Game Mechanics: Giving items and equipment to NPCs and mobs

[jettoki]

Right now, when you give an NPC an item, he will immediately give it back unless it pertains to one of his quests.

Expected: In classic, you could give any item or piece of equipment to an NPC and they would take it from you.

If you gave them a piece of equipment that they could use, they would immediately equip it. As a result, you'd see the Priest of Discord and various NPCs wearing bronze armor, wielding unwanted weapons, etc.

Any item that you gave an NPC was gone forever. Handing the wrong NPC a quest item meant you'd never see it again.