I grabbed the 0.44 7/8/03 build from
http://www.rpg-forums.com/eqemu/ and am now running that. I also grabbed the newest spells_en.txt straight from the EQ patcher (
http://patch.everquest.com:7000/patc...ells_en.txt.gz) and buffs are still blinking as soon as they land. Very strange, rather frustrating :\ On the flipside though, some of the Secrets gear from VT that I whipped up have their focus effects now. Most items still say "Unknown Effect" (like Dain ring, etc).
Any other ideas?