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Modern games you don't need to unless the boss changed depending on the loot and even then it would be tangential. Don't forget this is EQ2 we're talking about internet back then was sloooooow and online games of that type were pretty new so designs and security were still being sorted out. Now you know from the beginning that any useful information about the enemy and world will be pried out of your game so you go through the whole anti-cheat cat and mouse game.