Green (npc´ish) names popping up/under

[Kasten]

Hiya,

yesterday i noticed something strange in Campaign. Im not sure in wich area it was but i think either Rolanberry or N-Gustaberg. As i was standing around during campaign i tried to target an NPC to cast Protect on him. I didnt use a macro, instead i manually targeted trough the npcs. Suddenly i targeted a green name like NPC´s have it. The name was Lobo (like you can call your puppet).

Because i never saw a Pup as NPC in campaign i tried to look him up. Suddenly the name disappeared again and i couldnt find it again. Some mins later i again got a green name targetted, again for only 1-2 seconds. I forgot the name but it was something starting with N.

I tried this for 10 mins and got 4 different names targetted for only a second, neither one i ever heard of.

Has anyone ecountered this also?

ps: this is no joke... and excuse me if this is old or answered already, i never saw anyothing about this.

[Avé]

This has been happening to me too. It's just a normal update glitch.

[Shadowrunner]

I was in Vunker Inlet [S] yesterday while doing Smokescreen II and III (because San D'Oria losing a zone hasn't happened since a patch, thank goodness i can do it now) and Hawk eye I, II, and III, at the very end of doing Smokescreen III I went back to the NPC to turn in my tags early (I was at work and had to go), when as i was swinging through the tons of mobs that were just west of us, I managed to target a green NPC named Conjurer. Then it was gone. I figured it was just one of the NPC's doing something weird like the scroll-using SCH. But maybe there is more stuff to come

EDIT: Edited for correctedness.

[Rocl]

It's just a post-update bug, I've been getting it a lot with several pet names.

[Thistle]

When PUPs first call their pets, they show up as green NPC names (and can be targeted even if you have /ignorepet on).

The "odd NPC name in Campaign" thing was driving me crazy until I read about that bug. Hopefully it'll be fixed in today's update.