Just based on design considerations, it would seem to make sense to make the old world rules to be <= 51 for charming and <= 54 for mez/stun. That doesn't mean that's what sony did however, and I can't seem to find anything definitive either way. Along similar lines, the p99 wiki lists Cazic Thule as stunnable. Is that true? If so, is that correct?
I suspect charm being so much more common on p99 during the old world era than back in 1999 being due to 1) general knowledge of the power of charming and 2) the p99 calculation formula for charm weighting charisma too heavily initially. If you replayed the old world era with the current charm formula, charm would be used in hate/fear, but less commonly since durations would be less reliable for mobs near the caster's level. Giants weren't mezzable, making charm and root the only crowd control tools, hence their increased use in those situations.
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