Yeah, Chanter charm would usually last for awhile for dark blues even if your CHA wasn't all that great, as long as you Tashed first.
Instant or near-instant breaks were very memorable because they were very rare.
My GUESS is that the chance for charm to break was something like 1-2% per tick. In that case, at 1%, the charm would break, on average, after 50 ticks - or 5:00 minutes. At 2%, 2:30. And so on.
-Lower level mobs would *hugely* lower the percentage chance for charm to break per tick.
-Lowering MR (tash) would *significantly* lower the percentage chance for charm to break per tick.
-Raising CHA would *somewhat* lower the percentage chance for charm to break per tick.
These are averages of course, which is why charm could theoretically break on the first tick, or never break until the spell wears off.
Those are only guesstimates of course, and I pulled the percentages out of my butt - but it's leagues closer to classic than the current implementation.
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