Servers input regarding clearing npc for MQ

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I remember on live when people would go to mq items they would put say 1 peice of water in all 4 slots of the npc and turn that in before doing an mq to "clear" the npc so the mq would go smooth. I havent heard of anyone talk about that here, hell i dont even know if it really worked for sure. Anyone else heard of this before? Maybe we can save some people from losing their stuff now that MQ is not backed by the gms so to say.

Input?