a Flamingo skill?

Iscana

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

I have played the Nightfall preview event and came quite far in those missions and quests, but there is one thing I still don't understand and didn't see or find. Is it true there is a skill that calls up to 6/8 flamingo's to fight with you?
Anyways, this video shows someone or ai is using a spell that spawns a bunch of flamingo's. :P

video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=znXGchXre_A

Sir Mad

Sir Mad

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Moe's Pub

Pigs Can Fly [Pigs]

R/

ROFL very nive video!

The guy probably used Otyugh's Cry.

Renegade26

Renegade26

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

R/

Otugh's cry I assume.

Mercury Angel

Mercury Angel

Avatar of Gwen

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wandering my own road.

14 flamingos on the party list? o_O

Does Otyugh's Cry add the nearby charmable pets to your party list? I'd thought it just made them aggro against nearby enemies. With the mass resurrection, it looks like most of them are actually charmed and in the party.

Pkest

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Hooded Reavers of Eternal Life(Ankh)

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In the video after the guy dies and is respawned he appears to summon the group of flamingos which isn't really how Otyugh's Cry works I don't think.

logan90

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Best bug ever! That was the hero bug where heroes could have more than 1 pet at a time. ANet fixed it not long after the start though.

Giga Strike

Giga Strike

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

stranded in vabbi this time

None [N/A]

at the end it shows his skill bar and otuga's cry isnt in it. it must be a bug that allows him to have multiple pets.

Iscana

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

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Originally Posted by logan90
Best bug ever! That was the hero bug where heroes could have more than 1 pet at a time. ANet fixed it not long after the start though.
Didn't see any logs about this bug. Still it's quite weird, cause in the video you see someone respawn and use a spell to spawn a bunch of flamingo's. So if these animals are some kind of minions, why does it show somewhere else in the video that 6 of them leveled up? As far I know Necromancer minions can't level up.

It's a bit weird, if it was a bug, well too bad I couldn't enjoy the fun when I was playing.

Giga Strike

Giga Strike

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

stranded in vabbi this time

None [N/A]

the hero seems to hgave something that looks like otyugh's cry. the quality isnt good enough to tell.

Giga Strike

Giga Strike

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

stranded in vabbi this time

None [N/A]

i found that the skill the hero uses is revive animal, its new so it my have been bugged during the beta testing.

Henchman

Henchman

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

A cave in the Shiverpeaks

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Giga Strike
at the end it shows his skill bar and otuga's cry isnt in it. it must be a bug that allows him to have multiple pets.
That doesn't mean anything, maybe one of his allies had the skill. Maybe what caused the bug was giving one of the heroes otyugh's cry.

Curse You

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

It seems that they had something like 12 Flamingos charmed by Koss. That would explain why they all followed him.

Also, the skill that the Dunkaro uses if Revive Animal.
http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Revive_Animal

xBakox

xBakox

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

[JF] Just Friends, [NOT] Nomads of Turmoil

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i found that the skill the hero uses is revive animal, its new so it my have been bugged during the beta testing.
Actually Revive Animal has been around since Prophecies and was not bugged. I remember some of the old iways used to bring it so they could have mobile IWAY .

Funny as hell bug though btw.

Vilaptca

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Its a bug with Heroes in general. They actually aren't supposed to be able to have pets, I think it just let him keep charming them because of that. Note though, that he lost all of them if he zoned. And the only way to get that many was from that silly flamingo quest when you have to /shoo them away.

Theres a whole thread about this on GWOnline created by the guy that did this.

Sir Mad

Sir Mad

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Moe's Pub

Pigs Can Fly [Pigs]

R/

Yeah revive animal is a great skill: with 16 Beast mastery you can rez all the pets around with 100% health. However, even with a BM build I use to bring comfort instead because of the very low recharge/casting time (and eventually the healing effect ).

Exoudeous

Exoudeous

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

Honor Warriors

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vilaptca
Its a bug with Heroes in general. They actually aren't supposed to be able to have pets, I think it just let him keep charming them because of that. Note though, that he lost all of them if he zoned. And the only way to get that many was from that silly flamingo quest when you have to /shoo them away.

Theres a whole thread about this on GWOnline created by the guy that did this.
no they are allowed pets, anet explaind it wasnt working properly during the event.

though on the site it said heros wouldnt have pets during the event (without saying why) but people where still able too get it to work to some extent