Game Mechanics: Neriak Foreign Quarter Pathing

[Morsakin]

I'd like to update this post with some evidence to my point; I tried to find the original post by Sslyther, but finding just about anything on a temporarily-revived version of eq.castersrealm.com is difficult.

Someone back in 2003 over on necrotalk found the guide right before casters realm closed its doors for good and posted the guide: http://www.necrotalk.com/showthread.php?t=8

As you can see if you read sslyther's original post, this information was created right around early-PoP (because he was debating the NFQ spot vs. PoDisease), and the fact that the pathing was still bugged at that point in the game leads me to assume that this was the way it had always been in regards to the pathing of the aforementioned ogres/trolls in NFQ.

Every target will follow an exact fear path and will end up at the small tunnel, pacing back and forth (as long as you keep Dooming and Fear on.)

The next link is a post from 6/29/02 back on zam (yes, I realize many of these dates aren't in the era we're currently in, but after having checked patch notes during kunark, they did not mention anything concerning bug-fixes taking place in Neriak FQ.)

ZAM link to one of the mobs, Karnan, who is currently social aggro unless I....well, send me a pm Nilbog/Rogean for that one.

http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?id=2247

HP is in the high 7000s. Can pull him and won't aggro anything else in the arena.

The HP estimate is correct, as his hp is 7,219.

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/200112151...n_Quarter.html

I'm sure I don't need to post this particular link, the patch history information over on zam; I believe the bottom three would more than cover where we're at if I'm not mistaken.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/history/patches.html


If you need any additional sources or evidence, let me know and I'll do my best to find what I can.