Game Mechanics: Charmed Pets should drop items given to them

[Daldaen]

September, 2001

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=4261

No, I have tried giving these to pets, but since they're a throwing weapon, not a meelee weapon, the pets can't equip it. If it's a charmed pet, however, you can actually loot it off the pet's body when charm breaks and you kill it. Wish pets could use ranged items, like bows, shurkins, shattering hammers.

I'll add more evidence as I search. But this is to get the ball rolling. I've mentioned it a few times, just wanted a legit bug post about it.

[Tecmos Deception]

I've gotten the impression that the staff definitely know about this and maybe even would like to implement it... but that it doesn't work because it opened up some dupe/exploit issues and they don't have fixing it as a high priority right now.

Not that I wouldn't love to be able to give my pets a steel hilted flint dagger and an obtenebrate shortsword, mind you. Lol [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Rettj]

Ya let's trade no drops I'm in

[Daldaen]

Originally Posted by Rettj [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ya let's trade no drops I'm in

Wat....

NPCs destroy no drop items given to them.

The exploit issue I seem to recall arising from charming a quest NPC and doing turnins (aka Lynunga), then killing her and looting the rubies. If they could code it to destroy items that yield a quest reward that'd be awesome.

Maybe there is another reason though.

[Haynar]

I have thought about revisiting this.

Known issue.

H

[Ele]

Originally Posted by Haynar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have thought about revisiting this.

Known issue.

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pras the high priest

[Supaskillz]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wat....

NPCs destroy no drop items given to them.

This does not sound right. So are you saying npcs cannot wield no drop weapons?

There was at least a short time on live you could hand npcs random items and they would drop them even if the npc was not charmed ( although not sure if this worked for no drop items).

In any case wtb steel hilted daggers

[Daldaen]

There was a time perhaps...

But that was way early on and was removed due to the obvious exploit of transferring No Drop items.

[Wrench]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've mentioned it a few times, just wanted a legit bug post about it.

oh daldaen, thank god you finally made a legit bug post about this



http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=11427
http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=11412
http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=85294
http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12436

[Daldaen]

3 of those were from 2010, and Loraen's from 2012.

But mine has a quote from 2001 (Classic Era) as evidence!