[Hannibal]

I feel like maybe I'm missing something. The argument is you can't group because a chanter uses an animation when solo'ing.

An Animation only attacks when you get hit. Every chanter I've played with either charms or summons nothing at all because they're busy buffing/debuffing/CC everything. No one summons an Animation in a group and tries to get whacked that I've ever played with, and I've been around for awhile.

I feel like the animation is simply for solo'ing and only so you can deal with trash etc. If I saw a chanter IN A GROUP with an animation, then I'd be concerned, but not when solo'ing. Different playstyles are greatly supported here. I'd hate to only use a single part of the toolkit for ANY given class. I mean, my druid can charm things and quad, but I still enjoy root rotting the most in this game. Just a nice relaxing stream of DoTs to control.