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Old 09-11-2019, 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
It always confounded me that buttons in the abilities bar are able to do so much more than the exact same button in the hotkeys bar.

I know that disparity in functionality is classic, but, like, why? Was this a design choice? Was there some compromise in integrating the hot button window? Were the abilities window meant to be as limited as the hotbar buttons, but as an oversight were left to be clickable much more of the time or vice versa?

Such are the mysteries of Everquest.
Lol, I'm willing to bet that it was one of those things that wasn't caught until wayy later, then it's probably "too late" with code stacked and stacked on top of each other. Probably needed a revamp, was too much code to unbury to make it worthwhile. Betting the classic devs just said f it.
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