Fighting birds after giant-mob patch.

Platform: Windows
ISP: Comcast

Type of Internet Connection: CATV
Internet Connection Speed: 3Mbit

Date & Time: 3/15, 3/16, 3/25 PST

Frequency: Sometimes

Character Name:
The Dude, Baby Cakes

Race: Hyur M, Miqo'te,

World: Wutai


Class/Skill Rank: 46
Physical Level:50
Area and Coordinates: ??? Near Silent Arbor, east to first square room

Party or Solo: Party 3-6 members

NPC Name: None

Monster Name: Scout Vulture

In-Game Time: Don't remember

Steps:
Run close to bird.
Attack Bird.
Approximately 50% chance the Bird will fly away for a few seconds.
If the bird does fly away, there is approximately 50% chance he will climb out of reach. This results in messages "Target out of range" or "The target is too far above you"

Screenshot of me standing below bird (Just glad I'm not a Lalafel, those poor guys wouldn't stand a chance! Note, this is zoomed out as far as I can, with the camera angle as steep as it goes and the bird is only barely in view:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_a...1301116615.jpg

This did not happen until the patch where they changed mob sizes. I experimented with it last night 3/25 10:00PM PDT, there was one time I couldn't reach it as Pugilist, but the Lancer could hit it just fine. I couldn't taunt it or throw weapon at it, but Lancer and Conjurer could attack it. Sometimes it would be out of range for both Pugilist and Lancer, but Conjurer could still use "Fire" and other elemental spells to kill it. In all cases a Lalafel Conjurer could attack it.

Before the giant mob patch they were lower to the ground and did not fly away when engaged. Please make them like they were.

You should fulfill the template:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...m-In-Game-Bugs

Greetings, Sparker!
Thank you for taking the time to post your concerns about the behavior of giant birds. As Umo was kind enough to point out, it would be a great help to us if you provided as much information as you can in the form that Umo linked to. To make it easier, here is the form in question, so that you may copy and paste from it:

Thread Title:
Short outline explaining what sort of issue you are experiencing.

Platform:
Specify which version of Windows was in use to play the game.

ISP:
Name of ISP you use to connect to the Internet.

Type of Internet Connection:
Specify the type of connection. (dial-up, DSL, CATV, Optic Fiber, Other)

Internet Connection Speed:
Specify the speed of internet connection. (Example: 768Kbit/s, 5Mbit/s)

Date & Time:
Date and time of when the issue occurred. Please be sure to state the time zone of your region. (Example: Pacific Time = PST/PDT)

Frequency:
State how frequently the issue occurs. Please select from the following.
1.Always
2.Sometimes
3.Once (Did not reproduce)
4.Unknown

Character Name:
Which character did the issue occur with?

Race:
Race of your character when the issue occurred.
(Eleze M, Eleze F, Hyur M, Hyur F, Lalafell M, Lalafell F, Miqo'te, Roegadyn)

World:
World where the issue occurred.

Class/Skill Rank:
Class and skill rank of your character when the issue occurred.

Physical Level:
Physical level of your character when the issue occurred.

Area and Coordinates:
Area and map coordinates where the issue occurred.

Party or Solo:
If you were solo when the issue occurred, please write "Solo". If you were in a party, please write "Party". With alliance, please write "Alliance."
*If you wrote "Party" or "Alliance", please also include the number of members.

NPC Name:
Name of NPC that your character was interacting with when the issue occurred.
*If you were not interacting with any NPC, then please write "None".

Monster Name:
Name of monster that your character was battling against when the issue occurred.
*If you were not battling against any monster, then please write "None".

In-Game Time:
Please list the in-game time that the issue occurred.

Steps:
Detailed steps on how the issue occurred.
*Please try to include the following details.
•What you were doing when the issue occurred. (Example: Battle, mission, quest, crafting, synthesis, etc.)
•Please do your best to write using official terms for item names and action names. Please avoid any abbreviations or improper terms.
•If you were using macro commands when the issue occurred, please include the details of the command.
•In case the error message appeared when the issue occurred, please include what the message said.

*In case you cannot post all of the information in a single post due to character limitations, please make multiple posts.

Thanks again to both of you for participating!

OK, when I get a bit more time I will fill that out. I got some ranks to get right now! Thanks.

Bump, template added to first post with a screenshot.

Thank you for the information and for bringing this to our attention! I'll forward your report to the developers now. If they have a reply back regarding your report, we'll respond to this thread. Otherwise, please keep an eye on the latest news topics regarding future game fixes either here or on Lodestone. Thanks again!

Greetings again, Sparker!
Thank you for your patience with the wait for a response to your report. After thoroughly investigating the matter by using the information that you provided, the development team found no problem with the behavior of the Scout Vultures. However, if you encounter any suspicious behavior, like mobs suddenly disappearing, please submit another detailed report regarding your experiences. Thanks again for your patience!