Thanks Daldaen.
Yeah, I'm pretty convinced at this point after the trolling and additional research that the "random" part was due to the Fading Memories change. At least I'm willing to accept that because I'm too lazy to dig further. It still leaves a few questions unanswered but like I said, yeah, too lazy. So that would mean 2004 was the earliest documented definitive change to "random".
The beneficial only part of the Abashi has been the selling point for as long as I can remember and as long as I can see - which wasn't quite rivaled until the release of Nature's Balance line, and even then until the Anguish Monk BP with 1 slot Fading Memories. The trolling notion that it was never beneficial only until 2012 is pretty comical because it's based on the verbiage of the SPDAT (which never explicitly said the words "Beneficial Only"). An analogy I can think of would be trying to say the spell "Fear" never made you run away because the SPDAT never had the words "Run Away" recorded.
I'm pretty pleased with the accuracy of the Abashi click in it's current form right now after a bit more research - I think it is pretty close and spot on as we will ever get for the era. The only thing I can see as a glaring flaw is that it is definitely not 250 range (tested by a ranger with 50 Range Arrow and 200 Range Bow). It is more like 210 (just outside the range of a Forged Javelin).
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