Pet walking/pathing problems when approaching targetsFollow

(New to the hunting class, but loving it!)

I have 3 pets: boar, ravager, and wolf

When sending my pet in to attack a target I've been experiencing problems with my non-boar pets. They move at slower-than-walking pace, and when they get to melee range with the target, they sometimes circle the target a bit, and stutter back and forth before attacking.
The boar never has problems since it charges in.

Even normal, follow-me-around pathing seems iffy with the wolf and ravager. They often get hung up on small terrain features or objects.

This problem really became apparent when I started hunting and questing in the Wetlands with its swamps.

Anyone else?

I've often seen a pet of mine run at a target mob and, when it enters aggro range, the mob runs towards the pet. But the pet would keep running to where the mob was originally standing while the mob would run toward where the pet had been approaching from - they'd then turn around, run towards each other and do the same thing again, going back and forth like a dual pendulum.

I haven't noticed it so much with my warpstalker, since he basically blinks himself next to the mob once he's close enough. But I've still noticed a lot of pathing problems with various pets from time to time as well.

Ooo! I didn't know that the pets would try to get behind the target! That makes sense that that would cause some issues.

"I've often seen a pet of mine run at a target mob and, when it enters aggro range, the mob runs towards the pet. But the pet would keep running to where the mob was originally standing while the mob would run toward where the pet had been approaching from - they'd then turn around, run towards each other and do the same thing again, going back and forth like a dual pendulum."

Yes! I've seen that too! I assumed that that was a graphical glitch and that my pet hit the target at point A but then running animation had the target at point B already so the graphics engine tries to get back into synch by quickly returning the target to point A in order for the 'hit' animation to occur... or something like that. My combat log would report hits when it appeared that the pet and target weren't attacking... sometimes.

I played with my wolf last night and noticed something else. When we were idle, he would try to stand at my side but the model would pivot on its center axis but not animate. The front paws would also clip into the floor as if it were yawing slightly as it pivoted. Was there also some change as to where pets would try to stand in relation to its owner that may be causing some graphical or pathing glitches?

ya, hate when the pet and mob start their little tango dance. When that happens, I click "follow" and then a second or two later click attack again and it usually corrects it.

i have noticed my pet get stuck alot too,, it can be something there that is not there on screen do to glitch ,, and you can tell when you are getting kicked off wow because it sorta stops start like one of those cartoon flip books.. i put my on defense all the time.. that way i sneak around it is not good when it is stuck on something unseen... [poll]
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I can't say I've seen this happen. But sometimes I will send in my pet and he and the mob will have some sort of running fight to a nearby spot (not where the mob was originally standing). They are fully engaged and fighting each other while they run though. They sometimes run out of range of my shots and I'm forced to chase them down. I'm guessing this is a similar phenomenon which occurs from the pet trying to get in back of the target? It happens with both my wolf and my crab. Anyone else seen this happen?

Yeah, I've seen the fight 'walk' on my warlock when voidy engages the mobs too.

Yeah. I think thats why I said "It increases their survival chances greatly"

It also means they don't get the other disadvantages of being in front like riposte etc.

Put the comment about gnomes down to British humour (humor)

I don't know why blizzard doesn't just solve these problems, pet pathing shouldn't be too hard to correct.