Game Mechanics: Shaman pets don't equip weapons!

[gortimer]

Shaman Pets (lvl 55) duel wield proccing weapons. This took place in kunark and velious. I was not high enough lvl in vanilla to know about that though. I find it kind of hilarious that this is even an issue. Pets used weapons. Every class's pets used weapons. The entire mystique about "you have to give your pet 2 weapons for it to dual wield" was because shaman pets needed 2. Other classes pets could dual wield right after summoning.

[Rhun]

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

Shaman Pets (lvl 55) duel wield proccing weapons. This took place in kunark and velious. I was not high enough lvl in vanilla to know about that though. I find it kind of hilarious that this is even an issue. Pets used weapons. Every class's pets used weapons. The entire mystique about "you have to give your pet 2 weapons for it to dual wield" was because shaman pets needed 2. Other classes pets could dual wield right after summoning.

I remember it that way too. I only carried weapons with my enchanter and necro when they still altered delay (mostly bronze daggers or summoned daggers). Turned my necro pet into a gnome-guard killing machine and even made the enchanter animation very dangerous. Every enchanter did that back then. I was actually very pissed when they removed the delay alteration. So much that I quit the game for some time and deleted my 50 necro.
I also remember being thrilled about my shaman pet getting dual wield at 55, and carrying weapons around for that purpose. That was between Kunark or Velious and Luclin, because I remember not having the new graphics with my shaman, and I did turn them on as soon as they were released.

The first time I read the wiki about ALL pets always needing 2 weapons to dual wield, confused me a lot, because I remembered it completely different.

[koros]

Shaman pets could not equip weapons til PoP. I tried.

[koros]

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

I remember it that way too. I only carried weapons with my enchanter and necro when they still altered delay (mostly bronze daggers or summoned daggers). Turned my necro pet into a gnome-guard killing machine and even made the enchanter animation very dangerous. Every enchanter did that back then. I was actually very pissed when they removed the delay alteration. So much that I quit the game for some time and deleted my 50 necro.
I also remember being thrilled about my shaman pet getting dual wield at 55, and carrying weapons around for that purpose. That was between Kunark or Velious and Luclin, because I remember not having the new graphics with my shaman, and I did turn them on as soon as they were released.

The first time I read the wiki about ALL pets always needing 2 weapons to dual wield, confused me a lot, because I remembered it completely different.

So you're literally posting about the period pre-sept99? because I had a high level nec too, but that's the vast minority of all players. You also had a nec And enc that high? Only a few months into the game? I call BS

[Rhun]

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

So you're literally posting about the period pre-sept99? because I had a high level nec too, but that's the vast minority of all players. You also had a nec And enc that high? Only a few months into the game? I call BS

I had many chars. I actually had an erudite necro before I deleted him because of faction frustration at level 10 or so. Then I started over with a high elf paladin and leveled her to 30 or so and quit again. I started a necro again (dark elf this time) and leveled to about level 22 and quit the game for some time. I actually sold that account then. Then started again after 1 or 2 months and leveled a dark elf necro again to 50 and also leveled an enchanter to about 30 at the same time.

From March til September was a long time in EQ. I got my necro all in all from 1 to 50 in about one month. I call BS you ever played at that time, if you dont know that was possible.

[TWDL_Prexus]

Any of you that think the Shaman pets need to be changed, either post proof or let this thread die.

[JayN]

pets are nerfed up here bad already, way way to early anyways they wont change this.
Pets are comparable to the Lblue version on live now days.