Game Mechanics: Pets proccing mage swords on non summoned

[uygi]

Pet dual wielding here is not the same as classic, though it used to be. Prior to the nerf patch, pet dual wielding matches what I remember from Live and the info from eqsummoners- that's not really important any more though. It was nerfed on P99, apparently for balance reasons, on 4/17/11:

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

[*]Kanras: Pets will no longer automatically dual wield at a certain level.

It was then largely restored on 12/18/11:

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

[*]Kanras: Higher level pets Magician, Necromancer, and Shadowkinght will automatically dual wield. (Blue only)

Now it's something along the lines of 49+ mage/necro pets and 58 SK (not 100% sure if any other Sk pets do) pet will dual wield on their own.

It's worth noting that the game was patched for pet to proc Sword of Runes on anything some time in between those two. I don't recall exactly when and I didn't find it with the quick searches I did.

Nirgon, note that I went into the P99 patch history to see how and when things got the way they are. It's great! Try it.

[Nirgon]

Patch notes say it was fixed during this era and the same as the above change. I rest my case.

[uygi]

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

Patch notes say it was fixed during this era and the same as the above change. I rest my case.

Link? It's not Nilbog's, or anyone else's, job to go find supporting evidence.

[Nirgon]

http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20001129.html

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LINK

Random-effects on weapons carried by pets will now behave as if the pet is a player character rather than an NPC. The change last patch reduced them to a rate below player characters. As part of this patch, target-specific random effects will only work if the target is the intended type. For instance, a weapon that processes 'Dismiss Summoned' will only 'go off' on a summoned NPC instead of everything.

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THE FIX




NOVEMBER 29, 2000


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THE DATE


I've already posted this..

[Jjlent]

the only necro pet that dual wields w/o weapons is the 56 monk pet, EoT and 53 rogue pet don't Myu

[happyhappy]

According to same patch note, Velious should be coming this week too, that makes me a happy panda.

Remember! Only a few days left until the launch of EverQuest: The Scars of Velious. Reserve your copy at your local retailer today!

[Nirgon]

In this same patch, are we then removing:

Made final positive modifications to several Epic Quest rewards. Included in these changes: the SK weapon will now allow you to bash while carrying it.

Until Velious? Would removing this make you a happy panda too? =)

I think the mage sword thing needs to go, man.

[uygi]

As long as this thread has already been bumped...

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

In this same patch, are we then removing:

Until Velious? Would removing this make you a happy panda too? =)

I think the mage sword thing needs to go, man.

Please make SK epic non-bash until after SK BotB [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
The evidence! THE EVIDENCE!

[Nirgon]

Patch notes posted. Any dev comments or need more info?

[Nirgon]

I have patch notes here showing the SK epic being able to bash and pets being able to proc mage summoned swords removed in the same notes.

Which is it here? IMO time to end the mage swords procs.