Lots of different views here. Interesting in many ways.
What I understand from some replies is : we (chanters and clerics) are playing on the opposite side of the gameplay spectrum. One is all busy and stressed out and need to be really attentive all the time and the other one is... well, eating burritos while watching HP's bars on and off ^^
Jokes aside, it is usually very hard to ask players if they can "change" their gameplay in a group. Most of the time these requests sound like "hey I'm gonna teach you how to play your class". Of course, if charming occur in a group, I can handle my breaks with rune and AOE stuns, but there are many cases where I prefer not to AOE stun, especially with mezzed mobs around in tight spaces (neither I like to land a root or mezz instead, cause usually I want my pet back in the action quickly...) And as someone pointed out, it can be alot more mana efficient if the cleric lands a little stun on the pet, instead of a greater heal. You know how soft chanties are. 2 rounds and we are already below 50% HPs. Lvl 5 Cleric Stuns lasts 4 sec, draggs aggro off the chanter, just about time to land another charm before cleric get hit by aggro (usually)
But I also understand everyone is free to think and play their class the way they want. Im not here to give lessons, just to gather point of views and possibly understand a bit better the mechanics behind these two classes (part of the classic EQ holy trinity !)
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