https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...ht=Damage+time
It was introduced in a July 2003 patch. This is 2 months before LDoN launches. For reference some players had soloed Venril Sathir, Trakanon and Gorenaire by this point in the games timeline. That’s how out of era this feature is.
Also for reference that’s the same patch that introduced scroll wheel to 3rd person in EverQuest. I hope the powers that be here can agree to disable that overpowered feature in the Titanium Client on all their servers. It’s far too convenient for having a wider view of your environment and trivializes many camps.