I've been doing some research because every time on blue or green we are trying to contest Vaniki, some guy is training between 2 and 700,652 dragon constructs around ultimately murdering everyone. It doesn't make sense to me that these *never* despawn, especially since other trap mobs (like beetles) despawn rather quickly after spawning.
I've been doing research and I will do more, but initially I found a couple posts on the eq archives that suggest they did in fact despawn. One states it as a fact, the other suggests perhaps they did.
Link 1:
https://web.archive.org/web/20031218...untingLevel=30
"if you step on these a dragon construct will spawn. they will con blue to you at 60 but can not be casted on unless you are in melee range, they have an aggro range almost all the way to zone in and
they take hours to despawn. if you spawn a dragon your pretty much done for the day."
Link 2:
https://dbsanfte.github.io/eq-archiv...msg-181558.txt
"By the time I get to DN, it's quarter after three. Trying to levitate
up to where I can hail JDS and hand in the talisman proves to be
nothing but frustration and there's no one online who's done it and
can give me a hint. The druid accidentally trips the dragon construct
trap, which sees through invis. So, we have to call it a night. I get
a fresh Spirit of Eagles and log out right outside of DN.
I need to get some non-EQ stuff done and end up falling asleep around
6 AM. But, knowing I may need a team to clear to JDS, I log in at
noon the next day.
The Construct has despawned or been killed. I go
and give levitating up to JDS another try, still with no luck.
Finally, someone logs in and tells me to drop lev and *jump* the last
step. I turn in and get my Sleeper's Key."
I'll keep adding here if I find more.