From 7093287746748478679 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb739,6d4783b7c5c031d6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb739,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-22 14:05:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!logbridge.uoregon.edu!tethys.csu.net!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews4 From: "Richard Lawson" Newsgroups: alt.games.everquest Subject: Re: Nerf to Pacify Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:36:38 -0800 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p-251.newsdawg.com X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.games.everquest:12933 "Robin Russell" wrote: > Does anyone have and real info on the nerf to pacify. > Was it intentional? What are the new limitations? etc.. Pacify wasn't nerfed. It was broken - broken for months. It started as a spell of 42-second duration, then somehow had its duration increased to five minutes. Finally, SOE got around to fixing that, and now it's back down to its original, intended 42-second duration. It's had practically no effect on me, because I never assumed the duration would ever be longer than 42 seconds. I never took advantage of the unintended extended duration because I didn't want to become dependent on it. And I knew it would eventually be fixed. I'm surprised it took them as long as it did to fix it. During all my play sessions that I was using Pacification, I always recast it every half-minute. I was never sure if the bug was fixed because I never tried testing it - I always relied on its intended duration. It's really too bad SOE took as long as they did to fix the Lull line, as many people did, in fact, become dependent upon it. I wish they'd fix things faster; I missed Poofy the cleric pet for a long time. Anyway, to make a long story short (too late!), Pacify wasn't nerfed. It was just fixed to only run as long as the spell description listed. -Richard Monual Lifegiver Archon of Rodcet Nife Silent Tempest Drinal Server