Okay, two things that I want to talk about in this reply.
#1) Yay me, just got done with translating a stack of legal documents for work, happy for the moment because I can play Everquest. Tomorrow that happiness will go away because they will be sent back as legal documents always are with requests for changes and rewording.
#2) I tried to log into the server to play and it was down so I thought I would follow Autotune's advice (which was awesome by the way) and look through the patch notes around the time the guy from this post mentioned. (
http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=37323)
That being said, he was off by one month but his comment made locating it much easier. It wasn't April of 2011 but March of 2011 so he was one month off. Here is the link to the patch notes. (
http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=30536)
So having the link here, I was curious to what the wording would be in order to get a clearer picture whether or not Charisma played a role in necromancer and druid charming. Here is what was written in those patch notes if you don't feel like locating it from the whole notes above.
- Kanras-Src-Druid charm CHA equivalence identical to necromancers
However, another coder posted a comment later which could be interpreted two different ways. His comment was this...
- Means nothing for a necro. Druids aren't so dependent on charisma for charms
The 1st and more likely interpretation is that "Charisma means nothing for a necro". The 2nd possible interpretation is that "the patch means nothing for a necro".
So looking only at the comment from Kanras who actually did the coding for this, it seems as if the wording is intended to confuse people IF necro charm does not check charisma at all. Why not just skip all the hoops and just plainly state that "Druid charm no longer checks Charisma". I know these guys are busy with real life, but the way he worded the patch notes suggests that necromancer charms check charisma, but at a level of less imprortance than enchanters and bards.
Now as for the comment of the other coder, which in this case did not work on the charm section according to the patch notes but should be regarded as an authority because he is a programmer, seems to suggest that necromancer charm does not check charisma. (This is if you accept his statement as the 1st possible interpretation)
So, at this point I would really like to have a link some credible evidence such as a link to another forum post by someone credible or one of the p1999 coder's posting a reply saying DIRECTLY w/o any other possible translation that "I have looked at the code regarding necromancer and druid charming and I know for a fact that on P1999 the necromancer charm is affected by *blah blah blah* and the druid charm is affect by *blah blah blah* . That way, in case any other players are interested such as myself int he future, one can easily find this thread by doing a search and I have been tryin g my best to put links here so we have as much supporting evidence as possible)
Please, a coder that has either looked at the code in the past or willing to take a look at it to verify what is checked for necromancer and druid charming so we can put this topic to rest in the p1999 forums and players have a good reference to get the answer to this question. Lastly, please for the love of God be very specific and careful with your wording.