Source:
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...1&p=5#comments
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Feb 14 2001 at 4:42 PMRating: Default
Wrong. Like a previous post says.
COB takes you to amiable."
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Mar 09 2001 at 8:28 PMRating: Default
I guess they nerfed this then because I am standing in front of the Foreman as I type this and neither Lich nor Call of Bones alters my faction whatsoever. I am indifferent to them with or without either spell."
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Mar 14 2001 at 6:12 PMRating: Decent
Correct .. All Skeleton illusions no longer alter your faction.
Source:
http://web.archive.org/web/200103021...ML/061066.html
"Topic: Thing's Not Included Into the Patch Message that DID go in..."
"DarckHellfire
Station Member posted 02-23-2001 07:30 AM
The Faction adjustments from Arch Lich have been removed.
Now there is no reason to EVER use this spell"
"-Lech-
Station Member posted 02-23-2001 07:41 AM
Level 60 necro Arch Lich NERFED to utter uselessness.
There is now absolutely no point in casting the spell because it
no longer gives the nice faction bonus. "
The patch in question is the February 21, 2001 patch. While it was not listed in the patch notes directly luckily, I found a patch rundown of things that were not included in the notes.
Under bug fixes in this patch, we can see they were working on faction issues.
"--- Fixed a bug whereby NPCs would consider the race of a player prior
to the loading of the faction table upon zoning or logging in. This
would cause people to be attacked by things that normally like them. "
Based on all this, a change should go in for February 21, 2001 in the timeline which removes faction changes on Amulet of Necropotence, Call of Bones, Lich and Arch Lich.