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Originally Posted by bwe
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Yeah that patch note must be wrong, this mentions invis breaking charm from 2000
https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!searchin/alt.games.everquest/Charm$20invis/alt.games.everquest/IcC9ObuzvxM
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This link didn't work for me but I did go back and start looking at alt.games.everquest.
May 2001:
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Greets,
I just hit 12 with one of my many alts, (Enchanter this time) and
picked up Charm as one of my new spells. With mez and mem-blure it
seems like the perfect tool for soloing. Needless to say I haven't had
time to try it out yet. Any suggestions or comments?
Cheers
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soloing an enchanter? brave, very brave indeed.
The charm is prety good. Charm a critter, kill another one with it and kill
your weakened one after that. Saves time.
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As someone else pointed out, SoW is pretty much a necessity for charm
soloing. Make sure you always keep the mob your pet is fighting
rooted. That way when charm breaks you have only one mob coming at you
instead of two. Stay far enough away that you can charm or mez/charm
again when it breaks.
You usually don't open with charm, mez/tash/charm instead, or just
tash/charm if you're that confident in your channeling skill. Tash
seems to help quite a bit in charm duration.
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Charisma helps. I don't think anyone's done any comparitive studies to see
how much it helps, but Verant says it does.
But what helps even more is tash. Tash that mob before you charm it, and
the charm will last for a LONG time.
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I haven't had very good luck with using charm to solo. But I find it
works wonderfully in a group where there is someone to cover my back.
If the group pulls a couple mobs and one is a green or blue con caster I
often charm the caster, assist main tank, and /pet attack.
I generally warn the group that I might be casting charm, and try to let
them know which mob is charmed. Otherwise they might waste quite a bit
of effort on it.
I've heard that higher charisma makes charm last longer. Boosted mine a
bit and it seems to help.
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Sounds like people were doing nearly the same thing we are now in 2001.