Funny - healer merc confirmed 61 bug

[BigDorf]

Hi Redguides

Just to post this EQ forum link - 'Confirmed' - Cleric Merc (61) Stuck in Self Buff Loop

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Levelling some new toons recently I noticed some buff issue with the spells Aegolism and Ward of Gallantry.
The healer merc would cast the first on my toon, then the second that overwrites it and back to the first again.

Ok, resolved by blocking Ward of Gallantry on me.
The same happens for pets and resolved the same way, by blocking it there too.

What for the merc? Oh yes that gets stuck in the loop. But there is no block spell feature for mercs.
Worse a pet who has buffs fade and needs some cleric love, sits waiting and the merc continues to cycle on themselves only. Only getting Aegolism when pet dies and resummoned.

Of course, my first thought is I'm doing something wrong and gave some time to try figure it out. That concluded with the google search that turned up the EQ forum post linked above.

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Imagine my surprise that this is a known issue, marked as 'confirmed', and the community has been posting about it at least from March 2024.

I chuckle at the suggested work arounds

• Level to 62.
• Get higher level buffs from other players.

I did find a comment interesting though, the ask for feature to enable a block spell list for mercs as that would be helpful too generally and beyond this bug.

Wonder why it's not been resolved and where it fits in the priorities of fixes come new features.



Regards and Best Wishes

 

[Redmonkey]

It has not been resolved because it is a small drop in the ocean of bugs/tears that is EQ. I would say the priority is very low. It does not affect the monthly income. No one is going to quit over it (which they don't seem to care about anyway) and it's easy to get the next level where it becomes a non issue. Teaches players how to play without a merc for that one level.

We are spoiled from things getting immediate attention over here and fixed asap.

There are many bugs that remain unfixed after far more years than that in the game.

 

[Sic]

Hi Redguides

Just to post this EQ forum link - 'Confirmed' - Cleric Merc (61) Stuck in Self Buff Loop

---

Levelling some new toons recently I noticed some buff issue with the spells Aegolism and Ward of Gallantry.
The healer merc would cast the first on my toon, then the second that overwrites it and back to the first again.

Ok, resolved by blocking Ward of Gallantry on me.
The same happens for pets and resolved the same way, by blocking it there too.

What for the merc? Oh yes that gets stuck in the loop. But there is no block spell feature for mercs.
Worse a pet who has buffs fade and needs some cleric love, sits waiting and the merc continues to cycle on themselves only. Only getting Aegolism when pet dies and resummoned.

Of course, my first thought is I'm doing something wrong and gave some time to try figure it out. That concluded with the google search that turned up the EQ forum post linked above.

---

Imagine my surprise that this is a known issue, marked as 'confirmed', and the community has been posting about it at least from March 2024.

I chuckle at the suggested work arounds

• Level to 62.
• Get higher level buffs from other players.

I did find a comment interesting though, the ask for feature to enable a block spell list for mercs as that would be helpful too generally and beyond this bug.

Wonder why it's not been resolved and where it fits in the priorities of fixes come new features.



Regards and Best Wishes

mercs have had issues with them not casting what they think they're casting since at least ToV