Big Ban'thalos post tame bug?

Quivering · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:48 pm

So I ran across a hunter who had Ban'thalos tamed. Heres the thing..

-the pet was the size of Ban'thalos in the wild.
-he had an apostrophe
-he had a silver dragon on his nameplate

WHAT MANNER OF SORCERY IS THIS! seriously though, anyone seen this? I asked the hunter but they were mute

I blanked out their name out of respect. I watched it in combat ask Galleon to see if it was using its wild mob abilities and it didn't seem to be.

ashdawn · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:58 pm

I dont know but pets look cooler when bigger, there should be a glyph for that.

Castile · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:07 pm

Oh wow that is weird! Makes me want to tame one and see if it is a bug. My old 85 hunter has one in her stable might check when I'm home and let ya know.

Wassa · **Joined:** Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:37 am **Posts:** 1420

This is a client side bug where your computer doesn't recognize the beast you see is a tamed pet, so instead it shows it as it's wild size, name, and elite/rare symbol if it has one. Only you will see this. To the hunter that has the pet it looks completely normal.

For fun I dug up this old screenshot from BC of a wild sized pet as well, and a big one.

Quivering · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:49 pm

Wassa wrote:

This is a client side bug where your computer doesn't recognize the beast you see is a tamed pet, so instead it shows it as it's wild size, name, and elite/rare symbol if it has one. Only you will see this. To the hunter that has the pet it looks completely normal.

For fun I dug up this old screenshot from BC of a wild sized pet as well, and a big one.

So the hunter must have thought I was an out of my mind deathknight then haha :lol:

thx for the info, I was tripping!

ashdawn · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:51 pm

is there a way to activate this? I wanna see a giant devilsaur in my raids.

Wassa · **Joined:** Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:37 am **Posts:** 1420

ashdawn wrote:

is there a way to activate this? I wanna see a giant devilsaur in my raids.

Nope. It's random and pretty rare for this to happen.

Kalliope · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:03 pm

Wassa wrote:

ashdawn wrote:

is there a way to activate this? I wanna see a giant devilsaur in my raids.

Nope. It's random and pretty rare for this to happen.

And you wouldn't be able to see your own pet huge either.

Castile · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:01 pm

Oh! I have seen this before (kinda). Back in cata I tamed the blackfathom turtle boss as my pet and one raid he appreared huge to the rest of the raid (but not me for some reason)...I think i used BW to make it even more huge haha!

Kalliope · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:08 pm

Yeah, it's likely happened to all of us at some point.

My baby! <3

Rawr · **Posted:** Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:08 pm

Wassa wrote:

ashdawn wrote:

is there a way to activate this? I wanna see a giant devilsaur in my raids.

Nope. It's random and pretty rare for this to happen.

Like the naked glitch, where everyone in the instance is naked! :lol:

Wish I still had pics of some naked raids I did in ICC. :mrgreen:

Neilaren · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:16 am

I may miss my wasp being as large as she was but boy do I really miss her when that glitch was active!

I wasn't aware it could still happen :O all I ever see is my client changing all my pets' names after stampede (only evident when my friend spams confession on them, bluh).

Makoes · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:35 am

I love encountering this bug

I remember questing in Howling Fjord and coming across an AFK hunter with Ironhide out, and Ironhide took up the entire cliff lift tower thing. Big massive black dino chilling out.

Quivering · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:22 pm

UPDATE!

I ran into this hunter again, and its spirit beast was normal size and all. Boo.

Kalliope · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:35 pm

Yup, that's how it works. It's only a temporary thing.

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