the fungi staff has to do with it b/c its a crazy OP item that was nerfed days after release. if they didnt think that giving anyone the ability to cast 15pt regen on themselves, for free, instantly and indefinately, was op then they were stupid. if they meant it to only be for shaman/druid toons who could already cast that same regen spell, then they messed up the same way it was claimed they messed up when live came out. a ton of classic (pre-kunark) items are inventory clickie and you could say OP (wc cap, cheal scyth, bladestopper, etc), i'm just offering a reason why things like manastone and guise were nerfed, and others weren't. guise wasn't just nerfed b/c it made u look super cool and they couldn't allow that, but guise and manastone were nerfed as fear/hate/sky came out and they realized the advantages those items gave a player with regard to those zones. i think the guise nerf is a bit more lore related, but having to rely on evil toons to buy hate stones and coffins does effect gameplay
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