range, as Acid spit uses max hitbox range.

You'll notice in your screenshots that the only Orange (pet) damage being dealt is from the acid spit's Nature Damage.

Hope this clarified this non-exploit.

[makasante]

This is not just acid spit... I can prove it if you really want, but the pet actually attacks from there

[minodragon]

1. This is not new
2. it's a sizing bug
3. it can be really annoying
4. try adding beserial wrath with it to make the range even larger

[Lith]

My friend could exploit lag like this (this looks just like what ben described), you can get a software (or hardware if your really hardcore) that stops packets being sent for seconds at a time, but not too much to disconnect, but enough to allow you to attack from a distance, as if you went close to a player/npc, only difference is they cant melee attack