Miscellaneous: Magician and Necro pets shouldn't grow in size or change colour until October 1999

[Obrae]

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

Prior to October 1999, all mage and necro pets seem to have been the same size and colour across the entire level span.

This was adjusted to the model growth / colour change we know today in this patch:



This is also mentioned by Brad in his end of year post:



Screenshot Evidence

Necro pets

This is a screenshot of a level 34 necromancer NPC in Mistmoore (a dark ritualist) with white skeleton pets:

https://web.archive.org/web/20001011.../lottapets.jpg

This is a white skeleton pet at a Nagafen raid:

https://web.archive.org/web/20001011...agafenhead.jpg

Compare the size to what seems to be a level 4 or 8 necro pet from around the same time:

https://web.archive.org/web/20000831...s/skeleton.JPG

https://web.archive.org/web/20000831...crocasting.JPG


Magician pets

Here are screenshots of a fire pet at the same Nagafen raid as above:

https://web.archive.org/web/20010702...b/massfear.jpg

https://web.archive.org/web/20010702...antsattack.jpg

I still need to find an equally dated picture of a lower level fire pet to compare.

Newsgroup Evidence

Post from July 1999 stating that necro pets don't change with levels, and that magician elementals don't vary in size:



Another implying that necro pets aren't different at higher levels:



Magician pets across the various levels "all look the same":

Let them fix your previous mess first [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Dolalin]

^^ trolling bug threads has traditionally been a great way to get a vacation from the forums.