some posts that indicate this.
http://www.graffe.com/forums/showthr...Paineel-Guards - August 2002
http://thedruidsgrove.org/archive/eq/t-2378.html - Feb 2003
http://www.monkly-business.net/forum...ead.php?t=8720 - September 2002
They did add faction at some stage though, just not sure if they will have faction hits on this server. These posts indicate it may have been added after Luclin was released. maybe in PoP