Patch Notes, Saturday June 12th, 2010

[mixxit]

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

Why are the Translocators still in the game?

We thought we would give you all chance to test the boats before removing them. It's such a pain to travel long distances we didn't want to inconvenience you any more in the case of any issues :-)

[Haynar]

I think standing at zone in, using /pet attack Ghoul Lord, then having pet run across entire zone, allowing you to log before the train gets back to you, would be a major exploit.

But, how I remember it working, you could do /pet attack Ghoul_Lord000, and if mob was up, pet would say Attacking Ghoul Lord Master!, and if mob was not up, pet would say nothing.

I never remember a pet running across the zone, to attack something, just because you were able to target it, and use /pet attack.

I believe there was a time, you could tell pet to attack, and assist your pet, to get a target on the mob

I think changing /pet attack behavior, to specifically exploit and grief is a bad idea.

Haynar

[Zordana]

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

I think standing at zone in, using /pet attack Ghoul Lord, then having pet run across entire zone, allowing you to log before the train gets back to you, would be a major exploit.

But, how I remember it working, you could do /pet attack Ghoul_Lord000, and if mob was up, pet would say Attacking Ghoul Lord Master!, and if mob was not up, pet would say nothing.

I never remember a pet running across the zone, to attack something, just because you were able to target it, and use /pet attack.

I believe there was a time, you could tell pet to attack, and assist your pet, to get a target on the mob

I think changing /pet attack behavior, to specifically exploit and grief is a bad idea.

Haynar

yeah, we wouldnt want that exploit, but you can make a difference between "/pet attack" and "/pet attack target"
you cannot "/target" over a far range, and "/pet attack target" should work like "/target" with also the casters range to the target

and like i said.. even if not exact value like classic, you should increase the range way more, cause its annoying to be honest to always have to be _almost_ in aggro range to have /pet attack work [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Uaellaen]

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

I think standing at zone in, using /pet attack Ghoul Lord, then having pet run across entire zone, allowing you to log before the train gets back to you, would be a major exploit.

But, how I remember it working, you could do /pet attack Ghoul_Lord000, and if mob was up, pet would say Attacking Ghoul Lord Master!, and if mob was not up, pet would say nothing.

I never remember a pet running across the zone, to attack something, just because you were able to target it, and use /pet attack.

I believe there was a time, you could tell pet to attack, and assist your pet, to get a target on the mob

I think changing /pet attack behavior, to specifically exploit and grief is a bad idea.

Haynar

Im not saying trought the whole zone!! You were able to send it a large distance thou, i would say 500 feet.

http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.html?id=12918 (found by Gorroth)

My pet has a longer attack range then I do, it works well to use /pet attack <name> and then you don't have to bother targeting anyone. That works well if you don't care who gets attacked or who might add.

This is currently not the case, i will try to find more evidence np.

[Haynar]

I don't know what the attack range used to be in classic. There were other issues with the code with respect to that. All I had to compare with range wise, was what is currently live.

Haynar

[Deathrydar]

Will translocators be taken out? No one is going to wait for a boat when two translocators spawn in the time it takes to wait for a boat.

[Wildir]

I know for sure you could allways buy batwings at the inn in east commonlands right at the WC zoneline, this was for sure in classic. I am not sure why they were taken out here.

Wildir

[Savok]

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

I know for sure you could allways buy batwings at the inn in east commonlands right at the WC zoneline, this was for sure in classic. I am not sure why they were taken out here.

Wildir

I know for a FACT that this vendor always had a supply of bat wings in classic.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=2734 Bat Wings are still for sale in unlimited supplies on Live now.

[frefaln]

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

Will translocators be taken out? No one is going to wait for a boat when two translocators spawn in the time it takes to wait for a boat.

Really hope they're taken out after boats are proven to be stable.

[Daywolf]

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

Really hope they're taken out after boats are proven to be stable.

They were never fully stable on live, never was a prob for me at least, I used them a lot nonetheless. For some it was, so they complain and it was removed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ...no one complain! heh


As for bat wings, that's cool. However, could drops be increased a bit? Killing like 60 bats and hardly got half a stack. Bats do have two wings, ya know? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ..but don't need to drop that much of course. Edit: er... or put them back on certain vendors, didn't read the last until now. I'd go for increasing drops though [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]