All my toons have been using the PoP appearance for their pack ponies, which WAS about the size of the original pack pony. Suddenly, they're ENORMOUS! ZOMG! Apparently they're taking their size cue from the darn snails. But there's a REASON I don't display the snail, it's too darn big. Can we have the pack ponies back at a smaller size? or a size toggle option for them, or something?
My snail was normal size until I recast it (inside the Sanctus Tradeskill instance). Haven't tried recasting again outside the instance to see if it returns to normal size yet. Although large, it's nowhere near as big as the one pictured above.
Here is the bug illusion its huge although I did find it funny first time I pulled it out after patch
I had no idea there was now a bug appearance for the pack animal. Which I will never use, I don't like creepie crawlies.
It's not just ponies, I use the living crate petamorph wand for Ranger Hawk (weird I know, but it stands out), and the box is larger than my character now. The giant snail is indeed terrifying.
He's the only one that is an acceptable/good size. It's just ridiculous that they gave us alternate appearances and they're not practical to use.