NPC Spawn Issue: Kithicor Undead mobs won't despawn

[Nen]

Originally Posted by mixxit [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ok good news! Aeolwind has found the problem! Looks like the test server time is 35 years out of sync with the live server so the events will never trigger. We need some time to think about how we can get this working everytime we copy over from test so bear with us. I'll post more when I know more :-)

Disregard above post -- didn't see this reply! Thanks!!

One quick question - was bringing the server down the reason why its out of sync?

[Mmohunter]

Please fix this [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I have an Orc Impaler to hand in, and 3 pieces of Ivy I have had waiting to be crafted for 2 weeks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Burrito]

"This zone is very dangerous to travel through, whether day or night. At night the powerful undead, which are mostly over 40th level, spawn all over the zone. In the daytime, these undead no longer spawn, but if more powerful characters did not destroy them they will still be walking around."

I thought the no despawn on the undead mobs were purposeful? Guess not.. Oh boy, Kithicor is always scary to go through on this server. Should be interesting to see the change.

[Omnimorph]

I have never died to an undead in kith. I was told when i was a lowbie starting out to hug right wall... and hug it i did, and hug it i shall. Never died [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Anata]

Originally Posted by Burrito [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"This zone is very dangerous to travel through, whether day or night. At night the powerful undead, which are mostly over 40th level, spawn all over the zone. In the daytime, these undead no longer spawn, but if more powerful characters did not destroy them they will still be walking around."

I thought the no despawn on the undead mobs were purposeful? Guess not.. Oh boy, Kithicor is always scary to go through on this server. Should be interesting to see the change.

Yes, I've also always been wondering about that quote from eqatlas. But there is counterevidence too:

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/z...g9688044727693 (Sep 2000):
"I thought it might be helpful for people to know that the undead BEGIN to pop at 8:00pm and FINISH depopping at 8:00am (tracking was useful in finding this out)."

But then there is also:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/z...97764991111932
"although be warned, the druid was still picking up high level undead on her track at 10AM....guess they didn't despawn yet."

Several classic sites describe Kithicor as safe place during daytime, and IMO it is extremely unlikely that people were hunting these undead so intensively that they all had typically disappeared during daytime.
I bet that the auther of eqatlas was there once around 7-9am game time when some undead hadn't despawned yet.

[Nen]

Originally Posted by Anata [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes, I've also always been wondering about that quote from eqatlas. But there is counterevidence too:

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/z...g9688044727693 (Sep 2000):
"I thought it might be helpful for people to know that the undead BEGIN to pop at 8:00pm and FINISH depopping at 8:00am (tracking was useful in finding this out)."

But then there is also:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/z...97764991111932
"although be warned, the druid was still picking up high level undead on her track at 10AM....guess they didn't despawn yet."

Several classic sites describe Kithicor as safe place during daytime, and IMO it is extremely unlikely that people were hunting these undead so intensively that they all had typically disappeared during daytime.
I bet that the auther of eqatlas was there once around 7-9am game time when some undead hadn't despawned yet.

That was not the case and it's derailing the thread anyway. The issue here is that ever since the server was taken down due to the repeated DDoS attacks, this zone hasn't worked properly.

A lot of classes cannot do turn in quest items because this zone is borked. Any news on a fix for this? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[maximum]

I'm in Kith right now at 10am, and I can't see any meanie undeads. Appears fixed.

[Mordachai]

oh i so hope this is still the case when I get home in a couple of hours!!

[girth]

There are areas without undead even at night, such as the shralok orc area by the highpass zone. Sure you weren't there?

And if Kith is still bugged, what are the chances of adding orcs to night spawn list for the time list, they are such good faction for highpass since the nameds are supposed to be 4x the faction hit of non named ones.

[Nedala]

Kith is definately still bugged undeads are up 24/7.