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Originally Posted by Haynar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So basically... uber pet dmg, is wanted.

Pretty much yeah, but the evidence does lean towards this direction.

How about this, per http://samanna.net/eq.general/pets.shtml#tulisin

6. Ratio is unimportant on weapons given to pets.
To start with, pets have a built in delay, they'll swing a 100 delay weapon and a 5 delay weapon at exactly the same speed. Damage on a weapon *can* have an effect on pet damage, however, damage on the weapon must be more than half of the pet's regular hit. Thus, if a pet hits for 50 normally, the weapon must have a damage of at least 26 (25x2 being exactly 50). So while giving a low level pet a high damage weapon will yield massive DPS increases (a level 12 pet can hit in the triple digits with a 60 damage weapon), high level pets are impossible to find damage upgrades for due to the fact that half their max hit is 50 +, and such high-damage droppable one-handers don't exist.

Ok, so thats in a few expansions past.

However

Section #5: Special notes.

There are two very special items that SoE decided pets could not use:

1. Weighted Axe, back in the day people were using this to let pets hit for massive amounts due to the high damage and the fact that pets ignore the downside (the delay). This item has a hidden "No Pets!" tag on it.

2. Di`zok Oracle Shillelagh, AKA "The Slowstick". SoE didn't like mages getting such a powerful slow. This is the only item marked with the "No Pets" tag. However, this is not the only slow proc that could be given to pets, just the only one nerfed.

There isn't very many dated timestamps for how long this actually worked for. This is my current best guess:

From alla:

Date: Feb 09 2001 at 7:43 AM
Enchanter, Necromancer, Magician, and Shadow Knight pets would use a 150 delay weapon, since the dagger "nerf" made it so weapon delay has no effect on the pet's attack speed. Don't you just love seeing your pet quadding for 91 each at 25 delay? =)

Date:May 01 2001 at 12:20 AM
Well first off im a 56 warrior on Vazaelle. I use this weapon often for opening blows. Well now i got a sash of dragonborn (i believe 50 % haste) and when my enchanter friend casts swift like the wind (75 % haste) thats 115 % haste. Which brings the ratios of this down to aroun 75 - 85. A fairly deecent delay and some beat down damage. also, its amazing seeing a friends magician pet quadding consistently for 100 damage at 25 delay.

TOP Crit.. 234 Top Crip... 512

Date: May 24 2001 at 3:26 PM

I tried giving it to my pet, it doesn't work. Sorry[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Too good to be true. Was a good thought though[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] In fact, I think this worked at one point, but not anymore.

46th SK

My best guess when this was acutally nerfed: 2 months post velious release to five months at best.

Uber pet damage indeed, but considering this was a thing in kunark and pet classes haven't been able to utilize it at all even though this was during the timeline.