Robe of the Living Fungus

[nilbog]

http://replay.waybackmachine.org/200...p?Article=1750

Abashi.. saying it never had the effect whatsoever.

If he was wrong, it was still definitely gone by June 00.

[Teeny]

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

http://replay.waybackmachine.org/200...p?Article=1750

Abashi.. saying it never had the effect whatsoever.

If he was wrong, it was still definitely gone by June 00.

This was posted on the comments

Robe
Posted: 2004-02-17 03:22:01 | Quote | Reply to Post | Follow
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This is the common drop off of the myconid spore king in Sebilis.

In fact, it is so common that you'll be banging your head on the wall after having it drop 8 times in a row, as I am.

All of the robes which are currently dropping do NOT have the Fungal Regrowth effect on them any longer, though there are still a few pre-nerf robes that remain in circulation which do.

Edited, Tue Feb 17 03:24:05 2004
Posted http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=2101

will the robe simply stop dropping w/the effect leaving all the pre-dropped robes to still have it, or will it be totally retro removed.

[Zeelot]

It's retro. That post is mistaken

[Azzbad]

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

It's retro. That post is mistaken

Link.

[kylok]

I believe that it is commonly understood that this item gets retro nerfed. I never saw a single one for sale, ever, on my server on live (cazic-thule). I'm fairly sure that if it wasn't these robes would be invaluable and would have been nerfed quickly (like fire pot binding). Alla shows the robe as having no regen - unless someone can produce a verifable screen shot of a "pre nerf" robe from a "post nerf" time stamp I think that this part of the discussion is over. The question at hand here is when does this robe lose the regen? Sometime between 6 weeks after Kunark and Mid Velious from all that I can gather on live. But the dev's don't have to make everything exactly the same as it was on live. What's wrong with letting monks have their fun with this funny robe anyway? We all know that as soon as it gets nerfed we're all going to be back down there farming tunics to replace them. IMO the devs should make the smart decision to just nerf the fungi stick and leave the robe as is until velious at least.

So I'll go ahead and request that a dev post their proposed nerf date for this thing and put an end to this discussion.

P.S. - for clarification, pre nerf fungi stick has clicky regen from inventory - post nerf is clicky only when worn. Fungi robe gets the regen retro nerfed off of it making it completely useless except for the cool green robe graphic. Fungi tunic was never changed. Hope that helps clear some stuff up - and if you really think I'm wrong, cite your source.

[Anger]

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...1&postcount=12

According to this post, the Robe wasnt nerfed any time during Kunark. Anyone confirm this?

[baalzy]

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

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...1&postcount=12

According to this post, the Robe wasnt nerfed any time during Kunark. Anyone confirm this?

I point you to this thread. Specifically Nilbogs immediate response to the OP.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=31014

The main jist being this:

That timeline is old and incomplete.

But if you read Nilbogs comment at the bottom of the first page, you'll see that the devs have got their hands on evidence for when the Robe was nerfed in live.

My money is on them nerfing it in a patch sometime in mid-late June.

So, if you do manage to get your hands on one or can buy one for a reasonable amount (5k considering it is dropping as the common off a mob that is farmed 24/7) it would be worth it, can get a lot of level in with that thing between now and then on a twink.

[moklianne]

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

I believe that it is commonly understood that this item gets retro nerfed. I never saw a single one for sale, ever, on my server on live (cazic-thule). I'm fairly sure that if it wasn't these robes would be invaluable and would have been nerfed quickly (like fire pot binding). Alla shows the robe as having no regen - unless someone can produce a verifable screen shot of a "pre nerf" robe from a "post nerf" time stamp I think that this part of the discussion is over. The question at hand here is when does this robe lose the regen? Sometime between 6 weeks after Kunark and Mid Velious from all that I can gather on live. But the dev's don't have to make everything exactly the same as it was on live. What's wrong with letting monks have their fun with this funny robe anyway? We all know that as soon as it gets nerfed we're all going to be back down there farming tunics to replace them. IMO the devs should make the smart decision to just nerf the fungi stick and leave the robe as is until velious at least.

So I'll go ahead and request that a dev post their proposed nerf date for this thing and put an end to this discussion.

P.S. - for clarification, pre nerf fungi stick has clicky regen from inventory - post nerf is clicky only when worn. Fungi robe gets the regen retro nerfed off of it making it completely useless except for the cool green robe graphic. Fungi tunic was never changed. Hope that helps clear some stuff up - and if you really think I'm wrong, cite your source.

This is how I recall it for the robe of living fungus. I cannot comment on the other items. I owned the robe after it was nerfed because they were basically being given away and being a Druid that liked robes (but can't wear many) this was a decent looking one.

I too, have never ever seen the robe for sale after the nerf. In these early days, they did occasional ninja-nerfs. Maybe someone can search the soe forums from that long ago?

[kylok]

The only reason I can see for a dev posting a nerf date for this would be to end this discussion. Personally I could care less and I'm a monk =P.

Also - people have been paying insane amounts of money for moss covered twigs which become equally useless in anywhere from a few weeks to a few months - an item is worth what someone will pay for it. You might change your mind about the value of a Robe of Living Fungus if you sat at king for 16 hours + to get everyone in your group one, let alone anything else that he drops.

What makes me most sad about this nerf is that I'm going to lose my cool green robe graphic to the weak blue chainmail graphic. The value of these items is in the regen not any of the other crap on them. If the item had nothing but regen and went in chest slot people would still wear it over other chest pieces with stats.

I can understand changing the rarity of the loot table and nerfing the uber stick. But why take the regen off the robe? Why not just make it his uncommon drop and have the fungi tunic be his common drop? This nerf has baffled me from day one - and from all of my brooding and pondering over the years I could only imagine that the devs would nerf it on this server because it was nerfed on live... and thats classic.