Greater Drag going grey for no reason?

[RD Gumbie]

I havent been using mine much but ive noticed this problem before, 1st time I was in despise with my Greater Drag on baracoon with me healing it and all of a sudden I notice Im grey and so is the pet. Tonight I have a newly bonded greater drag guarding me and I'm hidden fighting lichlords and the pet turns grey, I didnt happen to catch why but there was noone else around, I was hidden and giving no orders and he just went grey and was back green in 2 mins. I still gained fame and everything. Has anyone noticed this or has it been posted? I wasnt able to find any info.

 

[Guest]

I'm thinking it might have something to do with arch cure and it being Felucca. Arch curing hits all the targets in an area and being a beneficial spell, doing so to a red or grey should flag you criminal as well.

 

[Guest]

I don't believe that is how arch cure works, I am almost positive if you are blue it will not work on a red unless you are in party with them... I don't think casting the spell will make you agressive to anyone, I could be wrong tho.. maybe someone can check this theory out, I can't do it right now but when I come back if no one has I will....

 

[Guest]

Yes, that is exactly the issue. Archcure was changed to affect criminals without direct targeting.

 

[Guest]

Its possible its arch cure, but I know mine always flags me criminal, but my beetle, mare, or white wyrm never do. I reported this over a month ago. Even when I pull it fresh from the stable it will flag me so I can't recall, if I heal or bless it.

 

[Guest]

I thought they took out all the changes for the arch cure crap that was suppose to go into this publish...

 

[Redxpanda]

They changed the nerf and put the spell back to it's normal effectiveness. I think the flagging was meant to be that way and was fixed and left that way because thats the way it was meant to be. In a way, some people might say they still nerfed it but they feel this was the way it should have been in the first place.

Of course i could be wrong about that and perhaps they meant to remove the flagging changes along with it but it slipped through the cracks.

 

[Cygnas]

I'm not sure, but I think there is something else going on here besides the arch cure. While training my great dragon, it goes from green-guilded to blue every few minutes. If I tell it to "All Kill" then it goes back to green, only to turn blue once again after a short while. None of my other pets that I trained did this. Flying ability? Dragon breath? Not sure, but I am sure that my dragon did NOT cast arch cure during any of these episodes... fighting a shadow elemental.

 

[Guest]

It's quite normal for a pet to change from green to blue during a long fight, and if you're training it on a shadow ele that will certainly happen.

Pets should only be casting arch cure when they're poisoned.

Has anyone been guard whacked by an arch curing pet in guardzone? I'm just a little concerned about this with the latest event coming up. I'm not sure it'd happen, but I'd prefer some confirmation that you just flagged grey

Wenchy

 

[Cygnas]

You could be right, I just don't remember my bake's or cu sidhes (more than a dozen trained) ever changing color because I wasn't in a guild at that time.

How could we set up a repeatable test about going gray with a great dragon casting arch cure in or near a guard zone? Guilded pets in a city? Killing demons in wind near the protected area?

 

[Guest]

Hrm..

Hows about, get a friend to flag grey outside town guards (eg kill a healer) then have 2 kitsune sparring while he stands beside them. Cast poison on the kits and see what happens when they arch cure with a grey around.

I'd have thought that would be enough to flag you and your pets as grey and trigger a guard whack if it was gonna happen.

It's that or lure something mean and poisonous into a town guard zone with your newly passive pets (get them to target the pet then walk into town). Eg opids into Papua.

I don't think there's a town with rotters nearby who could be test dummies.

Wenchy

 

[Guest]

Bumping this, because its going on 2 months and I still can't heal my dragon without flagging.