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Originally Posted by Daldaen
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Nah the question I was posing wasn't the fact that bellycasters existed.
What I was suggesting was that the way EQ Calculates aggro, the "Add Aggro" check may have been performed AFTER the "In Belly Cast Range" check. Meaning, unlike a typical resisted spell, your spells cast from out of Belly Cast range do not generate any aggro when they resist. Which is how it currently functions on Live.
My suspicion is that this is how EQ has handled bellycasters all along, making it classic. If derpcake is right I would *imagine* there are some posts somewhere around 2002 where people talk about this strategy for permarooted ToV dragons, casting spells from far away to build aggro and then going in. Then some posts at a later date claiming it no longer works. I haven't found any such posts yet, though I've not looked very extensively I will admit.
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That would make sense working like that. Otherwise you could like you said generate insane aggro with non damaging spells before engaging. Would still probably pull dragons out of trains though since you did interact with it, like cancel magic or taunt - if dragon was pulled by proximity and not similiar spell / arrow etc.