Is the Dragoon Dirk classic?

[Wakanda]

https://i.ibb.co/wNyTd282/Untitled.png

https://wiki.project1999.com/Dragoon_Dirk

I can't speak for the other zones, but I probably spent several hundred hours camping the guards in Nektulos Forest as a kid because it was one of the only ways I knew how to make platinum as a Monk during classic. They were trivial to kill, and I could vendor their BRONZE swords in EC. I legitimately never saw a Dragoon Dirk drop, not even once. In fact I think it was well established at the time that there wasn't even a chance for these guards to drop them?

Also did Dragoon Dirks really be dropping off of Hill Giants? I feel like someone may have been trolling and gave a Hill Giant a Dragoon Dirk or something?

And yes I know farming Dark Elf guards for $ is dumb as hell, but I was a kid and thought it was neat that I could kill guards since I grew up idolizing high level players who would kill guards and let me loot them. I think I decided Runnyeye was actually better since I could use the banker there with /sneak.

Also I'm pretty sure that these guards were much lower level than 35.... that's also why I solo'd them so easily. The guards in Steamfont were actually level 35 and were in a way different league. For some reason I'm actually thinking the bridge guards in Nektulos Forest were level 20'ish?

[CrazyPro]

wiki isn't always right, everything there is put there by players

[Hasbinbad]

good thread

[Namsaknoi]

Most likely replaced at Kunark launch or early Kunark. The ratio is too good for something that drop from a level 20 (SSoY is 8/24 and drops from a level 47, deep in dungeon), and classic weapons rarely had stats like 2dex 3svm

[WarpathEQ]

Can confirm it dropped of Ambassador DVinn back in classic live, cannot confirm or deny the others.

[cd288]

Man it was better when RecondoJoe wasn't posting his periodic drunk rambling posts. Also why does he always post everything in RnF even when it's not RNF-related? lol

[Duik]

I thought Dorn B'dyn also dropped a dirk.

[shovelquest]

Definitly camped it on my first character on live that was rolled on launch day in crushbone. But I was surprised to see it appeared in Nro and never killed a guard on live before.

[Jimjam]

dafq an 'ornate dagger'??

[Wakanda]

dafq an 'ornate dagger'??

wait til you discover "demon claws"

https://wiki.project1999.com/Bladed_Thulian_Claws

and no i dont remember these, but apparently christians raised hell

[sammoHung]

my first "good" weapon was a dragoon dirk from ambassador dvinn in crushbone - i was so pumped to rock that super low 23 delay for a whopping 6 damage. slap some bracers of battle on and patchwork armor and its off to the races

[Ibex]

Dragoon Dirk is the type of item that is inextricably linked to an era of EQ that is so damn warm and fuzzy in my memories. Cool item.

[Eagish]

Def. got it killing Dorn in NRo, but I do not recall it being that good. The value was in being a magic weapon and the satisfaction killing that bastid who often showed up green and kicked bandit campers' butts.

[Jimjam]

Dragoon Dirk is the type of item that is inextricably linked to an era of EQ that is so damn warm and fuzzy in my memories. Cool item.

Absolutely knocks the socks off of dagger* or even tarnished spear AND has magic / stats.

Mind blowing item for the Crushbone graduate rogue.

[fable_kid]

this whole server is custom

at this point, let's launch luclin with berserkers

[Wakanda]

Def. got it killing Dorn in NRo, but I do not recall it being that good. The value was in being a magic weapon and the satisfaction killing that bastid who often showed up green and kicked bandit campers' butts.

There was definitely a time period where it was considered a good item. I remember being so triggered when I saw people wearing it in their range slot because I needed it for my main hand! Back then we also considered Langseax and Silvery War Axe to be VERY good items. Times has definitely changed. That's one part of EQ that no emulator will ever be able to replicate really.

[Jimjam]

I feel like the rares are spawning more, and their items are dropping more. Maybe it is a self fulfilling prophecy though - after 10 years of gearflation instead of everyone relying on silvery war axes it is much easier to clear content and therefore get more drops.

Pixels go brrrrrr

[Jimjam]

this whole server is custom

at this point, let's launch luclin with berserkers

I view berserkers as a 100% classic class (despite being added in, what God? OoW?) they went to great efforts to back fit like planar armor and stuff. I always felt it was a shame that prog servers didn't include zerkers from day 1.

They had some nice epices (but I understand they have since been nerfed/reworked?)