Game Mechanics: Staff of Temperate Flux and Rod of Insidious Glamour Should not be useable on move

[Awsten_Tx]

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June 15, 2000 8:00 am
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*Patch Day*

Hello everyone,

Over the past few weeks, a portion of the EQ team has been working on
The Hole, in preparation of its release in the near future. Even so, a
number of changes and additions were made in today's patch. Most of the
changes are in regards to quests:

- The "Fleshy Orb" quest has been completed
- We've received word that "Fabian" has been spotted somewhere on
Norrath.
- Froglok Foragers and Hunters should been seen more regularly.
- Lord Grimrot should be seen more frequently.
- Skill in tailoring is no longer required to craft The Robe of the
Lost Circle.

A few items have also been changed this week:

- The Robe of the Lost Circle has been enhanced.
- The Staff of Temperate Flux and the Rod of Insidious Glamour now have
a short casting time associated with their activatable effect (See
Below).
- The Gunthak Harpoon is again NORENT, meaning that it will disappear
when you log off (See Below.)


*Casting Times on Staff and Rod*

We received word a few weeks ago that some people were using these
items to "spam" other players with their spell-effect messages, causing
them to disconnect. Though /ignore will allow you to filter out text
messages caused by people on your /ignore list, it will not allow you
to filter out spell-effect messages for spells cast upon you.

The short casting time should prevent the problems associated with the
targetable and activatable effect on these weapons, however you will
have to stand still to use them now.

The 2 items need to have a short cast time added to them so you must stand still to use.

[Kinien]

I only see this posted on two wikis where folks can edit the notes. Is there a credible source for these notes?

[Kinien]

Interesting, can see it here https://everquest.allakhazam.com/his...es-2000-1.html

[Awsten_Tx]

ah damn sorry meant to include the citation link
thanks for posting it

[CrazyPro]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Darver]

Was this eventually changed back? Several comments on the staff page from Allakhazam from back in 2001 - 2003 mention that it's instant cast at that point.

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...7&p=2#comments

[Awsten_Tx]

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...9&p=3#comments


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#Jul 25 2000 at 4:57 AMRating: Decent
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-This quest is pretty hard to complete. At lvl 29 I have all the pieces except the Heart of Fire which drops off the Inferno Wizard(Not Warlock). SolA is a pain in the butt to navigate through. Goblin Wizards amd Shaman can see through invis and the Gnomes in the castle wont help you when your in trouble. Heart of Ice from Permafrost was easy(Invis look for thier casting message find one alone and RootBomb), Lambent Stone for the the Staff was a sinch(Hehe, just got to Rathe mountains and buy it from a merchant), I had to enlist the help of a group to kill the Stone skellis and Died here a couple times[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] but I got it. I am told that the staff can be used from your inventory slot like JBoots. Every little bit helps in the fight against resists, it also give you something to do before dropping the Target that your tanks are fighting, too bad you gotta stop to cast it now.

[Awsten_Tx]

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

Was this eventually changed back? Several comments on the staff page from Allakhazam from back in 2001 - 2003 mention that it's instant cast at that point.

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/...7&p=2#comments

People used the term instant, not like we do, back then.

[Awsten_Tx]

It seemed "instant" in that it took .25 seconds to so to go through, but it wasnt so "instant" you could run while clicking...

[Awsten_Tx]

I was always so concerned with the archery nerf i didnt bother to go snooping about this "kite meta" we have in p99. People didnt kite like that back in the day, and I wasnt sure why it was a thing here... turns out this is why.