[Dolalin]

This thread has enchanter and necro pets both being able to accept weapons and dual wield:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!se...A/4STwM6-YR98J

1/28/00

On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 01:31:44 GMT, "Jerry The Cow"
<leigh1*@hfx.andara.com> wrote:
>
>"JubJub McRae" <mrju...@REMOVETHISPART.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3890c3b8.408787@news.ne.mediaone.net...
>> After 35 levels of playing a mage, I can say with some certainty that
>> mage pets, despite GZ and Abashi's assertions, do not
>> dual wield, at
>> ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
>> least not on the public servers. Never, ever, ever has any pet I
>> have summoned attacked more than twice per round.
>
>Now I know very little about mages, but...
>
>After careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that you
>may be confusing double-attack with dual-wield. Correct me if I'm
>reading your post wrong.
How do you draw this conclusion. I am most definitely referring to
dual wield. Attacking with both hands, or two weapons. This occurs
in necro and enchanter pets at L29 (only if you hand them weapons, it
must be noted). Magician pets cannot be handed weapons, so they never
get the extra attack of dual wield. Perhaps you have double attack
and dual wield confused.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....A/AnCKomg1dxcJ

The whole thread is basically about mage pets not getting dual wield. This post confirms it was another alchemy f-up.

1/28/00

...

The good news is, it looks like we have another alchemy screwup here -
enough mages have responded to the inaccurate assertion by GZ/Gordon,
and gordon has listened and admitted the error of their assertion
(that mage pets do dual wield). I truly, truly wish that they would
have listened to the /bugs I had sent in about it, the feedback, and
letters - this has been a long standing problem, and once again, the
aloofness and sloppy casual nature of verant bug testing have blinded
them to innumerable clear, concise player descriptions of the problem.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....A/J28NDxSgRrIJ

Edit: Another post about Enchanters giving their pets two daggers and them dual wielding before the 1/29/00 patch:

No, it wasn't nerfed.
Enchanter pets used to have a max hit of 51 or 52hp, at the same time, necro
and mage pets hit for a max of 70, and shamans a max of 57.

Post patch, enchanter pets hit the same.. for a while these pets were awsome
because it had a very (relatively) low mana cost - 300, compared to 500 and
550 for other classes. And it was very common for them to do 4x53, with dual
daggers +SLW.

Erik Halvorsen <erik.h...@jernia.no> wrote in message
news:38c48819.11564023@news.eunet.no...

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....M/jcF0Pkjta8wJ