Familiar disappearing every time I zoneFollow

My familiar has been disappearing on my 63 berserker for a while now. I have google searched the issue, and the consensus (at the daybreak forums) is that it's likely caused by auras. I have a permanent rage aura on the character and I have no clue how to turn it off. Some have suggested that it may be caused by 'fast camping' in zones like pok. I have tried camping the 'slow way' and it is of no help.

I also am not certain if there may be a setting somewhere that I toggled that causes this. If any one has had this happen to them, I'd love to hear how you corrected this.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Is the buff from the familiar disappearing as well? Or just the physical familiar? Do you get some kind of message saying that it "can't be summoned here"? It is quite possible it's some kind of stacking issue with another effect/buff (like your aura). Some of the interactions in EQ can be "odd". Especially with things that are flagged as summoned. I know that with my wizard, if I want to use something like a summoned vendor or whatnot, I have to tell my familiar to leave. If he's flapping around, another summon wont work. But I can get rid of him, but keep the buff, and then summon something else (which honestly I do anyway because he's just another annoying thing flapping around, and I don't want/need the window up for him). Oddly, it doesn't work in the other direction. If for some reason my familiar buff is missing, and I summon something, I can't summon my familiar (and regain the buff) without clicking off the buff for the thing I summoned.

Like I said, "odd".

Oh. Auras are strange as well. They can only be cast while in group, but are permanent now, and stick around even when soloing (but I'm not sure they have their effects). It does seem kinda arbitrary though. Sometimes, I'll see the buff icon, sometimes not. Which I suspect is some kind of oddity/bug in the short term buff window (ie: song window). Follow the instructions above to open the actual aura window, and you should be able to remove it.

Edited, May 19th 2016 4:41pm by gbaji

Yup. That's the exact behavior I've noticed as well. Seems really random when it pops up or disappears (or looks like it's fading, but comes back). Usually, if I'm in a group, it stays on and strong the whole time. Usually.