MTX pets - minor bug for 2 pets of the same type

if I try to equip the second, it takes it from the same character or unequips it.

I'm running into the same issue. I bought 2 of the gothic horror ghost child pets years ago in Path of Exile 1. I use them both at the same time in path of exile 1 all the time and have done so for a very long time. In path of exile 2 it only seems to ever let me use one at a time.

(Copying my reply from a different thread in a more appropriate place:)

The issue with duplicate pets seems to be partially fixed, but still broken in the current patch (just re-tested).

TLDR: It works now if both of the pets are already free, but if not you still have to manually log into at least one other character to remove that pet, first.

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Let's say I have two copies of Gothic Horror Ghost Child pet.


- If both pets are unused, I can now assign both of them to a single POE2 character successfully (I could not previously).

- If only one of the pets is unused (one is assigned to either a POE2 or POE1 character), I can assign the free copy of the pet, but trying to assign the second one to the other slot simply de-equips the first pet as if I had told it to clear the other slot (this is despite selecting a different slot on either the paper doll or the pet slots above the MTX). The UI seems to be confusing this case with re-selecting the same pet for the same pet slot, which is treated as a clear request.

- If BOTH of the pets are currently already assigned elsewhere, I can typically only re-assign one of them to a single character in POE2, whether or not they were currently assigned to POE2 or POE1 characters and whether or not they were assigned to different characters before re-assignment. I get to choose which one for the first pet, but trying to set the second clears the first and leaves me with no pets as above.

- Assignment of both pets tends to work correctly in POE1 in all cases. Where both are currently assigned, it asks you where to remove it from (or from which game). When assigning the second pet, it doesn't provide removing the first pet from the same character as an option.



History:

In 0.1.0, trying to assign the second pet would move the first pet to the second slot, resulting in a single equipped pet.

In 0.2.0, trying to assign the second pet would de-equip the first pet and result in no equipped pets.

In 0.2.0h / whichever recent patch, trying to assign a second pet works in POE2 only if both were unassigned to begin with (but is now possible).