[eisley]

So, for the unaware - when Velious first came out, Fear was capped at level 55. This meant druids could Fear their pet on Charm breaks. This meant Druids could reliably keep a dire wolf pet and solo arena, plate house, etc. It was pretty comical actually. Due to the 'unique mechanics' of Kael, enemies regen very fast, thus making it appear they have more max health than they do. So fast burst like Mr. Wolf would obliterate enemies in half the total damage it took regular groups.

(Even better, Cazic deity neck got Spook Animal, so with a good partner you could just immediately recharm on breaks)

People starting getting mad about druids because Thurg armor was still desirable, and you'd often see one druid taking PH, and one or 2 taking Arena. Even our first AoW kills were carried pretty hard by the wolves. Since there's only 6 in zone, it became a minigame to kill, hide, steal them.

So they nerfed fear. The end.