Rebirth unequips pet & mount even though access to same is retained

[shanaqui]

@cTheDragons (bc10ec41-4213-4482-bbb8-558e3c3ea8d5):

"Not sure why my mount and pet unequip when I rebrith. I have access to them again straight away to reequip."

Related to this issue where pets/mounts aren't locked after rebirth but some of the site descriptions etc and apparently the rebirth logic thought it was: #8132

[JohnJSal]

I just want to point out that the Wiki states the following on the Orb of Rebirth page:

The player's avatar is adjusted to "unequip" (remove) the pet and mount but the player keeps owning all pets and mounts and can re-equip them immediately if desired.

I'm not sure if this is the intended behavior, or if perhaps this line was added to the Wiki simply to reflect the current (bugged?) state of the game. But from what I can tell from the documentation, pets and mounts are supposed to be unequipped during a Rebirth, even though they are still usable immediately after that.

Sorry if this comment isn't appropriate here, since it's not really technical or bug-fix related. I was just suggesting that maybe this is the intended behavior all along. The Rebirth basically "refreshes" the character, but as SabreCat pointed out in the #8132 thread, there's no reason to prevent a newly Rebirthed character from having access to their pets and mounts right away.

JohnJSal

[shanaqui]

It used to be the case that the pets and mounts appeared to be locked until the drop system is unlocked, so the mechanic was created for that. That's no longer the case so it is no longer needed. The wiki will usually describe the current state of affairs, not the intended state of affairs.

[veeeeeee]

We're putting this on hold so that we can research and discuss the utility of Orb of Rebirth in light of how the rebirth function has changed over time.