Origins of the OT Hammer

[Doil_Boil]

Just wondering if anyone knows the story of who figured out that the OT hammer could be used the way we use it here? Seems like the least classic part of this server.

[Triiz]

Quest requires Amiable faction, Charm makes the caster Amiable to the pet, Puppet Strings allow any class to cast charm. Sounds classic to me.

I hear that KoS bards have been getting this by pulling then charming the foreman.

^Allakhazam Post from 2001, there were just less Puppet Strings in 2001 since people hadn't been farming them for the better part of a decade.

[Doil_Boil]

Its not classic in that back in the velious/kunark era it was far from common. I remember getting groups with my druid because people needed evacs out of dungeons.

[Triiz]

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

Its not classic in that back in the velious/kunark era it was far from common. I remember getting groups with my druid because people needed evacs out of dungeons.

A lot of things on P99 are more common than they were during Velious on Live, look at how many people have level 60's on p99. There are more of every item on P99 than there was on Live during Velious, epics, jboots, haste items, and everything else.

I would bet the top guilds that actually had access to Puppet Strings were doing this on a small scale by 2001, but didn't post it on Allakhazam/forums because Verant was so notorious for nerfing things.

[Raavak]

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

Its not classic in that back in the velious/kunark era it was far from common. I remember getting groups with my druid because people needed evacs out of dungeons.

I remember faction being "broken" on Live. A paladin friend killed VS so many times his faction "rolled over" and he was able to do the quest.

[commongood]

It’s not really a “classic / not classic” discussion as this was obviously possible during Velious.

As to the reason you don’t remember it being a thing back then it might be that Golems hadn’t been insta-killed non-stop for years on end. Even with that being the case on p99 Puppet Strings are still relatively rare.

[elwing]

I got it without charm, as a human sk, for all evil people it is easy to get, around 30 or so turn ins of braid is enough, obviously for the good people it's not really possible without charm, but even without charms a third of the server could got it with a bit of faction work...

[Jimjam]

I did this quest on all my characters on live.

 

with the evil eye enchanter shroud way, way past classic

[elwing]

Got it on both of my char on live... A bard who charmed and my sk who factionned...

[Darkyle]

Agnostic human monk - I got it in like 30 turn ins or so too.