Are newbie monsters supposed to have kick?

[GeorgeS]

Yes, that will work as well



simlified this sql

UPDATE npc_types SET class=8 WHERE class=1 AND level < 8;


GeorgeS

[Rhodan]

Yep, changing the newbie mobs to bard instead of warrior did the trick! This was without changing mob stats at all (I had just restored a "fresh" peq database).

I also quickly discovered that spiderlings have poison...

UPDATE npc_types SET spell_list_id=0 WHERE spell_list_id=44 AND level < 5;

Both my Barb war and the WE ranger are now rockin' their newbie zones by level 3 with just rusty weapons and a couple bits of cloth armour.

Thanks for the tips!

P.S. We should start a tips for newbie zones thread in the database forum just for those folks that don't want to start everyone twinked up the wazoo.

[RangerDown]

Yep, any warrior monster (including most newbie snakes) can kick.

If you pay attention to those cute little messages that flash by while you're loading in between connecting to world and getting character select, sometimes one of those messages is "Teaching snakes to kick..."
that little blurb came from everyone on eqlive joking about kicking snakes.

[John Adams]

For some reason, I just thought snakes kicking was the funniest damn thing I'd ever seen in EQ, next to bards dying.

[Rhodan]

Hmmm, well then, perhaps kick is too deadly? It seems kick hits much harder and much more often than the regular melee attacks.

Oh well, I'll leave the newbie mobs as bards for now, it works pretty good.

[KLS]

I'm looking to put in some further changes to special attacks that should address most of the issues here, including a rule that lets server ops set at what level monsters can first kick/bash.

[John Adams]

Shouldn't the NPCs just follow the same skills rules as player characters? If Warriors cannot kick until levl 6, neither should level 5 or lower NPCs? Wouldn't that be easier?