How did this happen?

Jazz · #1 02-07-2011, 06:57 PM

I engage a monster while at full health / mana and with pet, I land a spell and immediately crash to desktop. When I relog, the creature is dead and I have half health and no mana.

How did this happen? That would imply that my character was casting spells while I was essentially linkdead.

bluejam · #2 02-07-2011, 07:02 PM

Pet probably died, mob attacked you, game AI took over and nuked it to death.

Droodler · #3 02-07-2011, 07:04 PM

In classic EQ, when you go LD you basically become a NPC. You fight back, you cast, etc.

DevGrousis · #4 02-07-2011, 07:04 PM

Haha the game doesn't really do that does it?

Glaani · #5 02-07-2011, 07:11 PM

This is one of those times when you just tell the Universe "thank you" and move on with a smile on your face.

Orov · #6 02-07-2011, 07:18 PM

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

Haha the game doesn't really do that does it?

I thought you left.

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

This is one of those times when you just tell the Universe "thank you" and move on with a smile on your face.

That.

fugazi · #7 02-07-2011, 07:22 PM

Sometimes it was even beneficial to go LD, as you'd have higher chances of survival. I remember casters going apeshit and dishing out nasty melee damage .. it mostly happened during raids, where if a caster went LD they'd engage the raid target. Hilarity ensued.

Droodler · #8 02-07-2011, 07:24 PM

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

Sometimes it was even beneficial to go LD, as you'd have higher chances of survival. I remember casters going apeshit and dishing out nasty melee damage .. it mostly happened during raids, where if a caster went LD they'd engage the raid target. Hilarity ensued.

There was also a time when it was possible to dupe items using Linkdead players.

Shannacore · #9 02-07-2011, 07:54 PM

One of the few memories I have of playing EQ when I was 9, is thinking I was going to have an easy PK by hitting an LD character.

This did not end well for me.

Orov · #10 02-07-2011, 08:02 PM

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

One of the few memories I have of playing EQ when I was 9, is thinking I was going to have an easy PK by hitting an LD character.

This did not end well for me.

I lol'd