Game Mechanics: Necro pets timeline - nerf to damage, nerf to fs daggers, and adding of lifetap procs

[Dolalin]

This is just to consolidate the timeline record for Necromancer pets: how they were at release in terms of power, and what the timelines were for their nerfing, since I cannot find any one thread that has it all.

1) Up until the September 13th 1999 patch ( https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_Notes#Pets ), high level necro pets (44 and 49) did more damage (this nerf also hit mage/shaman pets but let's keep this thread about necros).

Top level Invoke Death pet would quad for 66dmg and had a "25+ dmg kick", per this thread (more sources welcomed):

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.game...m/hGVmZaLgnfMJ

This was nerfed to 55dmg (highest pet) at that time.

2) Up until the January 28th 2000 patch, Necromancer pets (and Enchanters, actually) could equip FS daggers to lower their pet's delay. This was nerfed at that time.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_N...ary_28.2C_2000

3) Up until the January 28th 2000 patch, Necromancer 44th and 49th pets did not have innate lifetap procs. These were added as a small compensation for the FS daggers nerf.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_N...ary_28.2C_2000