Invisible Garuda HM!

Was wondering if anyone else has experienced this - trying to determine if it's a game bug or a possible issue with my PC or internet connection, although this has never happened previously.

Twice last night during a Garuda HM battle with a DF group I've had Garuda fail to reappear after she vanishes to summon her adds. Both adds would appear, but Garuda herself was invisible and couldn't be targeted. Probably not a big deal if I was a healer, but being that I was the main tank it definately presented an extra set of challenges... lol.

Luckily I've repeated the battle so many times that in both instances I was able to continue without too much of an issue (with the exception of not knowing when exactly Slipstream was coming), but I'd still prefer to be able to target and see what I'm tanking...

Also in both instances she did reappear during the next wave of adds, but I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced this?

Had same thing tonight for several of our party members (I think 4/8 during different fights, one of them was tank which was fun). Had also an issue where it didn't let us in the instance because we didn't have 4 party members (yes it was hardmode we were trying to get into).... Same server too, though I don't know if it makes a difference. Getting really annoyed with not being able to run late night events (starting to get lag after 8pm UK time).

If that's the case then it's likely a game bug then, although since we're on the same server it may just be server issues. I'll go ahead and report it, thanks for the reply!

I have had this issue before but it cleared up after she teleported back in again. If you run into it again I'd report it in the bug report forum. Make sure to fill out the template completely so that it'll be looked at.

Had this happen with a few things... Went into the Ultima fight and he was invisible, but I could target. After jumping both Ifrit and Garuda have been invisible and impossible to target, but they'd reappear after another jump.

Had the same issue myself, happens on the PS3 as well.

Had this issue during a Garuda run some time ago. Made it near impossible to help the group win as a DD b/c I couldn't target her + it also happened to her sisters so I had to hope we had the dps to down them before they despawned...luckily we did.

I have this problem with everything from my personally summoned Choco to Svara to Titan. Try dodging when an invisible Titan jumps.Good times!

If you look at all these threads, they have one thing in common, some sort of lag. It doesn't appear to be latency anymore as enough people are affected that have suffered the "lag" while testing their connections.

I think there is a major server issue.

People in my FC seem to have this issue on Garuda more than any other endgame content. So it's not just you!

Had this issue tonight, she warps to the east, shoots her beam then warps to the center to summon plumes and never reappears until after Astral flow.

I had the same issue after a peak of lag. As a tank, I was desperate to find her! Then, when she warped herself to the center of the map, she became visible again.

I don't think you all understand the concept of HARD mode.

i also had this issue back in sunday
the garuda just vanished after she jumps and summon the feathers
however, after a while she jumps again to summon the sisters, then she re-appears

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Originally Posted by Curagaja

I don't think you all understand the concept of HARD mode.

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you won't know what you're talking about if you haven't experienced it

Lb3'd garuda on my monk and she disappeared until next jump. Scared the life out of me. O_O

Happened to me,
I was like WTF where did she go and yet the other party members are still attacking her. Happened to me twice and it was only me that could'nt see. Other party members are fine.

I think this is in-game bug or graphic issues. I remember I joined Garuda HM parties before, when Garuda use certain skill (after half hp) suddenly a red plane appear on my screen but it just appear for a sec.

I share your pain as the only time this happened to me was when I was main-tanking as well. As you say, it only really interferes in that you can't really dodge Slipstream. You should have solid hate at that point and the Follow-The-Leader portion doesn't require you to target her, so not horrifically problematic. She re-appeared when she summoned her second set of sisters. However, the cause is still unknown to me.

I get this issue a lot during prime time. During the day it almost never happens. I'm assuming that it has a lot to do with server lag.

It's not just a Garuda bug. It's any monster that teleports or vanishes from the arena for any reason. For reasons unbeknownst to me, your game fails to render the monster when they return to combat. Happens on ps3 a lot more often than on pc from what I hear, but both platforms have the bug. I've personally had it happen a few times on the Gaius Van Baelsar fight that has a lot of teleporting, but a second teleport normally fixes it. The worst thing about the bug is that it can happen to party members, not just monsters.

Had it happen last night, just spammed Flash and cycled cooldowns until she decided to show me her face again. Was fun!

i had this happen to me before. and I was the MT lol!

I think this has happened to me once, but has happened multiple times to my friends.
It's always during a teleport that it happens and usually after another teleport that it's fixed.

I see this at least once every time I do a garuda farm group. Happened to us last night. I'm pretty sure this bug has been here from the release.

Yep, any enemy that teleports/jumps has the ability to glitch/bug out like this or stay stationary where they jumped and not do anything graphically but you'll still be attacked and whatnot.

preview of extreme mode! lol!

Report as bug.