Banker Javen in qcat should not spawn until early 2000 era

[Dolalin]

Banker Javen in qcat did not exist at launch. He was added in a patch in early 2000.

He is absent from the Zone-NPC-List-Level.xls spreadsheet I dug up that was compiled in Dec 1999 / early Jan 2000.

Here are some quotes that reference his addition:


8/1/00

There is now a Banker in the Qeynos sewer system for evil races and
classes which is handy for DEs. My Human Necro is indifferent in the
Qeynos Bank proper as well so they may be on the beta-neutral faction
even though the rest of my Qeynos faction has long since been hosed.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.games.everquest/UzyM1bmuCa8/YBAf3_ze5YUJ



5/22/00

> As I understand it, Iksar Necros aren't KoS in either the Freeport or
> Qeynos necro guilds. This is nice for them, as a banker was recently
> added to the necro guild in Qeynos (in the sewers) that they can use.
> Can't buy/sell there unless they build their Bloodsabre faction a bit,
> but that is what those Brothers in West Karana are for ;)

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.games.everquest/XydHrapUB1w/J4FK3EL9khoJ


So he was added sometime between January 2000 and May 2000.

[Dolalin]

Based on this post I'm going to hazard a guess that he was added in Kunark to give Iksar somewhere to bank, but in typical Verant fashion they goofed up the NPC addition at first:


4/11/00

> 3) There is now a beggar by the Qeynos Docks that is actually a
> banker. Not sure of the specifics here, but he attacked me as soon as
> I opened my vault with him. I didn't have a chance to figure out what
> caused it (as he was whacking me for 100+ quads) as I ran to the zone.
> He is obviously a bug, and it may be that opening the vault aggros
> him. It might also be that he was superimposed over Raz (the beggar at
> the other docks) who is on a faction of one of the evil groups in
> Qeynos. Raz may be KoS to me, which is why the banker attacked... but
> the "banker" ignored me until I opened my vault. Weird.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.games.everquest/D9IuuPqEC_w/p7pN2lVWsosJ

[Dolalin]

Yup that's exactly what happened!


4/11/00

> On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:23:59 GMT, lok...@enteract.com (Lokari) wrote:
> >>Kerra Ridge has been completely revamped.
> >
> >Wooohoo! Looking forward to checking this out.
>
> Keep waiting, the only noticeable change to it was to the factions,
> everything else seems the same.
>

Yep...and to make catching the boat even more fun, there's a new (I think) mob in S
Qeynos. Banker Javen. Looks like a beggar, hits like a hill giant [1], and is KOS to a lot
of people.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.games.everquest/JGcgB8w8FJs/LRED4zEGJl4J

[Telin]

Ruled for Kunark, pending update.