[Striiker]

In my experiences, this server's charm is not really that close to how it was on live back in early 2000. On live I decided to give an enchanter a try after playing my wizard (because I was addicted to clarity). What worked exceptionally well for me was charming griffawns in North Karana and sending them after Borer and Scythe beatles. I did this at lvl 14ish. I had no issues keeping charm on anything. I had an identical enchanter then as I do now.. (an Erudite Enchanter with the same stat points spent). When I hit 12 on P99 and headed to North Karana, I got my ass handed to me. I tried charming beetles instead and had the same bad failures. Added to this is that the beetles run faster than they should (this was brought up in a previous bug report). I used to be able to jump / run to gain some good distance but can't now.
This is exactly as Dersk stated.
So, I decided to skip on charm for now as it is most certainly not what it was on classic. IT's a shame really because I REALLY loved the charm aspect of playing an enchanter.