Looks like buffs continued to last 3x longer on NPCs, but were adjusted to not last so long on pets. (The idea was to decrease server load, and pets got caught up in it since they were NPC flagged).
Seems like this nerf was in early 2000-ish?
The bolded bit is from Abashi.
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Date : 07/04/2000
Topic : Mage Queries Answered
This came of the official EverQuest message boards.
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4) At some point there was a silent change in that damage shields cast on pets do not last 3x as long as on people anymore (which hurts your mana efficiency a bit when soloing). I had always thought that the effect was a bug (as damage shields last forever on most mobs), but a silent nerf like this is still a bit disheartening. Was that the case ?
NPCs were treating buff spells differently than PCs. The point was to keep NPCs in cities from constantly casting buffs on everyone and everything. Though this part of the code was maintained, special code was put in so that buffs would wear off of pets at the proper time. We probably should have announced this.
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http://web.archive.org/web/200107060..._9th_April.htm
Would also suggest that buffs cast on NPCs should still be lasting 3x as long as other buffs.
01-04-2020, 12:00 PM
Until early 2000, buffs on pets (and NPCs) lasted 3x longer than on PCs
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