Miscellaneous: Pet Buff Messages

[Rygar]

I would like to necro this post with some additional evidence. I see nilbog had previously put his foot down here:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...94&postcount=7

No, beneficial 'wear off' messages are not classic.

The previous photos linked were not exactly time stamped, although I am of the belief that at least some of them are classic due to the UI as Daldaen mentioned.

I found a post that is dated 9/23/2000 which talks about burnout buff messages wearing off:
https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthre...&t=5655&page=2

A while later, I look up, and see if the spawn is up. no spawn, but it should be soon. so I buff Jobaber with Burnout 2, and put my nose into more paperwork.

a while later, i look up, and still no spawn. odd.. shoulda been popped by now, but i fugure it's just me being antsy. thats when I notice a few little words on my screen. "Your pet's Burnout II spell has worn off" ummm.. uh oh, that's not good, BO2 is a 20 minute spell. spawn times in Perma are 19. I was getting a little confused, but didnt want to go pull things and have the arch pop on top of me.

I look up from my paperwork later, to no pop still, and my pet's second BO2 spell gone.

The poster is talking about using his pet buff message as a timer on the spawn, it is not a log entry but has the correct phrasing.

I'm sure I can google harder for more information if need be. I did find a reference in mcoy's log which is at the very least in the Luclin era if we want to try and narrow the window down:

[Tue Jun 25 04:08:57 2002] Your pet's Infectious Cloud spell has worn off.

This was from his wizard, and I think it may have been from his familiar during an AoE, but the message remains. If he had any pet class logs to share with me I could do some more searching (he only shared monk / wiz / cleric).

Let me know if more information is needed in this regard or if pet wear off messages are just something you aren't interested in implementing (I wouldn't want to waste my time searching if it was ultimately voted down).

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what a 'beneficial' spell is... Burnout is definitely a buff, but I think originally it like self destructed your pet so may have been flagged differently? The invis message is hard to argue though.

#ClassicP99