Chiming in -- played from day one vanilla to PoP.
Charm was absolutely not used as much back then. As mentioned here, it was more of a CC tool (which was likely its intended use).
I think we all agree charm is overpowered and probably game breaking (especially in vanilla), but unless we have the numbers it is hard to say whether it is any different now than back then.
My guess is charm was coded differently back then. I, and most other EQ nerds, loved reading Everlore, CastersRealm (don't see that getting mentioned as much by you youngins), and of course the official Verant forums. If it could have been abused like this, folks would have kicked and screamed. Chanter was a group support class back then.
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