More detailed discovery & troubleshooting at this recent thread...
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/sho...476#post133476
In a nutshell, when I use these files to play the bot version, the NPC mobs will not cast buffs on themselves when a zone loads up as they should. At least this is happening for me. I can't believe I did not notice this sooner, perhaps it was because I switched to PEQ's database and expected some differences. If I use the regular world and zone start up files the NPC's act as normal. Let me know if you think it is a bug or my sneoobidness
At the moment, I will stick with bots lol....I would rather play with a group on the solo server with no internet access.