Game Mechanics: /pet taunt and /pet notaunt should not be usable until September 1999 patch era

[Dolalin]

From September 13, 1999 patch:

Spell Changes

- There is a new pet command: /pet taunt and /pet notaunt. Pets default to /pet taunt

https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_N...pell_Changes_2

[Dolalin]

Actually, if you really want to get technical, they should not work until December 1999. Typical Verant not testing things.

December 8, 1999 7:00am
The following general enhancements have been introduced with this patch.

...

- /Pet No Taunt and /pet taunt now works

https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_N...2C_1999_7:00am

[Rogean]

The question is, how should it work prior to this? Did pets taunt and it wasn't controllable, or did they not taunt at all?

[Dolalin]

Evidence of pets saying "Taunting attacker, master" before the/pet notaunt change.

6/12/99

In article <375EADBD...@webline.com>, David Schrank <david....@webline.com> wrote:
>He probably will also bring 'friends' .These friends will hug and play then
> take
>out the whole zone if its a default one [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
>
Nothing quite like seeing the words 'Taunting Attacker Master' when you're
waiting for your pet to catch up to you after in-zone gating. The suspense is
just dandy.

K

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....s/BiKLcakEi3AJ

So it looks like Taunt was always on.

[Sunderfury]

Just to confirm, from the recently found Beta patch notes (high praise to Dolalin) confirms that pets could taunt:
https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_Notes

February 2, 1999
Pets may taunt the attacking enemy to protect their Lord.

Curious note, seems like they may only taunt if their master was being attacked / casted on? Not sure if they would taunt in a group setting if their master was meditating safely

[Dolalin]

I would not read the Japanese translations too literally, they've been both ways through a translation engine. Take the general meaning only.

[akagami]

-ペットは自分の主を守るために、攻撃中の敵を挑発(Taunt)することがある。

The machine J->E quoted above is accurate, but yeah who knows what the original English was. That said, it's still ambiguous from the Japanese if it means only under the condition that the pet owner is being attacked, or for an enemy simply in combat (attacking a group member or otherwise non pet-owner target).