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Old 08-06-2013, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by zanderklocke [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
How to identify the right placeholders
This is the most useful portion of the guide, and from what I know, this information is not posted anywhere on the wiki or forums. To identify/verify whether or not a lioness or calf is a placeholder, which can be confusing because there are many calves and lionesses pathing around, make a hotkey with the macro "/target #". This macro (Do not include quotes.), which others may be able to expand on why it works based on the EQ client, will automatically target the correct lioness and calf. It will also target the named gnolls in the area if they path by, but ignore this as they are on a different spawn cycle. I'm told this macro works on placeholders for mobs such as the Ancient Cyclopes, but for all intents and purposes, all that is necessary to know is that this hotkey will target your Quillmane placeholders that trigger Quillmane.
the hidden # was used originally in the game to identify rare/named spawns. you could use third party software to show them in game and to query them similar to players. seems like a bug that you can target utilizing the #