So Red is mine right?

[Sabia]

Well I've been playing in the highlands and hunting Mary to help a friend. I've encountered a major problem and am just sort of wondering if the rest of you are having the same problem? I'll be fighting a sheep in order to get Mary (that cold hearted NM) to spawn and constantly the Mad Sheep's name will flicker from red (my monster) to yellow (nobody's monster). I've never really had this happen before while I played my RDM but it's been a major issue as of late with my summoner. Now my major worry is that one day I could be fighting Mary and have some high levels just watching me and waiting for me to die (grrr....) and Mary's name will go yellow. Would they be able to pull her from me when this glitch happens? Mind you by this time I've allready popped her on the head with my staff or hit her with Dia...
Another major glitch I'm having with my summoner is I'll pull out an Avatar to do group blink or something and then dismiss it...but it just stands there! Not only will it not go away but it will stand there constantly draining all 380 of my mp! I will manually open my menu and it says I have no pet out and the only way the avatar will dissappear is when my mp hits 0. Really really embarassing in a party situation...has anyone else had these glitches happen or know if they're being addressed?

 

[Synical]

This is a game glitch that began about 4 (or so) "patches" ago, or, 2months. It has been happening to me as well, and I dont play summoner.
We all know that during an ally fight, as different parties engage the mob, it will flash yellow for a second. That glitch has always been in the game.
However, for that last 2 months or so, while SOLOING, I will often have a mob go from red, to yellow, and remain yellow, until my next hit, spell etc.
They do this on my Ninja, my Rng, and my Pld. Soloing.
I do recall reading a thread that this loww of claim was also a known glitch for summoners and Beastmasters, caused by range of mob and using the pet to engage.
I think they have tried to remedy the problem with the last 2 patches that played with the delay between red > yellow after disengaging a monster. But I Still get the random changes to yellow while farming and fully engaged.
~Syn

 

[Sabia]

So...could someone take an NM away that i'm fighting if it flickers to yellow even though I've been hitting it with carb and my pole for a few seconds? Man that worries me...some people are just ruthless!

 

[Ecks]

I've experienced this a few times too, but its not been really that bad. I'll be fighting something, then it may briefly flash yellow, then as soon as I attack it again or cast something it turns red again. I havent had any problems as I usually just attack it again since it's still attacking me anyway and im still engaged in combat.

If for some reason I just stopped engaging in combat when it turned yellow, which has not happened to me yet and I havent seen any complaints of that happening either, then that would really be a problem.

In short Sabia. They could take it away, its possible im sure. However they would have to realize what happened just as it happened and take action to claim it with some immediate ability like provoke, otherwise.. your still going to hit it and reclaim it pretty quickly.

 

[Onidori]

Interesting Consequence of this *Feature*

Last night, same thing happened to me and another RDM in my party. We were taking turns pulling Yhungtar Jungle. Due to how crowded the place was, we had to run a long way to pull a mob. During the night, we each experienced a lost pull, where we casted Dia on the mob, mob responded by inflicting a few hits, and as we ran back to camp, we lost the mob on the way, watching the mob turning from red to yellow. My party had a few good laughs, but I guess this happens pretty often.

Onidori
-- Windurst Taru, RDM 27 / WHM 14 / BLM 13