Game Mechanics: Mobs losing aggro far away

[Acillatem]

There's a fine line between creativity and exploit.

An exploit would be casting Eye of Zomm into the corner entrance of Kedge to "pop" into Phinny's room and warp him to the zoneline.

Creativity could be construed as using a 2-3 person buff/pull method to tether mobs off an upper island. Or to sacrifice a player to pull the 4 seahorses while another person solo pulls Phinny.

Intended? No. But it's ingenuity like this that made EQ a great game. The ability to think "outside the box" on certain encounters and try new things.

I remember the Devs saying how they never intended for Feign Death to be used as a "pulling" technique. However I think it's safe to say it has become a staple to the EQ community due to player ingenuity.

[maegi]

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

There's a fine line between creativity and exploit.

An exploit would be casting Eye of Zomm into the corner entrance of Kedge to "pop" into Phinny's room and warp him to the zoneline.

Creativity could be construed as using a 2-3 person buff/pull method to tether mobs off an upper island. Or to sacrifice a player to pull the 4 seahorses while another person solo pulls Phinny.

Intended? No. But it's ingenuity like this that made EQ a great game. The ability to think "outside the box" on certain encounters and try new things.

I remember the Devs saying how they never intended for Feign Death to be used as a "pulling" technique. However I think it's safe to say it has become a staple to the EQ community due to player ingenuity.

In case you haven't tried it yourself , eye of zomm doesn't draw any aggro whatsoever, very much not classic as well. It certainly did on live. People used it to pull all the time, not a lot of aggro, which was good, but enough to pull with it.