It's true, they saw names on zoning and resummoning when defeated. For me the real trouble is the ember demon. I like the hellfire gargoyle, but when I have to prioritize, I save the ember demon first.
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I only have 2 Masterminds (Bots and Ninja) and they don't have any original pets like a medic or arsonist. So I have no idea whether they are actually changing names or not. I do wonder if there are some issues with Demons though. Anytime I am around a Demon MM, one of the pets (or maybe several) seems to keep doing some roar, or cry, or howl, or something. I can usually take it for a few minutes, then I have to leave.
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I came to post that I'd never had this happen... Then I logged DS/ MM and... Yep. It's happening.
They have mixed up names. I'm SURE it hasn't been happening long, because I watch my pets' health end bars pretty heavily to decide who needs changes in end redux or who needs custom orders because they get too much aggro.
I've noticed that with the level 32 upgrade the ice demonling burns through end (with no end redux slotted) while the other two don't, and it has made me undecided on whether to slot for it since the Prince is also performing -slow -rech. That pet is always the same name, same end problems.
It has the wrong name now.
I've noticed it more on my Mercs and Thugs (Medic and Arsonist), and it's pretty annoying when you go chasing after who you think was your arsonist to heal them, just to see the fire bomb go off and have your poor Arsonist go splat again since you were nowhere near him to heal him (with /dark)
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I just resummon after every zone. Annoying, yes, but my OCD Demands it.
Happens to the Thugs Arsonist, too.
Happens with Mercs too. Bugs me most because I give my men specific military ranks (regular soldiers are Privates, medic is Corporal, spec ops are Corporal and Master Corporal and commando is Sergeant.) so seeing my medic get demoted and one of my privates suddenly promoted is kind of disconcerting.
Since the pets are resummoned every time you zone, I'm guessing there's something wonky with the code that assigns the names to the specific pets when that event occurs.
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Yeah it happens. I've got a macro set for my Arsonist to make him come back to me (trying to keep him from dying all the time). Set to his name ("Matchwork"), I'll notice that sometimes the wrong thug comes back cuz the names got switched. Needs fixin...
Are anybody else's pets having constant identity crises?
My demonlings have names that are distinct based on their type (firey is Fi'rol, ice is I'cee, for example)... But they keep changing names on me... Almost every zoning it's a 50/50 chance of them being themselves. Does this stop significantly once one has all possible pets, or will all my guys be trading names on a regular basis?